What is a registered agent?

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A registered agent is a representative appointed in a business entity's corporate registration documents with responsibility to accept:

• service of process
• annual reports
• tax notices
• official agency correspondence intended for the company

As the statutorily required company representative "to receive and forward any legal service of process served on the entity during litigation," a registered agent's primary responsibility is to forward service documents to the appropriate contact within the company in a timely manner.