You need a dependable Texas registered agent to ensure that you receive all of your Texas compliance documents—such as franchise tax notifications from the Texas Comptroller—service of process, legal notices and other official business mail.
Many of our clients come to us after hiring unreliable agents who did not take their statutory duty seriously. If you miss a compliance deadline because your agent doesn’t properly inform you in a timely manner, you can be fined by the state, lose your business authority, or have a default judgment ruled against your business. These are serious results, which is why we take our job as your Texas registered agent service seriously. What Are the Duties of a Texas Registered Agent?
Every Texas registered agent is required by law to:
- Maintain a physical location within the state, called a registered office
- Keep regular business hours
- Accept service of process and official business mail on behalf of clients
- Notify clients when documents are accepted
- Forward documents to clients in a timely manner
No. Section 5.201(b) of the Texas Business Organizations Code forbids an entity from acting as its own registered agent.
You can change your Texas registered agent anytime by filing a Statement of Change of Registered Office/Agent form with the Texas Secretary of State. There is a $15 filing fee. Processing takes three to five business days (you can expedite to one day for $25).
If you are changing registered agents to us, you will find the Statement of Change in your online account pre-filled with all our legal information, ready for you to file (or we can file it for you).
When you make a corporate filing with the Texas Secretary of State, it becomes part of the permanent public record. If you use your own name and address on filings, then it’s public information. Clients can always look up the history of your business, and as your business grows they will be able to see that your company was not always at its current location, that you weren’t always a stable, dependable business.
Or, by hiring us as your Texas registered agent and using our contact information, future clients will see a longstanding record of stability and reliability. They will see that year after year, your company has listed the same agent, same office, same history.
