Nevada Registered Agent Requirements (2026)
Every Nevada LLC must keep a registered agent on file from the day the Articles of Organization are accepted until the day the company dissolves. The requirement sits in NRS 86.231, which provides that the company "shall have a registered agent who must have a street address for the service of process." The mechanics, meaning who may serve and what address qualifies, live in NRS Chapter 77, Nevada's adoption of the Model Registered Agents Act. Older Nevada paperwork sometimes says "resident agent"; it is the same role.
What the Statutes Require
- A street address in Nevada. NRS 77.300 requires filings to list "an actual street address or rural route box number in this State." A PO box by itself does not qualify.
- Availability. The agent must be reachable at that address during normal business hours to accept service of process and state notices.
- Continuous coverage. The requirement never lapses while the LLC exists.
Who Can Serve (NRS 77.310)
Nevada recognizes three ways to fill the role:
- A commercial registered agent, a professional agent listed with the Secretary of State. Anyone serving as agent for 10 or more entities must register as a commercial agent under NRS 77.320.
- A noncommercial registered agent, an individual or a domestic or foreign entity that agrees to serve.
- The LLC itself, by designating the title of an office or position within the entity as its own agent, provided the company has a physical Nevada address.
Serving as Your Own Agent: Legal, but Look Closely First
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Get StartedNevada's office-or-position option means self-service is genuinely allowed. Here is what you give up in exchange:
- The address you list becomes a permanent public record entry that anyone can search
- Someone must be physically present through every business day; service of process does not wait for vacations
- Being handed a lawsuit at your storefront or home, possibly in front of customers or family, is nobody's favorite moment
- A missed delivery does not pause the case; court deadlines run whether or not you saw the papers
Changing Your Nevada Registered Agent
Switching agents is a single filing: the Registered Agent Acceptance / Statement of Change of Registered Agent by Represented Entity under NRS 77.340, submitted to the Nevada Secretary of State's Commercial Recordings Division on paper or through SilverFlume, with a $60 fee. The official form is on the Secretary of State's registered agent forms page. When you switch to us, we prepare the change paperwork as part of onboarding.
Our Nevada Registered Agent Service
- A physical Nevada street address that satisfies NRS 77.300, keeping your home address off the public record
- Same-day scanning and delivery of anything served on or mailed to your LLC
- Reminders ahead of your Annual List and State Business License deadlines
- An online portal holding every document we have ever forwarded to you
Service is $99 per year, a flat annual price with no step-up at renewal. Form your LLC through us for $199 and the first year of agent service is included, renewing at $99/yr afterward. Already formed? Standalone agent service is the same $99/yr.