Arkansas Registered Agent
A Registered Agent in Arkansas is required for all corporations and LLCs to stay in good standing when they do business in the state. Whether you're starting a new business or moving your existing company to Arkansas, professional Registered Agent Service through Northwest lets you focus on actually running your business while we handle the nuts and bolts of compliance. Our office in Mountain Home gives your business a local address for all your paperwork, plus mail forwarding to get your Arkansas legal mail to wherever you’re operating from. 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.
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What Is a Registered Agent in Arkansas?
An Arkansas registered agent is a person or company you designate to receive legal mail (like service of process) for your business. Registered agents give your business an official and reliable place to be contacted at.
Should your business get served with a lawsuit, a process server will deliver the paperwork directly to your registered agent (after doing so, your business is legally considered served). The registered agent should then forward you your mail, quickly and securely.
Under Arkansas Code § 4-20-105, registered agents are required in the state. At a minimum, your registered agent must:
- Be an Arkansas resident or a company that provides registered agent services in the state.
- Maintain a registered office—a physical address in Arkansas (no P.O. Boxes) listed on the public record.
- Be present and able to accept legal documents (service of process) at that address during normal business hours.
The registered agent for your Arkansas business should be able to do more than just receive mail. At Northwest, we go above and beyond to provide you with speed, security, privacy and support.
Yes. Choose or hire an agent first, then form your LLC or corporation. The Secretary of State will reject your business registration filing if you don’t include your registered agent’s contact information when you submit your documents.
When you hire Northwest as your registered agent in Arkansas, you’ll find all the forms and instructions you need to complete your filing instantly after you place an order.
There are three important reasons to have a registered agent in Arkansas:
- State law requires all legitimate, registered businesses to appoint one.
- The Secretary of State will reject your business filing if you don’t appoint a registered agent.
- A registered agent requirement gives the public and the state a reliable way to contact your business.
You are allowed to be your own business’s registered agent in Arkansas. But because of the requirements, most business owners elect to hire a registered agent service instead. Why? Because even though being your own registered agent costs nothing, an Arkansas registered agent’s name and address becomes part of the public record. Additionally, a registered agent is required to be available to accept service of process during normal business hours.
You can do an Arkansas business name search via the Arkansas Secretary of State.
Type in the name of the company you’re searching for.
In the results, you’ll find the registered agent’s name and registered office street address.
If you want to legally notify a business through their Arkansas registered agent service, just send a certified letter directly to the registered agent name and registered office address.
Serving a registered agent is legal proof that you were notified. Regardless of whether you receive the documents your registered agent signs for on your Arkansas business’s behalf, once they accept the documents, you’ve been notified. Here’s how it works:
- A process server, the county sheriff, or any third party comes to the registered office and hand the agent the documents (service of process), which the agent signs for.
- The process server then gives an affidavit (a receipt of service) to the court as confirmation that they served the agent.
Note: If you’ve hired Northwest, you’ll receive your documents well before the server hands in their affidavit to the court—because we scanned them to your online account within minute of having been served.
How Do I Change a Registered Agent in Arkansas?
There are two ways to change your registered agent in Arkansas:
- Hire us and we’ll complete the change of agent form for you.
- Do it yourself and file a Notice of Change of Registered Agent with the Arkansas Secretary of State.
It’s a simple change, but for more info, see our guide on how to change your registered agent in Arkansas.
To resign as a registered agent in Arkansas, you need to submit a Statement of Registered Agent Resignation with the Arkansas SOS. For a more detailed walkthrough, you can refer to our guide on how to resign as a registered agent in Arkansas.
Why Northwest Is the Best Registered Agent in Arkansas
Our Arkansas 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.
As the nation’s top choice for starting businesses easily and affordably, we also offer in-house services to build your business’s online identity:
- Domain name: Pick a domain name for your business with your choice of extension (like .com and .net).
- Website: We provide a pre-built business website for you to customize using an open source platform, so it’s yours to own whether hosted by us or anyone you choose.
- Business email address: Create up to 10 business email addresses. For branding ease, they’ll all end in your chosen domain name.
- Phone number: Keep your personal line private by establishing a business phone number for client communications.
- Web hosting: Our web hosting service includes SSL security at no additional cost.
We accept and scan all of our Arkansas clients’ documents on-site at our registered office in Mountain Home, AR.
We don’t want ALL of your business mail. It’s not what we do, and it wouldn’t serve you well either, as you wouldn’t have a unique address or suite number. Any mail we’d 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.
Absolutely! If you own an LLC or corporation in Arkansas, you’ll need to file your Annual Franchise Tax Report each year. As part of our registered agent service, we’ll not only send you a reminder, but we’ll give you the form you need to file and instructions on how to file it.
How to Order Arkansas Registered Agent Service
Place an order for Registered Agent Service. You sign up online, clicking on one of the buttons or links that says HIRE US.
We collect the first year’s fee for registered agent service up front.
For new businesses, we’ll become your registered agent in Arkansas once your business registration filing with the Arkansas Secretary of State is complete.
About a year later, we’ll send an invoice for another year of Registered Agent Service. If you want to keep using us, great; if you don’t, you can easily cancel.
We have offices in every state, so it’s easy to add registered agent services anywhere your business expands. We don’t farm out work (or your information) to other companies—wherever you are, WE are your registered agent.
We make your account a go-to resource for you. Not just for Registered Agent Service or paying a bill, but for keeping up with corporate paperwork formalities like the Arkansas Annual Franchise Tax Report.
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