Indiana Registered Agent
Your Indiana Registered Agent is the person or company that accepts legal mail for your business. If your business gets sued, your registered agent gets served. You can be your own registered agent if you’re up for it, or you can hire a professional service to keep your private information off the public record.
When you hire Northwest, you get more than just reliable local service. You get real experts who know the ins-and-outs of Indiana compliance, access to business services, and Privacy by Default®. Want more? Northwest is the only registered agent that can provide your business services from domains to DBAs easily, and all in-house.
$125 Per Year
- Business Address & Mail Scanning
- Domain, Website, Email & Phone Line
- Automatic Brand Protection
- Privacy By Default®
What Is An Indiana Registered Agent?
Your registered agent is tasked with accepting important legal mail (service of process) on behalf of your business in Indiana. You can be your own registered agent, or you can appoint another person or a registered agent service to serve in this role.
The whole point of a registered agent is so the general public will have a reliable way to send important mail or legal notices to your Indiana business. However, your registered agent should offer more than just the basics.
At Northwest, we go above and beyond a typical registered agent service. We list our business address on your public filings, helping keep your personal information out of the public eye. We also scan every piece of mail we receive and immediately upload it to your online account, so you’ll never miss an important notification. When you want more, Northwest is here.
Legal Requirements For Indiana Registered Agents
Physical Address
Per state law, your Indiana registered agent must have a physical address in Indiana (P.O. boxes are not allowed).
Business Hours
Your Indiana registered agent must be available during regular business hours to accept service of process.
Reliable Service
Your registered agent must accept legal documents on your behalf and promptly forward them to you.
How Do I Change My Indiana Registered Agent?
Looking to change registered agents? Here’s how you can make that happen in Indiana:
Option 1: Do It Yourself
File a Change of Registered Agent form with the Indiana Secretary of State. You’ll need to name your new registered agent and include their information on the filing. If you’d like more details, check out our guide on how to change your registered agent in Indiana.
Option 2: Hire Us
We’ll prepare and file your Change of Registered Agent form with the Indiana Secretary of State for you. Once your filing is submitted, we’ll immediately begin serving as your Indiana registered agent.
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 5 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 To Order Indiana 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 Indiana Registered Agent Service once your business registration filing with the state is complete.
Step 4:
About a year later, we’ll send you an invoice for another year of registered agent service in Indiana. If you want to keep using us, great; if you don’t, you can easily cancel.
Step 5:
With offices in every state, we make it easy to add registered agent services anywhere in the country. 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 Indiana corporate compliance.
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Indiana Registered Agent FAQs
Indiana state law requires all registered businesses to appoint a local registered agent. It’s right there in Indiana’s registered agent requirements (Indiana Code § 23-0.5-4).
Indiana’s Secretary of State will also reject your business filing if you don’t appoint a registered agent.