Georgia Law Summary-Georgia
LLC Registered Agent
Registered Agent- What
you Need to Know
Georgia requires that every Georgia LLChave a Registered Agent in Georgia. Without
a proper Registered Agent on file with the State of Georgia, your legal entity will not be in compliance
with the law and will be at risk for cancellation.
What is a Registered Agent?
Many new business owners do not even know what a Registered Agent
is. The Registered Agent is a person or entity who is the LLC's statutory
administrative agent for accepting official legal service papers. This means that it is the
official agent who is authorized to accept legal papers and tax
documents on behalf of the LLC.
Georgia needs to be sure that there is
some legal person located within the state that can accept legal papers for the LLC. The name and address
of the Registered Agent is a matter of public record and so anyone
can look up a Georgia LLC's registered agent.
Who Can Be a Registered Agent?
In Georgia, the LLC or corporation itself cannot be its own
Registered Agent. The Registered Agent must be permanently and
physically located in Georgia. If you are a resident of Georgia,
you individually can serve as your LLC's Registered Agent in Georgia. Some
owners choose to serve as their business entity's Registered Agent.
Others choose to hire a registered agent service for one or some of
the following reasons:
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Privacy. Many business owners
do not want their name and personal address to be a matter of
public record.
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No Physical Address in Georgia.
Many business owners do not have a permanent and physical
address in Georgia. PO Boxes are not allowed to be registered offices for registered
agents in Georgia.
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Changing Addresses. If a
business owner plans on moving or does not know if he/she will
remain at an address for the indefinite future, he/she may
prefer to use a registered agent service for stability and to
avoid the necessary filing requirements later when the address
changes.
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Availability During Normal Business
Hours. The Registered Agent must be available during
normal business hours on the weekdays to accept paperwork that
might be delivered to the registered agent address. If a
business owner does not keep regular hours or will not be
generally available during business hours at the registered
agent address, he/she should use a registered agent service.
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Choose to Have A Professional
Registered Agent Handle the Obligation. Many
business owners realize that they have enough to worry about in
getting their business started and profitable. By
retaining a registered agent service, there is one less
obligation to worry about.
A Registered Agent's obligation is to
be available to accept documents and papers on behalf of your
business entity and to promptly forward such documents and papers to
the principal office of the LLC or corporation. A Registered
Agent is not a lawyer or other advisor and is not required to review
any documents. The Registered Agent plays a required and
statutorily appointed administration role for your business entity.
If you purchase Registered Agent
Services from GeorgiaBusinessFormation.com, you can rest assured
that you will have a professional registered agent for your LLC.
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