Nevada Registered Agent

A Nevada registered agent is appointed by a business entity to accept service of process and official mail on its behalf. The registered agent must have a physical location in Nevada where they accept such documents.

In other words, your registered agent’s address acts as the official place where any service of process and official mail for your Nevada LLC, Nevada corporation or Nevada nonprofit will be sent.

However, the right registered agent service can do much more. At Northwest, we go above and beyond the minimum to ensure top speed, security, privacy and support.

According to Nevada law (NRS 86.231 for LLCs & NRS 78.090 for corporations), business entities formed with the Nevada Secretary of State must appoint a registered agent. This law is built around the notion of due process and that lawsuits can’t move forward in court unless a business has been properly notified. Your Nevada registered agent serves as your business’s official point of contact with Nevada Secretary of State and the legal world. Having a reliable, tech-savvy registered agent service ensures you stay on top of any official notices or services of process for your business.

This process is as simple as selecting the “noncommercial registered agent” box and writing in your own name and address on the formation documents you file when forming your business. Once this is on your formation documents and they have been filed by the state, then you are officially your own registered agent.

What are the guidelines for being my own registered agent?

You need to maintain regular business hours, and it is absolutely necessary that you have a physical street address in the state where your business is registered, for the aforementioned reason: process servers need to be able to find you. If you are registered in many states, the best course of action is hiring a registered agent—you won’t be able to be your own unless you somehow maintain a physical street address with regular business hours in every state.

What if I already have a registered agent but want to be my own?

If you already have a registered agent for your Nevada business, don’t worry; the process to change your Nevada registered agent is straightforward and fairly simple.

Nevada furnishes a Statement of Change of Registered Agent by Represented Entity form for you to file should you decide to change your agent (the “represented entity” refers to your business). If you’ve already formed your Nevada LLC or Nevada corporation, you need to file this form with the Nevada secretary of state. Just fill out your own information where it asks for the noncommercial registered agent information (a commercial registered agent is a business you hire to act as registered agent). There is a $60 fee to file this form.

What if I don’t want to be my own Nevada registered agent anymore?

If you find that you can’t meet the demands of being your own registered agent, decide that you don’t want process servers showing up on your doorstep, or don’t want your name and address on searchable public record in Nevada, then you can change your registered agent with the same Statement of Change of Registered Agent by Represented Entity form. You can appoint a commercial registered agent to take over, or find someone else. Be careful whom you choose, though. Having family or friends in charge of accepting your business’s important documents can be risky, and they will also need to have regular business hours and a physical street address that they are willing to make public.

There are two ways to change your registered agent in Nevada.

1. Hire us and we’ll complete the change of agent form for you for free.
2. Do it yourself and file a Statement of Change of Registered Agent by Represented Entity form with the Nevada Secretary of State. There is a $60 fee to file this form.

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.