A registered agent in Georgia is a person or company that accepts legal documents for a business entity. A business entity is an entity separate from the owners of the entity or the person or people who operate it. Having a Georgia Registered Agent ensures a proper way to notify a company of any legal service of process.
As Georgia registered agents, we hire locally and work out of the building we own in Atlanta, Georgia. We’re here for good to receive service of process on your behalf.
When you form a Georgia LLC or incorporate a Georgia corporation, you are required to appoint one on the Articles of Organization or Incorporation.
You can change your registered agent when filing your annual registration.
You can change your registered agent by filing an amended annual registration.
When you register to do business in Georgia, you appoint a registered agent during the registration process.
Hiring a registered agent service in Georgia is an important decision. You shouldn't hire just anybody. Your registered agent, after all, will be responsible for accepting legal notices on your behalf, as well as ensuring that you receive your documents as quickly as possible. If your documents are held up and you miss a critical deadline, you will be held liable. Your authority to do business in the state may even be revoked.
Who would you trust with this responsibility? We get it. We've been there. Every one of our customers is important to us and we want to see every single one of them succeed. To that end, we include free use of our permanent business address on public filings to all of our clients, keeping their personal information off the public record and sparing them a ton of junk mail.
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Get StartedAccording to Georgia State Law (Georgia Code § 14-11-209), all business entities registered with the state are required to appoint and maintain a registered agent within Georgia. The role of the registered agent was created to ensure that legal notices could be delivered reliably to businesses.
Your business formation filing will not be approved by the Georgia Corporations Division Office without a Georgia registered agent.
We take our job very seriously. Here’s a little bit of what we do for you:
Absolutely. You just need to be comfortable listing your home address, where you work, and your personal name on your documents. A big reason we are in business is our clients don’t want to show their competitors or vendors their history or show instability as they move from office to office. When they just list our address, it never has to change as their business grows.
For more, see our Business Address Services page.
Yes, it can be. But if you hire us, we can dramatically minimize your exposure.
In Georgia, when you file your Articles of Organization or Articles of Incorporation, you must list the name and address of your Organizer/Incorporator. This information will be part of the public record.
If you hire Georgia Registered Agent LLC, however, we will prepare your documents for you. We will act as your Organizer/Incorporator. This will keep your personal information out of the public record. We also will list our registered office address for all addresses required on the corporate registry to keep your home or office address offline.
The registered agent must be open during business hours and have an accessible physical address listed on the corporate registry. The registered agent must accept mail and legal notices for every company it is listed as the registered agent for. Anyone sending your company a letter to whom is listed as the Georgia Registered Agent is legal proof that you’ve been notified. It’s a very important role. And we take it very seriously.
The best way to file in Georgia is online. You can file almost every business document online, and online filings are processed almost immediately. You can mail business filings to the Georgia Corporation Division's office, along with your check payment.
Learn MoreGeorgia Secretary of State
Corporations Division
2 MLK Jr. Dr. S.E. Suite 315
Floyd West Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Phone:
(404) 656-2817
Fax:
(404) 657-2248