Missouri Registered Agent Service
Yes. Every Missouri LLC, corporation, limited partnership and LLP must maintain a registered agent with a Missouri address whose business office is identical to the entity’s registered office. Missouri is unusual twice over: LLCs file no annual report at all, and a PO box may appear as the registered office only if a physical street address in the same city is listed with it.
Verified against the Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division · Reviewed September 2026
- Appointed the same day
- Real Missouri street address
- Every US filing jurisdiction, one login
- Required?
- Yes, always
- Address rule
- Address in MO; PO box only alongside a street address
- Form to switch agents
- Statement of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office, Corp. 59
- Key deadline
- No LLC annual reportSee all deadlines
Your Missouri year
Every recurring Missouri filing on a single line, with a two-week heads-up before each due date.
- January: Corporation annual registration report due, Jan 31
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
One filing a year: Corporation annual registration report, due by the last day of your anniversary month. No LLC annual report — Missouri LLCs file nothing recurring with the Secretary of State.
- Form
- Annual Registration Report (Biennial Registration Report where the entity is eligible)
- If late
- A late fee accrues for each 30-day period, and failure to file results in administrative dissolution or revocation of the certificate of authority
Deadline rules from the Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division · reviewed September 2026. We confirm every date when you file.
What does Missouri require of your registered agent?
The rule
Governing statute: Mo. Rev. Stat. § 347.030 (LLC registered office and registered agent); § 351.370 (corporations); corporate registration report at § 351.120
The registered agent must have a Missouri address and the agent’s business office must be identical to the entity’s registered office. The agent is either an individual resident of Missouri or a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to do business in Missouri. A PO box may be listed as the registered office address only if a physical street address in the same city is listed as well.
The registered agent is the entity’s agent for service of any process, notice or demand, at the registered office — so someone has to be reachable at that Missouri street address on a working day; the Secretary of State cannot be appointed as the agent.
If you have no agent
If an entity fails to maintain a registered agent the Secretary of State notifies it, and if no agent is registered within the time allowed a domestic corporation is administratively dissolved and a foreign entity’s certificate of authority is revoked. For other entity types the registration can be canceled.
New to the role? What a registered agent actually receives — the role, explained in plain English.
Other states call the same role a registered agent, resident agent, statutory agent or agent for service of process. In Missouri the law says registered agent. Which term each state uses.
Operating beyond Missouri? Compare agent requirements state by state — the term, the address rule and the recurring filing all change at the state line.
What does Missouri ask you to file, and when?
| Obligation | Form | Due | Late penalty |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLC formation (Articles of Organization) | Articles of Organization (Form LLC 1) | At formation | N/A |
| LLC annual report | None — Missouri LLCs are not required to file an annual report | Not applicable | N/A |
| Corporation annual registration report | Annual Registration Report (Biennial Registration Report where the entity is eligible) | At the end of the month the corporation incorporated or qualified, every year | A late fee accrues for each 30-day period, and failure to file results in administrative dissolution or revocation of the certificate of authority |
| Change of registered agent or registered office | Statement of Change of Registered Agent or Registered Office (Corp. 59) | When the agent changes | N/A |
State fees change; we confirm current amounts with you before anything is filed.
Missed a filing? What happens to a Missouri LLC, and how to put it right — Missouri’s own status term, the filing that brings it back and the time limit.
What we file for you in Missouri
- Every filing in the table above, prepared and submitted on time
- Reminders ahead of each deadline, for every entity you hold
- State fees confirmed with you before anything is filed
Priced for your portfolio, not a rate card.
Every Missouri quote is built around your entities, your states and your filings — one entity or hundreds. Most quotes are same-day.
How do you appoint or change your registered agent in Missouri?
Procedure scope: Entity-filed registered-agent or registered-office change for a Missouri domestic LLC using Corp. 59, also published for foreign LLCs and domestic and foreign corporations.
5 steps
to switch your registered agent in Missouri.
Step 1: Enter the charter number, entity name, present registered office and current registered agent.
Step 2: Enter the new agent and any changed Missouri registered-office address. A PO box may accompany, but not replace, a physical street address.
Agent consent
Step 3: Have the incoming agent sign the consent line or attach an originally executed written consent. The state's RAC-1 provides separate individual and organization consent sections.
Step 4: Have the appropriate officer, member, manager or other listed authorized signer certify that the entity authorized the change.
Submit
Step 5: Submit the completed statement to the Corporations Division as instructed, supply the return address, and retain the filed copy.
Missouri formStatement of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office, Corp. 59
Change fee · Set by the stateAny state fee for this change is confirmed with you before anything is filed.
We handle the whole swapCorp. 59 expressly covers foreign and domestic profit and nonprofit corporations and LLCs. The entity-authorization signature depends on entity type. Corp. 59A is for an agent's own office-address change, not the entity replacing its agent.
