Puerto Rico Registered Agent
When you choose Northwest as your Registered Agent in Puerto Rico, you get instant service, Privacy by Default®, a business address, and free mail forwarding. And if you want more, you can get a domain name, website, email, and phone number for free.
Want to learn more about what a registered agent does in Puerto Rico? We’ll explain the Puerto Rico Department of State’s Division of Corporations’ requirements, what your registered agent should do for you, and how to change your registered agent in Puerto Rico.
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$125 Per Year
- Business Address & Mail Scanning
- Domain, Website, Email & Phone Line
- Automatic Brand Protection
- Privacy By Default®
What Is A Puerto Rico Registered Agent?
A Puerto Rico registered agent is the person or company you designate to receive official government notices and legal documents, including service of process, on behalf of your business.
Every corporation and LLC registered in Puerto Rico is required to maintain a registered agent. If your business is ever sued or receives an official compliance notice, those documents are delivered to your registered agent. Once delivery is made, your business is legally considered to have received notice, making it essential to have a registered agent who promptly forwards important documents to you.
While any qualified registered agent can satisfy the legal requirement, the right registered agent service does much more. A dependable registered agent helps keep your business compliant, protects your privacy by keeping your personal address off the public record, and ensures you never miss an important legal deadline.
Legal Requirements of Puerto Rico Registered Agents
Physical Address
Maintain a registered office with a physical street address in Puerto Rico where legal documents and official notices can be delivered.
Business Hours
Be available at the registered office during normal business hours to accept service of process and other official correspondence.
Reliable Service
Receive legal documents and government notices on behalf of your business and promptly forward them to you.
How Do I Change My Registered Agent?
There are two ways to change your registered agent in Puerto Rico:
Option 1: Do It Yourself
File a Certificate of Change of Registered Agent with the Puerto Rico Department of State, Division of Corporations, to update your registered agent information.
Option 2: Hire Us
Make the switch to Northwest, and we’ll prepare and file your Certificate of Change of Registered Agent for you at no additional charge. Simply sign up for our Puerto Rico registered agent service, and we’ll handle the paperwork.
Why Choose Northwest?
Our Puerto Rico 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 documents to keep your personal off public record. And, unlike those other guys, we never sell your data.
- Corporate Guides®: Have questions? Our Corporate Guides® have answers. Real people, not robots. Smart, experienced, and here to help with whatever you throw at them.
- Brand Protection: Keep an eye on your business name, domains, and trademarks, with built-in 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, totally free.
- 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.
How Do I Order 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 Puerto Rico registered agent once your business registration filing is complete
Step 4:
About a year later, we’ll send you an invoice for another year of Registered Agent Service for your Puerto Rican business. 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 Puerto Rico corporate compliance.
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Puerto Rico Registered Agent FAQs
When you register your business in Puerto Rico, you need to appoint a registered agent. Registered agents in Puerto Rico provide the general public and the Puerto Rican government a reliable way to send important mail or legal notices to your business in PR. When you hire Northwest, you’ll not only receive the best registered agent service in Puerto Rico, but you’ll also be given an online account to manage all of your business’s state registrations, as we provide service in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.