The Role of a Registered Agent Under Georgia Law

Georgia requires every formal business entity to maintain a designated person or company responsible for accepting legal and government documents. That designee is your registered agent — and skipping this requirement puts your entire entity at risk.

Why Georgia Mandates a Registered Agent

The state needs a guaranteed way to reach your business. Courts need to deliver lawsuit papers. The Secretary of State needs to send compliance notices. Tax authorities need to transmit demands. Without a reliable recipient at a known physical address, none of this works.

Georgia fills this gap by requiring a registered agent who is physically present at a street address in the state during every weekday from 9 AM to 5 PM.

Who Georgia Allows to Serve

Individuals: Must be Georgia residents with a physical address. PO boxes are prohibited.

Business entities: Only domestic or foreign corporations qualify. LLCs cannot serve as entity registered agents in Georgia — a distinction that catches many business owners off guard.

Self-appointment: Not permitted. A business cannot designate itself as its own registered agent.

Documents Your Agent Receives

• Lawsuits and legal claims (service of process)
• Subpoenas
• Secretary of State correspondence
• Annual registration notices
• Tax department communications
• Regulatory filings and government orders

Entities That Must Have One

If you operate any of the following in Georgia, a registered agent is mandatory:

• Limited liability companies
• Corporations (C-corp or S-corp)
• Limited partnerships
• Nonprofit corporations
• Foreign entities qualified to do business in Georgia

The Privacy Dimension

Your registered agent's address appears on public records maintained by the Georgia Secretary of State. Anyone can search those records online. If you list your personal address, expect junk mail, door-to-door solicitors, and the possibility of a process server at your home.

Using a professional service means our Georgia address appears instead of yours. Your residential information stays out of public databases entirely.

Why Business Owners Delegate This Role

Availability conflicts — If you travel, work remotely, or simply cannot guarantee presence at a fixed Georgia address every weekday 9 to 5, you risk missing critical documents.

Multiple entities — Managing agent duties across several LLCs or corporations multiplies the administrative burden.

Document management — A professional service scans, organizes, and archives everything digitally so nothing gets lost in a stack of paper.

Our Service: $99/Year, Everything Included

Georgia Registered Agent.co provides:

• Physical Georgia street address on your state filings
• Same-day scanning and email delivery of all received documents
• Advance alerts before the January 1 - April 1 annual registration deadline
• Private online portal for document storage and retrieval
• Your personal address removed from public records

No per-document fees. No setup costs. One flat annual rate.

Getting Started

New entity? List us as your registered agent on your formation documents filed with the Georgia Secretary of State.

Switching from another agent? File the change form with the Secretary of State ($30 state fee) and we take over immediately upon approval.