Kentucky Registered Agent
All Kentucky LLCs and corporations are required to have a registered agent. When you choose Northwest as your Kentucky Registered Agent, you get instant service, Privacy by Default®, a business address, and free mail forwarding. Want more? Northwest is the only registered agent that can provide your business services from domains to DBAs easily, and all in-house.
Want to learn more about what a registered agent does in Kentucky? We’ll explain the Kentucky Secretary of State requirements, what your registered agent should do for you, and how to change your registered agent in Kentucky.
$125 Per Year
- Business Address & Mail Scanning
- Domain, Website, Email & Phone Line
- Automatic Brand Protection
- Privacy By Default®
What Is A Kentucky Registered Agent?
A Kentucky registered agent is the person or business you designate to receive important legal mail on behalf of your business. You can serve as your own registered agent, appoint another individual, or hire a professional registered agent service like Northwest.
Every LLC and corporation registered in Kentucky is required to maintain a registered agent. While any qualified agent can accept legal mail, a great registered agent does much more. At Northwest, we scan your documents the day they arrive and upload them directly to your online account. We also let you use our Kentucky business address on your state filings, helping keep your personal address off the public record.
Legal Requirements
Physical Address
Maintain a physical street address in Kentucky. P.O. boxes are not permitted.
Business Hours
Be available at the registered office during regular business hours (typically 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) to receive legal documents and official notices.
Reliable Service
Accept service of process and correspondence from the Kentucky Secretary of State on behalf of your business and promptly notify you when documents are received.
How Do I Change My Registered Agent?
There are two ways to change your registered agent in Kentucky:
Option 1:
Do it yourself and file a Change of Principal Office Address, Registered Agent and/or Registered Office Address form with the Kentucky Secretary of State. It’s a fairly straightforward process, but for a deeper dive, check out our more detailed page on how to change your registered agent in Kentucky.
Option 2:
Hire us, and we’ll handle the entire registered agent change process for you. We’ll prepare the required state filing, submit it on your behalf, and begin serving as your registered agent as soon as the paperwork is filed.
Why Choose Northwest?
At Northwest, we do business the right way. We’re dedicated to getting you your docs fast, protecting your privacy and offering you support. Here’s how:
- Same-day scans, instant notifications: We accept and scan your docs at our local office the same day. We notify you instantly and reach out to you if your essential mail goes unread.
- Privacy by Default®: We automatically minimize the exposure of and access to your personal data. If we can put our address on a public doc instead of yours, we do. If we don’t have to list your personal info, we don’t. We have tough privacy policies to keep your data safe and private. And we never sell your data.
- Free limited mail forwarding: Of course we’ll get you your state and legal mail. That’s our job. But what if we get some of your regular business mail? It happens a lot—clients and businesses trying to connect with you via your registered agent. We scan five documents per year for FREE. We can also scan additional mail at a per document rate of $15.
- Corporate Guides®: Have questions? We have answers. Our guides are business experts whose sole job is to provide phone and email support for all your toughest business questions.
- Identity Services. With Northwest, you get a free domain name, website, phone line, and email address so that you can start talking to potential customers on day one–without compromising your privacy.
- Brand Protection: Keep an eye on your business name, domains, and trademarks, with Brand Protection. We’ll alert you to potential conflicts early, and give you simple tools to build and manage your brand all in one place.
How Do I Order Registered Agent Service?
Step 1:
You sign up online, clicking on one of the buttons or links that says HIRE US.
Step 2:
We collect the first year of the registered agent service fee up front.
Step 3:
For new businesses, we’ll become your Kentucky Registered Agent Service once your business registration filing with the Kentucky Secretary of State is complete.
Step 4:
About a year later, we’ll send you an invoice for another year of service. If you want to keep using us, great; if you don’t, you can easily cancel.
Step 5:
It’s easy to add registered agent services in other states if your business expands. We have offices in every state. We don’t farm out work (or your info) to other companies—wherever you are, WE are your registered agent.
Step 6:
We make your account a real go-to resource for you, not just for registered agent service or paying a bill but for keeping up with Kentucky corporate compliance.
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KY Registered Agent FAQs
All entities registered with the Kentucky Secretary of State need to list a registered agent. This includes Kentucky LLCs and Kentucky corporations as well as foreign LLCs and foreign corporations. We can also act as a registered agent for your Kentucky nonprofit.