Alaska Registered Agent
When you choose Northwest as your Alaska Registered Agent, you get instant service, Privacy by Default®, a business address, and free mail forwarding. And when you want more? Northwest is the only registered agent that can provide your business services from domains to DBAs easily, and all in-house.
Below, we'll explain the Alaska Division of Corporation’s requirements, what your registered agent should do for you, and how to change your registered agent in Alaska.
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$125 a Year Every Year
Northwest is the choice of professionals for registered agent service.
- Same-Day Scans, Instant Notifications
- Privacy by Default®
- Business Address & Free Mail Forwarding
- Instant Domain, Website, Email & Local Phone Number
What Is a Registered Agent?
In Alaska, your registered agent is a person or company that you designate to receive legal mail on behalf of your business. Registered agents exist to provide an official and reliable way to contact your business.
If your business is ever served with a lawsuit, the process server will deliver the paperwork directly to your registered agent. At that point, your business is legally considered served. The registered agent should then forward you your mail, quickly and securely.
Per Alaska state code § 10.06, registered agents are legally required in Alaska. At a minimum, your registered agent must list a physical address on the public record and be present at that address during business hours. But ideally, your registered agent should do more.
Yes, you must have an Alaksa registered agent. You can be your own Alaska registered agent, ask a trustworthy friend, or hire a professional service like us!
You hire us first and then do your business registration filing with the Division of Corporations. The state won’t allow you to form an LLC or corporation without a registered agent. Plus, you’ll find all the forms and instructions you need to complete your Alaska filing instantly after you sign up.
Serving process on a registered agent is legal proof that your company was notified. It doesn’t matter if the company sees the documents or even gets them from their registered agent. The court considers you notified if your registered agent signs for the documents.
A sheriff, process server, or any third party will walk into our office and hand us legal papers. This act is called service of process. The process server then gives an affidavit to the court stating that they served us.
What Are the Legal Requirements for AK Registered Agents?
According to Alaska law, a registered agent must be able to accept legal documents during normal business hours, and get those documents to you and have a physical, registered office address (no P.O. Boxes) located within the state of Alaska. All AK registered agents must be a state resident or a company that provides registered agent services.
Does your Alaska business need a registered agent? Sign up today.
Yes, you can be your own registered agent for your Alaska business. However, after considering the registered agent requirements, most business owners elect to hire a registered agent service instead.
Why? Well although being your own registered agent will cost you $0, a registered agent’s name and Alaska address becomes part of the public record. Additionally, the registered agent is required to be available to accept service of process during normal business hours five days a week.
How Do I Change My Registered Agent in Alaska?
Changing your registered agent is a straightforward process:
- You’ll file a Statement of Change form with the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.
- If you place an order with us, the form will be available instantly. We’ll even pay and file the change of agent filing for you.
It’s a simple change, but for more info, see our guide on how to change your registered agent in Alaska.
- Perform an Alaska business name search.
- Use the name of the company you’re trying to look up.
- Look at the AK registered agent’s name and registered address.
If you want to legally notify a business through their registered agent, simply send a letter as certified mail to the registered agent at their registered office address.
In Alaska, to resign as a registered agent, you need to submit two copies of the Registered Agent Notice of Resignation to the Alaska BCS. For a more detailed walkthrough you can refer to our guide on how to resign as a registered agent.
Why Northwest Is the Best RA in Alaska
Our Alaska Registered Agent Service includes the tools you need to keep your business running without a hitch. When you hire Northwest as your registered agent, you get:
- Same-Day scans: We scan your legal docs the same day we receive them and reach out if your essential mail goes unread.
- Privacy by Default®: We list our business address on public docs to keep your personal info safe. And unlike those other guys, we never sell your data.
- Corporate Guides®: Have questions? We have answers. Our guides are business experts whose sole job is to provide support for all your business questions.
If you’re ready for more, Northwest can help. We provide more than just legal services. We’ve got everything you need to turn your business plan from a to-do list to a customer-facing, money-making machine.
Want to get your business in front of eyes across the world? Claim your custom domain name. When you tack on website hosting, we’ll get you an expert-built website, hosted and secured by us.
Want to start talking to suppliers, advertisers, customers, and more? Set up business email addresses and a separate business phone number so you can protect your data and keep your communication professional.
Our office is in downtown Anchorage, AK, where we scan all documents locally and upload them to client accounts immediately.
Yes! LLCs and corporations in Alaska are required to file a biennial report every other year. As part of our registered agent service, we’ll not only send you a reminder, but we’ll make sure you have access to all the forms and instructions you need to stay compliant.
Yes. We’re the only national registered agent that allows our clients to list our address for everything when you’re doing a filing to keep your private address off public records.
We don’t want ALL of your business mail. It’s not what we do. And it wouldn’t serve you well. You wouldn’t have a unique address or suite number. Any mail we receive on your behalf would come to Northwest Registered Agent, care of you.
But we understand that businesses and clients sometimes reach out to you through your registered agent. Through us. That’s why we give you five FREE scans of regular business mail a year. You can request any additional documents to be forwarded at a per document rate of $15.
How to Order AK Registered Agent Service
You sign up online (you’ll find the signup at the top of this page).
After you make your business registration filing with the Alaska Division of Corporations, we’ll become your registered agent.
We collect the first year’s fee up front.
About a year later, we’ll send you an invoice for another year of Alaska Registered Agent Service. If you want to cancel then, you can easily do so.
We make it easy to add registered agent services online. Your online account is the place to go—not just for registered agent service or to pay a bill—for keeping up with corporate paperwork formalities for your Alaska business.
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