Switching providers? How to change your registered agent in Missouri — the filing route, consent and entity-specific instructions, with official sources.
Can you be your own registered agent in Missouri?
Yes, if you are a Missouri resident and your business office is identical to the entity’s registered office. The registered office goes on the public record and has to be a real Missouri location where process can be served, so a PO box alone will not do. And because Missouri LLCs file nothing annually, there is no yearly filing to remind you that the address on file has gone stale. The full guide: Can you be your own registered agent?
Should you be your own registered agent?
Three honest questions about Missouri. If you don’t need us, we’ll say so.
- Address privacyNow
- Reaching you with legal papers
- Other states
Is it fine if your home or office address goes on the public record?
As your own registered agent, the street address you list is the one that appears on Missouri's public record.
Should you even hire a registered agent?
If you live in Missouri, keep regular hours at a fixed address, and run one entity, you may not need us, and we will tell you so. A service earns its keep when you value privacy, travel, run more than one entity, or operate across state lines.
| What the job involves in Missouri | Be your own agent | LLCity |
|---|---|---|
| Address in MO; PO box only alongside a street address | Your home or office, on public record | Our Missouri address, your privacy kept |
| You must be reliably reachable to accept and forward service of process | On you, every business day | Always staffed, scanned the day it arrives |
| Multi-state coverage | One state only | All 50 plus DC and Puerto Rico, one login |
| Deadline tracking | On you | Reminders before every deadline |
| Served in front of clients | Possible | Never, it comes to us |
Why do businesses in Missouri choose LLCity?
Your Missouri registered agent
Same-day appointment, mail scanned on arrival, and compliance reminders before every deadline.
- Real Missouri street address (no PO box)
- Every notice scanned the day it arrives
- One dashboard for every state you operate in
One login
Every entity and every state in a single dashboard.
Every deadline tracked
Yours fall when your states say they fall. We watch all of them.
Every entity
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Managing agents for more than three entities?
One agent, one login, and every state deadline tracked for every entity you own.
Put Missouri’s deadlines in your calendar
Set your formation date and download reminders for every recurring Missouri filing — or have us email them.
No LLC annual report — Missouri LLCs file nothing recurring with the Secretary of State
Corporation annual registration report
Next due: January 31, 2027 · repeats yearly · Corporations only — due at the end of the month the corporation incorporated or qualified
Missouri does not ask the same thing of every entity, so each line above says which entity it belongs to. Not sure which is yours? Call 212-202-5750 and we will confirm it before anything is filed.
Dates sourced from the Missouri filing office and carrying the month we last checked them. Schedules change — we confirm everything before anything is filed.
Is that letter really from Missouri?
Private companies mail official-looking offers to file your recurring report or sell you a certificate. Here is what Missouri has said about them, and where to file directly.
We found no warning about lookalike business mailers published by Missouri’s filing office or attorney general. Offices in most other states and several federal agencies have published one, and the signs they list are the same.
File or order directly from Missouri:
Annual report filing and certificate of good standing · General services and filings information
How to tell a lookalike from a real state notice, and what to do with one
Questions about registered agent service in Missouri
Do I need a registered agent in Missouri?
Yes. Every LLC, corporation, limited partnership and LLP registered in Missouri must maintain a registered agent with a Missouri address, and the agent’s business office must be identical to the entity’s registered office. The agent is either an individual Missouri resident or a corporation authorized to do business here. The Secretary of State cannot be appointed as your agent.
Can I be my own registered agent in Missouri?
Yes, if you are a Missouri resident and your business office is identical to the registered office on file. The catch is that the address is public and must be somewhere process can actually be served. Because Missouri LLCs file no annual report, nothing prompts you each year to check that the address on record is still good.
What happens if my Missouri LLC has no registered agent?
The Secretary of State notifies you of the failure, and if no agent is registered within the time allowed a domestic corporation is administratively dissolved and a foreign entity’s certificate of authority is revoked; other entity types can have their registration canceled. In the meantime, suits can proceed with no reliable way to reach you.
How do I change my registered agent in Missouri?
Entity-filed registered-agent or registered-office change for a Missouri domestic LLC using Corp. 59, also published for foreign LLCs and domestic and foreign corporations. File Corp. 59 with the replacement agent's signed consent on the statement or an attached originally executed written consent. Keep the agent's business office and the entity's registered office identical. Corp. 59 expressly covers foreign and domestic profit and nonprofit corporations and LLCs. The entity-authorization signature depends on entity type. Corp. 59A is for an agent's own office-address change, not the entity replacing its agent.
How much does a Missouri registered agent cost?
Pricing is custom to your portfolio of entities and states, and most quotes are same-day. Call 212-202-5750 or start a filing and we’ll price exactly what you need. State filing fees are set by the state and confirmed with you before anything is filed.
Figures verified against the Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division (www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations/generalinfo) · Last updated September 2026
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