How to change your registered agent in New Jersey
For an LLC, use L-122 and provide both the current and replacement agent information. Corporations use C-104G, with a corporate authorization statement and different signing instructions. These are not interchangeable entity forms.
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New Jersey- Jurisdiction terminology
- registered agent
- Change filing
- L-122 — Certificate of Change — Registered Name or Address, or Both (LLCs); C-104G for corporations
- Filing office
- New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services
Choose the right New Jersey filing
New Jersey's LLC form has a potentially misleading title: Certificate of Change—Registered Name or Address, or Both. The instructions make clear that it concerns the registered agent and registered office, not the LLC's legal name. It also distinguishes the current record from new entries that are completed only when they change. The paper's Signature of Registered Agent line must be read with its execution instructions, which permit an authorized representative or current agent to sign. Corporations use another form with corporate authorization statements rather than the LLC certificate.
- Procedure scope
- New Jersey domestic and foreign LLCs changing their registered agent name, registered office address or both using L-122.
- Form or online transaction
- L-122 — Certificate of Change — Registered Name or Address, or Both (LLCs); C-104G for corporations
Which route fits your registered agent change?
- Domestic or foreign LLC replacement
L-122 expressly covers both domestic and foreign LLCs. Identify the New Jersey registration and state of original filing, then supply current information and the new agent name. A foreign LLC's home-state agent appointment is not the New Jersey appointment addressed by this certificate. Source 1.
- Office-only or combined LLC change
Use L-122 when only the registered office changes or when both agent and office change. Its instructions say to leave New Agent Name blank when the agent is not changing and New Office blank when the office is not changing. Do not complete unchanged new-information entries reflexively. Source 1.
- Corporate change requires C-104G
Domestic and foreign profit and nonprofit corporations use C-104G. It includes statements that the registered office and agent address will be identical and the change was authorized by board or membership resolution. Its instructions also address limited partnerships; do not generalize the LLC form to them. Source 2.
Prepare for the change in New Jersey
- Match the ten-digit identifier
L-122 requires the business name and ten-digit business ID as they appear on State Treasurer records. Also collect the state of original filing shown on the form. Use the state registration identifier rather than substituting a federal tax number or an internal client number. Source 1.
- Retrieve the prior appointment
The instructions require the current agent name and office as recorded by the Treasurer. The form emphasizes information on both the prior and new agent. Obtain the baseline from the state record, even if the departing provider has already sent you its own termination notice. Source 1.
- Obtain a New Jersey street address
A new registered office must include a New Jersey street address. A post office box may accompany that address but cannot replace it. Obtain unit and city details from the agent rather than copying a provider's billing or out-of-state correspondence address. Source 1.
- Arrange the proper execution
The LLC execution instructions permit an authorized representative or the current registered agent to sign and require a date. Arrange the incoming agent's agreement separately. Do not send an unsigned LLC certificate merely because the replacement agent has signed a private service contract. Source 1.
- Separate corporate authority from LLC authority
For a corporation, retain the underlying resolution information and read C-104G's execution directions. Its face identifies chairman, president or vice president, while the instructions also identify the current registered agent. Using an appropriate corporate officer avoids assuming L-122's broader representative instruction governs a corporation. Source 2.
Consent and acceptance
Arrange the new agent's agreement to serve. L-122's instructions permit an authorized representative or the current registered agent to sign; they do not identify a separate incoming-agent consent attachment. Do not confuse that execution requirement with the incoming agent accepting the engagement.
Entity-type differences
L-122 expressly covers domestic and foreign LLCs. Domestic and foreign profit and nonprofit corporations use C-104G: the registered office and agent addresses must be identical, the change must be authorized by board or member resolution, and the form calls for an appropriate corporate officer's execution. Follow nonprofit copy requirements separately.
Complete the New Jersey change filing
Match the LLC's name and ten-digit business identification number to the State Treasurer's records, and enter its state of original filing.
Copy the prior registered-agent name and office exactly as shown in the state record.
Enter the replacement agent name and the new New Jersey street address for the items being changed. A post office box may accompany, but not replace, the street address.
Have an authorized representative or the current registered agent sign and date the LLC filing as directed in the L-122 instructions.
Prepare the duplicate copies required by the instructions and submit the completed filing to the Division of Revenue at the mailing address on the form. Keep the accepted filing with the LLC's records.
Open the official filing instructions or transaction. Read the primary sources below alongside these steps.
