<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nA California registered agent is an individual or business entity that is physically present at your California business address and available during regular business hours to receive business mail and legal documents, as well as legal notices like service of process and correspondence from government agencies, like the California Secretary of State, on behalf of your business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All this mail going to your California registered agent eventually needs to make its way to you. Enter the second half of the services that registered agents provide\u2014mail forwarding\u2014so that you have access to your mail and can keep up with compliance filing deadlines,like filing your statement of information, known as an annual report in other states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes a California registered agent is referred to as a statutory agent <\/em>or resident agent<\/em>, so if you notice these terms in your research or on formation documents just know that they refer to the same service. <\/p>\n\n\n\nAny company registered as a business entity must designate and maintain a registered agent, statutory agent, or resident agent, and this is true in all 50 states. Additionally, if your company conducts business in multiple states, then you must maintain a registered agent in those states as well. That means you\u2019ll have to either designate someone who\u2019s present at those locations or hire a registered agent service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n