WEBVTT 00:00:00.159 --> 00:00:05.759 The 5 best registered agents in Nevada in 2026 are Mainstay Filing, Northwest 00:00:05.803 --> 00:00:10.799 Registered Agent, Registered Agent NV.org, Bizee, and 00:00:10.868 --> 00:00:13.039 Nevada Registered Agent.co. 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:16.639 Welcome to The Business Formation Podcast. 00:00:16.730 --> 00:00:19.359 Nevada has a reputation for business filings. 00:00:19.492 --> 00:00:21.279 Is the agent part any different? 00:00:21.279 --> 00:00:26.079 Quite a bit. The agent's street address has to be staffed during business hours, or 00:00:26.099 --> 00:00:30.639 you can be fined every day. Changing agents is a statement of change at sixty 00:00:30.699 --> 00:00:31.199 dollars. 00:00:32.686 --> 00:00:34.667 How does Nevada sort agents? 00:00:34.667 --> 00:00:39.707 Into two kinds. A commercial registered agent is one that represents ten or more 00:00:39.778 --> 00:00:44.987 entities. It registers with the Secretary of State, and there's no fee for that 00:00:45.042 --> 00:00:45.787 registration. 00:00:45.787 --> 00:00:47.147 And the other kind? 00:00:47.147 --> 00:00:52.907 A noncommercial agent is any individual or entity with a physical address in Nevada 00:00:52.939 --> 00:00:55.387 that acts for fewer than ten entities. 00:00:55.654 --> 00:01:00.947 No registration, no fee. The individual has to be at least 18. 00:01:00.947 --> 00:01:02.907 Can my company be its own agent? 00:01:02.907 --> 00:01:07.627 If it has a physical Nevada address, it can serve as its own agent by naming an 00:01:07.707 --> 00:01:12.187 office or position, like president, owner or controller. 00:01:12.187 --> 00:01:13.547 What about staffing? 00:01:13.547 --> 00:01:18.187 Unless the street address is the agent's home, it has to be staffed during normal 00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:23.387 business hours by the agent or by people of suitable age and discretion the agent 00:01:23.433 --> 00:01:30.028 authorizes. Falling short can bring a fine of $100 to $500 for each day. 00:01:30.028 --> 00:01:32.667 I'm Maya, by the way, and this is Dan. 00:01:32.667 --> 00:01:35.787 Good to be here. Now the five. 00:01:37.393 --> 00:01:38.193 Number one? 00:01:38.193 --> 00:01:44.993 Mainstay Filing: $149 a year, and the renewal is the same $149. 00:01:44.993 --> 00:01:45.953 What do I get? 00:01:45.953 --> 00:01:49.393 A Nevada address on the public record in place of yours. 00:01:49.530 --> 00:01:54.033 Papers served on your company are scanned and uploaded the same business day, with 00:01:54.113 --> 00:01:58.353 no fee. The first three government mailings of the year are scanned free. 00:01:58.353 --> 00:02:00.273 Does it handle the changeover? 00:02:00.273 --> 00:02:03.233 Mainstay files the statement of change for you. 00:02:03.333 --> 00:02:06.032 The sixty-dollar state fee goes through at cost. 00:02:06.657 --> 00:02:07.873 What's the catch? 00:02:07.873 --> 00:02:13.473 Price, again. There are cheaper flat plans on this list, and Mainstay doesn't 00:02:13.523 --> 00:02:14.593 pretend otherwise. 00:02:15.305 --> 00:02:15.945 Two. 00:02:15.945 --> 00:02:19.545 Northwest Registered Agent, $125 a year. 00:02:19.652 --> 00:02:23.865 It hasn't raised the price in twenty years, by its own account, and it scans up to 00:02:23.925 --> 00:02:27.065 ten pieces of regular business mail a year free. 00:02:27.065 --> 00:02:28.265 And its catch? 00:02:28.265 --> 00:02:33.385 You're enrolled in its annual report filing service automatically, $100 plus state 00:02:33.449 --> 00:02:36.345 fees per filing, and you have to cancel it. 00:02:36.425 --> 00:02:39.465 The page says you can add or cancel any time. 00:02:39.465 --> 00:02:42.585 In Nevada, that report is the Annual List, isn't it? 00:02:42.585 --> 00:02:46.025 Which carries a $150 state fee. 00:02:46.132 --> 00:02:51.945 So with the service on, an Annual List would run $100 plus $150, or 00:02:52.005 --> 00:02:56.905 $250. It's worth deciding whether you want to file it yourself. 