Nebraska Foreign Registration / Agent and office
Who can be the Nebraska registered agent for an out-of-state LLC
Every registered foreign LLC here keeps an agent and an office in Nebraska, and a statement of change costs $25 online or $30 in the office. The agent can be a member or a designated third party who lives in Nebraska, or a company authorized to transact business here.
Agent rules at a glance
- Who qualifies
- a member of the entity or a designated third party who lives in Nebraska, or a corporation authorized to transact business in Nebraska, with an office identical to the registered office
- Office
- The registered office has the same street address as the agent
- Statement of change
- $25 online, $30 in the office
- Agent resignation
- $30 for an LLC agent
- Agent address change
- $30
Who may serve
The Secretary of State describes the registered agent as the entity's agent for service of process and official government communications, and says it can be a member of the entity or a designated third party who lives in Nebraska, or a corporation authorized to transact business in Nebraska, with an office identical to the registered office. The statute's own test is an individual living in Nebraska, or someone else who holds authority to transact business here.
Kept without a gap
The agent and the office have to be maintained continuously inside the state. Failing to do so can bring administrative dissolution, and the Secretary of State may start revoking a foreign corporation after 60 days without an agent or office, or without notice of a change.
Switching agent or office
A foreign LLC files a statement of change covering the principal office, the registered agent, the agent's address, or any combination, with the current and the new details. It shows the details now on file, ticks the items that change and gives the new ones. The cost is $25 online or $30 in the office, and it can go through eDelivery.
If the agent itself moves
An agent that changes the address of its own office files a statement of change of address, which costs $30 for an LLC agent.
If the agent steps down
An agent's statement of resignation costs $30 for an LLC, and it is not among the filings offered online. Start the search for a successor the day the notice arrives.
The corporate versions
A foreign corporation changes its agent or office on a separate form where the street address of the office and the agent must be identical. The agent ticks one of two statements: that the corporation was told of the change in the agent's address, or that the agent consents to act. A corporation agent's resignation carries no fee. The form warns that signing a false document is a Class I misdemeanor, which carries up to one year in prison, a fine, or both.
Why a mailbox falls short
Both change forms print NE as the state of the agent's address, and the office speaks of an agent's office, not a mailbox.
The two offices on the form
The registered office is the street address where legal papers are delivered, and it matches the agent's. The principal office is where the LLC actually runs and can be anywhere. They sit in separate entries on the application, each with its own address, and both entries become part of the public record.
Matching addresses
On the corporation's agent change form, the street address of the registered office and of the registered agent must be identical, and the LLC rule is the same: the registered office has the same street address as the agent.
The fees in one place
Moving the principal office, the agent or the agent's address takes a statement of change, priced at $25 online and $30 in the office. The agent's own statement of resignation is $30 for an LLC, and an agent's change of its own office address is $30.
Choosing an agent
Choose a staffed Nebraska office that forwards papers promptly. Our own Nebraska agent service is available, and you may also name your own.
What to ask before naming an agent
Learn how the agent forwards papers and how much warning it gives before resigning, and have the replies in writing before the agent's name appears in a public filing.
Questions about the agent
Can an officer be the agent?
Yes, if the officer lives in Nebraska and the office address matches.
Is the LLC allowed to act as its own agent?
It needs a Nebraska resident or an authorized company with a Nebraska office.
How do I change the agent?
File a statement of change.
Our fee and Nebraska's
Register in Nebraska
$199
+ $100 Nebraska fee
- The Nebraska application for a certificate of authority, built from your answers
- A test that your certificate of existence is an original and not a copy
- A Nebraska agent and office from us, or one you pick
- The finished filing sent back to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Nebraska charges $100 online or $110 in the office, and lists $10 more for the certificate. We show those apart from our own charge. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Sources
- Nebraska Secretary of State, forms and fee information
- Nebraska Secretary of State, new business information
- Neb. Rev. Stat. 21-113, agent for service of process
- Neb. Rev. Stat. 21-2,217, grounds for revocation
- Nebraska Statement of Change, foreign LLC
- Nebraska Secretary of State, corporate and business document eDelivery
- Nebraska Secretary of State, reinstatement information
- Nebraska foreign change of registered agent and office, corporation
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