Connecticut registered agent requirements
Check Connecticut’s rules for receiving legal notices and keeping the public contact record current. The local role may be called a registered agent, resident agent, statutory agent, or agent for service of process.
Open official agency forms and instructions ↗Who can serve in Connecticut?
Connecticut calls the registered agent a statutory agent. The agent may be an individual resident of Connecticut or an eligible business entity authorized in Connecticut, with a Connecticut street address where process can be served. The agent and address are public in the Business.CT.gov record. The agent must be available for service and official notices; a mail-only address is inadequate. Connecticut does not require a separate commercial/noncommercial designation for ordinary entity searches.
Connecticut agent changes: forms and fees
Domestic LLC and foreign LLC changes of agent are listed at $50.00. Domestic stock-corporation change of registered agent is $50.00; domestic nonstock change is $20.00; foreign stock is $50.00 and foreign nonstock is $20.00. Use https://portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Business-Services/Commercial-Recording/Commercial-Recording-Divisions-Forms-Index-Content or the Business.CT.gov account. A change of agent's address is a separate form and fee.
Resignation, notice, and effective dates
Connecticut requires a Notice of Resignation of Registered Agent filed in duplicate. The fee schedule lists $50.00 for domestic stock corporations and LLCs, $20.00 for domestic nonstock entities, $50.00 for foreign stock corporations/LLCs, and $20.00 for foreign nonstock entities. The agent must give the entity the statutory notice and follow the effective-date rule; resignation does not appoint a successor.
Consequences of a missing agent or address
An entity without a Connecticut statutory agent can miss service of process, default in litigation, lose good-standing status, and be subject to revocation or dissolution. The Secretary can accept service in limited statutory cases, but substitute service does not protect against missed deadlines or eliminate the duty to appoint a Connecticut agent and maintain a service address.
Confirm the change reached the public record
Keep the accepted filing and confirm the agent or service address shown for the business. Arrange forwarding of legal notices during the change, and check which contact information will be public before supplying a home address.
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