00:02:57.967 --> 00:02:58.847 And three? 00:02:58.847 --> 00:03:04.527 Registered Agent NV.org, $99 a year, unchanged at renewal. 00:03:04.727 --> 00:03:09.087 A Nevada street address, scanned legal mail and compliance alerts. 00:03:09.087 --> 00:03:09.967 To switch over? 00:03:09.967 --> 00:03:14.047 The sixty-dollar state fee, and no fee from them. 00:03:14.138 --> 00:03:17.327 Annual report filing is a separate service. 00:03:17.327 --> 00:03:18.607 Compared with Mainstay? 00:03:18.607 --> 00:03:22.927 $50 less each year, $150 over three. 00:03:23.718 --> 00:03:24.278 Four. 00:03:24.278 --> 00:03:26.318 Bizee, which used to be Incfile. 00:03:26.411 --> 00:03:30.838 It includes the agent free for the first year if you buy a formation package, then 00:03:30.898 --> 00:03:34.358 $149 a year, renewed automatically. 00:03:34.358 --> 00:03:36.598 Free needs a formation order, right? 00:03:36.598 --> 00:03:41.158 Right. If your Nevada company is already formed, there's no free year. 00:03:41.238 --> 00:03:45.078 If it isn't, three years comes to $298. 00:03:46.138 --> 00:03:48.538 The last one. 00:03:48.538 --> 00:03:53.418 Nevada Registered Agent.co: $99 flat. 00:03:53.538 --> 00:03:58.058 The registered office address, same-day scanning of legal documents and state 00:03:58.102 --> 00:03:59.018 deadline alerts. 00:03:59.018 --> 00:04:01.338 How does it differ from the one before? 00:04:01.338 --> 00:04:04.138 As far as the listing shows, it doesn't. 00:04:04.250 --> 00:04:07.978 Same price and the same catch, report filing is extra. 00:04:08.643 --> 00:04:10.323 What does Nevada charge every year? 00:04:10.323 --> 00:04:16.803 The Annual List is $150, and the State Business License renewal is $200. 00:04:16.867 --> 00:04:19.603 Both are due by the last day of the anniversary month. 00:04:19.603 --> 00:04:21.283 What if I miss it? 00:04:21.283 --> 00:04:25.363 A $75 penalty on the list and $100 on the license. 00:04:25.475 --> 00:04:29.923 Miss it long enough and the charter can be revoked about a year after the deadline, 00:04:29.943 --> 00:04:32.643 and reinstatement is $300. 00:04:32.643 --> 00:04:34.963 Does the agent figure in the license? 00:04:34.963 --> 00:04:40.563 Oddly, yes. If a company has no location in Nevada, the address of its registered 00:04:40.643 --> 00:04:43.603 agent is treated as its place of business here. 00:04:43.643 --> 00:04:48.083 And having a registered agent in the state is itself enough to count as doing 00:04:48.136 --> 00:04:48.763 business. 00:04:48.763 --> 00:04:51.043 What does a year look like with Mainstay? 00:04:51.043 --> 00:04:57.363 $350 to the state for the list and license, plus $149, so 00:04:57.443 --> 00:05:03.443 $499. With a $99 agent, it's $449. 00:05:03.443 --> 00:05:04.723 And formation? 00:05:04.723 --> 00:05:11.043 The state packet shows $425 for the Articles of Organization, Initial List and 00:05:11.103 --> 00:05:12.003 license together. 00:05:13.603 --> 00:05:15.763 What are the agent's actual duties? 00:05:15.763 --> 00:05:21.443 Nevada's statute lists them. Receive and forward any process, notice or demand 00:05:21.500 --> 00:05:25.203 served on the agent, to the address most recently supplied. 00:05:25.347 --> 00:05:28.083 Keep its own information current with the state. 00:05:28.283 --> 00:05:33.523 And keep a contact person's name and street address for each company it represents. 