Texas Registered Agent Service

Texas Registered Agent options

Change of Registered Agent to Lawyer's Aid is fast, easy, and free.

Fill out our web form or download our checklist and email or fax it to us, and we'll take care of the rest. We'll absorb the state fee for the change filing. Switch in mid-year? No problem: the first calendar year is pro-rated.

Registered Agent consent form.

Lawyer's Aid's RA consent form explains the RA's duties. Best practice is to file the consent form at the time of formation, which is free; it can be filed later for a small fee. Download the Texas Registered Agent consent form.

Benefits of professional Registered Agent service

Peace of mind.

Thankfully, lawsuits are infrequent. When one is served, we know there's much at stake: your clients are counting on you to defend their enterprise. We also understand that immediate notification can give you more time to perfect a polished response for the company. As a professional Registered Agent service, we are always there to accept and process papers from the constable on your behalf. Our staff stand ready to handle service of process at our Austin office each business day.

Privacy.

A client may want a lawsuit kept confidential. Letting Lawyer's Aid Service receive the lawsuit papers can keep constables and private process servers away from your place of business, away from hearings or depositions, and away from curious eyes of clients, employees, or anyone else who happens to be nearby.

Freedom.

You've got closings, hearings, business trips, vacations, lunch plans, and a life. So do your clients and staff. With a professional Registered Agent service in place, you can leave your office without risking a missed service of process. If you like, we can also forward the tax and State agency correspondence to the company's accountant, and filter junk mail if requested, freeing your staff and letting you concentrate on practicing law.

Texas Registered Agent duties

A Registered Agent has the duty to act as the formal, reliable point of contact for a company. This responsibility merits a professional service to assure full legal compliance for whatever may come.

A Registered Agent error may result in penalties, involuntary forfeiture of the company, or worst case, a default judgment in a lawsuit against the company, leaving its owners with little or no legal means to respond.

All Texas LLCs, Corporations, Nonprofits, LPs, LLPs, and PAs are required to have a Texas resident or company acting as Registered Agent who has consented to serve and is aware of the responsibility.

Duties include:

• Maintain a business office at your company's registered office address, available to servers of process. PO boxes are not allowed except in a few rural areas that qualify.

• Be available at the registered office year in and year out during regular business hours.

• Receive any service of process (delivery of a lawsuit or other legal notice), demand, or notice on behalf of the company.

• Notify your company (and preferably its counsel) of any lawsuit or notice and do so to the address the company provides.

• Forward any lawsuit or notice without delay, disruption, or error, to the address the company provides.

• Receive and forward other official correspondence.

• Be and remain a resident of Texas or else an organization (other than the company it represents) registered to do business in Texas.

• Consent in writing or electronic form to serve as Registered Agent.

• Even if the company closes, perform these duties until 31 days after filing a resignation as Registered Agent.