Every county in New York State
Your registered agent in New York
We take service of process for your LLC or corporation at a real Manhattan office and scan it to you the day it arrives. Forty nine dollars a year. That is the entire price.
No setup fee. No charge per document. Cancel whenever you want.
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Does New York require a registered agent?
No. In New York the Secretary of State is automatically the agent for service of process for every LLC and corporation. Appointing a private registered agent is optional.
That answer costs us sales, and we lead with it anyway. Most sites in this market will not tell you.
Under Section 301 of the Limited Liability Company Law, the Department of State accepts service on your behalf whether you hire anyone or not. The state then forwards the papers to whatever address sits on your Articles of Organization. That address is public. Anyone with a grudge and a browser can find it.
So the real question is different. Do you want a lawsuit mailed to your apartment on the state's timeline, or scanned to your inbox the afternoon it lands? Section 302 exists so you can choose the second one.
The long version sits on whether a registered agent is required in New York, and what the state actually does with your paperwork is covered under service of process.
The service
What $49 buys
One price, billed once a year. We will tell you before we ever change it.
A New York street address
A registered agent needs a physical address in the state. Ours is an office at 420 Lexington Avenue, half a block from Grand Central. We put it on the record so your apartment stays off it.
Same-day scans
Anything served on us is scanned and emailed the same business day. Lawsuits, subpoenas, notices from the Department of State. You get the PDF, not a forwarding delay.
Deadline warnings
We flag your Biennial Statement before it is due, and your publication window before it closes. Two emails a year that prevent a late filing.
The renewal price is the signup price
Most national services quote $99 for year one and renew at $149 or higher. We do not run that play, and you will not find a forwarding surcharge buried in the terms.
The expensive surprise
What LLC publication really costs
Published estimates disagree with each other. Only the assigned newspapers can quote you.
Every new New York LLC publishes a notice in two newspapers for six weeks, then files a Certificate of Publication for $50. Published newspaper estimates run from about $100 upstate to about $2,650 in Manhattan.
The county comes from the office county on your Articles of Organization. It does not come from your registered agent's address. Hiring a Manhattan agent does not put you in Manhattan for publication, and a company selling you an Albany mailbox is charging you for a filing decision you already control.
| County of office | Published estimates | State fee |
|---|---|---|
| New York (Manhattan) | $1,500 to $2,650 | $50 |
| Other New York City counties | $850 to $1,745 | $50 |
| Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland | $395 to $1,300 | $50 |
| Upstate and rural counties | $100 to $650 | $50 |
The six week mechanics live on the publication requirement. All 62 counties, with the sources compared, are on publication cost by county.
Three steps
How you appoint us
Send your details
Company name, DOS ID if you have one, and where documents should go. Two minutes on the appointment form.
We file the change
New company, we go on the formation paperwork. Existing company, we file a Certificate of Change with the Department of State for a $30 state fee.
We watch the mail
Anything served on your company reaches us first and reaches you the same day. Leaving another provider is covered on switching agents.
Where we sit
One office, on Lexington Avenue
This is the address that goes on your state filing. More about us.
Registered office
Entity Protect Registered Agent Services LLC
420 Lexington Ave., Suite 2400
New York, NY 10170
The Graybar Building, beside Grand Central Terminal.
One address, used on every filing and every listing. Nothing about your paperwork depends on which of our offices took the delivery, because there is only one.
Can I be my own registered agent in New York?
Yes, if you have a physical New York street address and you are there during business hours. The catch is that the address becomes public, and a process server can turn up at it.
What if I miss something served on me?
A default judgment, in the worst case. The court will not care that notice went to an address you moved out of two years ago.
How fast can you take over?
Paperwork goes out the same day. The Department of State posts the Certificate of Change on its own schedule, usually inside a few business days unless you pay to expedite.
Put a real office between you and the process server
Forty nine dollars a year. About two minutes to set up.