Trusted Registered Agent Services for Hassle-Free Compliance

• Maintains Privacy:  First Registered Agent of Texas will ALWAYS protect your privacy. The only address available to third parties is our physical address.
• Ensures Availability: First Registered Agent of Texas provides stability as your business grows and/or changes. State regulations require a registered agent be available during regular business hours to accept documents. Additionally, notifications to the Texas Secretary of State, including changing an entity’s address, can be a time-consuming headache. First Registered Agent provides your business with a permanent, brick-and-mortar address listed on all the paperwork filed with the Secretary of State.
• Timely Notification: First Registered Agent of Texas monitors changes in state rules and regulations to keep you informed. We promptly notify you of any documents received in our office and send reminders for your annual report filing. If requested, First Registered Agent can assist with filing your annual report.

The Texas Business and Organizations Code requires a business to designate and continuously maintain a registered agent to receive official legal documents, such as lawsuit papers, subpoenas, and other important notices. The registered agent must have a Texas street address, identified as the registered office. Failure to maintain a registered agent may result in the involuntary termination of a domestic filing entity or in the revocation of a foreign filing entity’s registration. If the registered agent changes at any time, the entity must file and provide the current information in a statement of change of registered agent and/or registered office with the Texas Secretary of State.

A registered agent receives important legal and tax documents for your company. Business owners use registered agents to ensure legal documents are received and handled appropriately. All businesses registered with the State of Texas must have a registered agent.

A Registered Agent’s duties include the following:

• Act as a reliable point of contact for legal and official communications related to a Texas entity
• Receive or accept any process, notice, summons, subpoenas, or demand (typically legal, state, regulatory and tax-related) that is served on or received by the registered agent or sent by the Texas Secretary of State
• Forward documents to the represented entity or otherwise notify the represented entity of the documents
• Provide the notices required or permitted by law to be given to the represented entity to the most recent address on file for the entity

• A registered agent may be:
• An individual person
• 18 years old
• Texas resident 
• A business entity that provides registered agent services and is authorized to do business in Texas
• A business entity may not serve as its own registered agent

Requirements for an in-house registered agency:

• Is an owner or employee of your business entity
• Located at the designated street address during normal business hours
• Notify the Secretary of State of any address change for the registered agent

Potential Negatives of Using an “In-House” Registered Agent?

• Risk the embarrassment of being served with legal papers in front of clients and employees
• Business address is a matter of public record with the Secretary of State (especially important with home-based business)
• Business must have a regular office, with a Texas street address, that is staffed during normal business hours.

An outside registered agent may be:

• An individual person
• An entity (corporation, LLC, etc.) that is in the business of serving as a registered agent for multiple companies

A registered agent may resign by providing notice to the represented entity and the Secretary of State. Notice to the Secretary of State must be given before the 11th day after the date the notice is given to the entity. If the registered agent complies with the notice requirements, the appointment of the registered agent and registered office will terminate on the 31st day after the date the Secretary of State receives notice.