Nebraska Registered Agent
Starting a business in Nebraska (or moving an existing one to the Cornhusker State)? You’re going to need a Nebraska-based registered agent, which the state requires for a company to stay in good standing. Hiring Northwest for Registered Agent Service frees you from worrying about the details of state compliance, meaning you get to focus on the real everyday work of running your business. Northwest provides your company with a legit Nebraska address for state notices and legal mail—forwarded wherever you are, whether that’s right in the heart of Omaha or all the way on the other side of the country. 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 Nebraska?
A Nebraska registered agent is a person or company assigned to receive legal mail (like service of process) for your business. Registered agents provide an official and reliable way for the public to contact your business.
If your business gets served with a lawsuit, a 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.
Nebraska has the same registered agent requirements regardless of whether your business is a corporation, LLC, or non-profit. According to Nebraska state statute §21-113, registered agents must:
- Be a state resident or a person authorized to transact business in the state.
- Maintain a registered office (a physical address in Nebraska). No P.O. Boxes.
- Accept legal documents (service of process) during normal business hours.
Note: In order to accept the appointment of service, a registered agent must either sign the appointing document or submit a written statement to the Secretary of State acknowledging the appointment.
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 can be your own registered agent in Nebraska. However, the requirements, mean most business owners hire a registered agent service instead. Being your own registered agent may cost nothing, but the name and address of the registered agent for a Nebraska business becomes part of the public record. Additionally, a registered agent is required to be available to accept service of process during normal business hours five days a week.
Definitely choose a registered agent before you form your Nebraska corporation or LLC. The Nebraska Secretary of State will not accept your business registration filing if you don’t list a registered agent.
When you hire Northwest, you’ll find all the forms and instructions you need to complete your filing instantly in your online account after you sign up.
- You can do a Nebraska business name search via the Nebraska Secretary of State.
- Type in the name of the company you want to serve or contact.
- In the results, you’ll find the registered agent’s name and registered office street address.
If you want to legally notify a Nebraska business through their registered agent, just send a certified letter directly to the registered agent at their registered office address.
Service on your registered agent is legal proof that you were notified. Regardless of whether you actually receive the documents your Nebraska registered agent signs for, once they accept the documents, you’ve been notified. This is a serious responsibility. This is how it works:
- A process server, the county sheriff, or any third party comes to the registered office and hand the registered agent (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 business.
Note: If you’ve hired Northwest, you’ve received your documents long before the process server hands in their affidavit to the court—because we scanned them to your online account within minutes of having been served.
How Do I Change My Registered Agent in Nebraska?
Changing your registered agent in Nebraska is a straightforward process:
- You’ll file a Change of Agent form with the Nebraska Secretary of State.
- 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 Nebraska.
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Every registered business in Nebraska must have a registered agent.
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Without a registered agent, the Nebraska Secretary of State will reject your business filing.
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A registered agent’s office gives your business a consistent place where the public and government can reach it with important mail.
In Nebraska, to resign as a registered agent, you need to submit two exact copies of the Statement of Resignation of Registered Agent to the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Business Services Division. For a more detailed walkthrough, you can refer to our guide on how to resign as a registered agent in Nebraska.
Why Northwest Is the Best Registered Agent in Nebraska
Our Nebraska 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 Nebraska clients’ documents at our registered office in Lincoln, NE.
You can use our address for all the address info on your corporation or LLC filing! We’re the only national registered agent service that allows our clients to list our address for everything while filing, to keep your private address off public records.
- If you don’t have a lease at our address, the postal service might not deliver your mail.
- As your registered agent in Nebraska, things come directly to us—Northwest Registered Agent Service Inc.—care of you.
- If we do receive any mail for you, though, we’ll scan it to you in real time, in minutes.
If you own an LLC or corporation in Illinois, you’ll need to file your Nebraska Biennial Report every other year (some businesses are required to file annual reports instead). 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 Nebraska 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, once you complete your business registration filing with the Nebraska Secretary of State, we’ll become your registered agent in the state.
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.
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.
We make your account a real go-to resource for you, not just for Registered Agent Service for your Nebraska business or paying a bill, but for keeping up with important state paperwork like the Nebraska Biennial Report.
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