Form fields and statement requirements
- LLC Name and Number; State of Original Filing
Enter the exact registered name and business ID together, followed by the original filing jurisdiction. These identify the existing LLC; nothing in this agent-change certificate requests a replacement legal company name. Use a separate applicable amendment if a company-name change is also intended. Source 1.
- Prior Agent
Complete the existing name, street address, city, state and ZIP information. Do not put the incoming provider in both the prior and new blocks. The prior block should explain what is currently recorded, including an address that is about to cease being used. Source 1.
- New Agent and New Office
Enter the new name only if the registered agent is changing and the new New Jersey office only if the office is changing. If both change, complete both. The instruction to leave an unchanged new field blank is different from leaving required prior information incomplete. Source 1.
- Signature and date
Read the execution instructions alongside the form's signature caption. L-122 permits an authorized representative or current registered agent to sign. Include the execution date. The reviewed packet does not prescribe a separate incoming-agent consent attachment. Source 1.
Submit the change to New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services
- Paper packet
L-122's instructions require duplicate documents and direct the mailing to the Division of Revenue at the address printed in the packet. Prepare both copies from the same final version. C-104G separately instructs nonprofits to file in triplicate, so copy requirements should be checked by entity rather than reused blindly. Source 1.
- Published alternate upload service
The Division's Alternate Filing Forms page provides a registered forms-upload service for self-prepared forms when a needed service cannot be found online. It states that expediting cannot be selected through that service. This confirms an alternate published route, not a claim that authenticated agent-change screens were inspected. Source 3.
Before you submit
The heading 'registered name' on L-122 concerns the registered-agent change, not a change of the LLC's legal name. Follow the instructions rather than assuming the signature line requires the incoming agent alone.
Verify the change and finish the transition
- Retain the accepted certificate
Practical guidance. Keep the final signed certificate with the returned or accepted filing evidence. Label any earlier version as a draft so a future manager does not mistake the working copy for the recorded change. A delivery tracking message is useful evidence of delivery, but not of the resulting state record.
- Check agent and office independently
Practical guidance. Compare the recorded name and address to the specific new entries you supplied. If an office-only filing was intended, verify that the same legal agent remains listed. If both changed, verify that the former provider's address was not carried over next to the replacement name.
- Close the private transition separately
Practical guidance. Send the accepted result to the incoming provider and agree who handles documents received during the transition. Review the former engagement's cancellation terms directly. Treat state recordkeeping, document forwarding and contract closure as separate tasks with separate evidence.
Avoid these New Jersey filing mistakes
- Reading registered name as LLC name
L-122's instructions expressly describe a registered-agent name change. Do not insert a proposed company name in the new-agent field. Identify whether you are changing the business's legal identity or only who receives documents before choosing the filing. Source 1.
- Assuming only the incoming agent can sign
Follow L-122's execution instructions permitting an authorized representative or current registered agent. The signature caption alone does not justify replacing those directions with an incoming-agent-only rule. Arrange acceptance of the engagement without confusing it with execution of the LLC certificate. Source 1.
- Using LLC execution for a corporation
Switch to C-104G and its authorization and execution requirements. The corporate form contains resolution and identical-address statements absent from the LLC form. A packet assembled under L-122 does not establish that those corporate statements were made. Source 2.
Questions about changing your registered agent in New Jersey
Does an out-of-state LLC use a different New Jersey form?
L-122 expressly covers domestic and foreign LLCs. Enter the New Jersey business name and ten-digit ID and the state of original filing. Do not substitute the LLC's home-state change form for its New Jersey certificate. Source 1.
Should I repeat unchanged details in the New block?
The instructions say to leave New Agent Name blank if the agent is not changing and New Office blank if the office is not changing. The current agent name and office are still mandatory baseline information. Source 1.
May the new office be only a post office box?
No. L-122 requires a New Jersey street address. A post office box may be included only together with that street address. Source 1.
Are nonprofit corporate copy requirements the same?
C-104G's instructions call for duplicate documents generally and triplicate documents for nonprofits. They also require corporate authorization statements, so use the corporation packet rather than the LLC checklist. Source 2.
Which primary sources support this procedure?
Checked . The filing office’s current instructions govern the submission.
- New Jersey Division of Revenue — L-122 and execution instructions
- New Jersey Division of Revenue — C-104G corporate change and instructions
- New Jersey Division of Revenue — alternate filing and upload options
Procedural guidance, not legal advice. Confirm the correct filing for your entity and its current record.
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