00:05:33.523 --> 00:05:36.323 Does the agent hold documents too? 00:05:36.323 --> 00:05:40.083 It maintains the documents the company is required to keep with its registered 00:05:40.150 --> 00:05:40.563 agent. 00:05:40.563 --> 00:05:44.403 And what does the state mail to the agent? 00:05:44.403 --> 00:05:48.963 Default notices, and the notice that a charter is forfeited, go to the registered 00:05:49.030 --> 00:05:52.563 agent in writing. So a good forwarder matters. 00:05:54.891 --> 00:05:56.651 Does the agent have to agree to this? 00:05:56.651 --> 00:06:01.931 Yes. The appointment must come with a certificate of acceptance signed by the agent. 00:06:02.171 --> 00:06:06.811 On the articles that's a statement along the lines of "I accept appointment as 00:06:06.862 --> 00:06:10.291 registered agent," or a separate acceptance form. 00:06:10.291 --> 00:06:11.691 How do I switch? 00:06:11.691 --> 00:06:14.811 A statement of change by the represented entity. 00:06:14.971 --> 00:06:20.251 The fee is $60, with a 24-hour expedite for $25 more. 00:06:20.438 --> 00:06:24.331 It takes effect on filing, and the owners don't need to approve it. 00:06:24.331 --> 00:06:25.531 Online? 00:06:25.531 --> 00:06:31.531 Nevada's business portal, ORION, replaced SilverFlume in September, and most filings 00:06:31.571 --> 00:06:34.731 there are processed the same day at no extra cost. 00:06:35.531 --> 00:06:37.211 And if the agent quits? 00:06:37.211 --> 00:06:39.211 They file a statement of resignation. 00:06:39.318 --> 00:06:43.611 It takes effect on the earlier of the 31st day after filing or a new agent's 00:06:43.651 --> 00:06:48.811 appointment. The agent must tell you the date in a record, and the fee is $100 for 00:06:48.831 --> 00:06:49.691 the first entity. 00:06:50.203 --> 00:06:52.891 Your agent pays a hundred to leave? 00:06:52.891 --> 00:06:56.091 The agent does, yes. And you have a deadline. 00:06:56.194 --> 00:07:00.811 Before the effective date, the company must file a statement of change, or it's 00:07:00.868 --> 00:07:01.852 deemed in default. 00:07:01.852 --> 00:07:03.292 What does default cost? 00:07:03.292 --> 00:07:08.172 A $75 penalty, and the charter can be revoked on the first day of the first 00:07:08.225 --> 00:07:10.972 anniversary of the month after the filing was due. 00:07:10.972 --> 00:07:12.732 What if I'm sued meanwhile? 00:07:12.732 --> 00:07:17.852 If there's no agent, or the address isn't staffed as required, the plaintiff can 00:07:17.919 --> 00:07:21.612 serve the Secretary of State, which charges a $10 fee. 00:07:21.732 --> 00:07:26.252 The defendant then gets 40 days to answer, but the plaintiff has to show due 00:07:26.308 --> 00:07:27.292 diligence first. 00:07:28.559 --> 00:07:31.279 How should a founder in Las Vegas or Reno choose? 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:37.200 Ask three things. Is the address really staffed, does the price hold next year, and 00:07:37.232 --> 00:07:39.041 does somebody file the change for you. 00:07:39.041 --> 00:07:39.841 And the answer? 00:07:39.841 --> 00:07:45.921 Mainstay Filing. Our pick for Nevada, at $149 a year. 00:07:47.999 --> 00:07:48.879 All five once more? 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:54.720 One, Mainstay Filing: $149 a year, same at renewal. 00:07:55.060 --> 00:08:01.920 Two, Northwest: $125, with the report enrollment to 00:08:01.989 --> 00:08:08.880 cancel. Three, Registered Agent NV.org: $99 00:08:08.976 --> 00:08:15.520 flat. Four, Bizee: free the first year with a formation order, then 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:22.880 $149. Five, Nevada Registered Agent.co: 00:08:22.949 --> 00:08:24.560 $99 flat. 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:27.200 The links are in the show notes. 00:08:27.291 --> 00:08:30.240 Thanks for listening to The Business Formation Podcast.