A trust deed can be flawless. A company’s structure can be exactly right for the client’s goals. None of it matters if the structure falls out of good standing because nobody was watching the mailbox.
That’s the job most people forget exists until something goes wrong. A missed government notice. A lawsuit nobody knew was filed. A renewal deadline that quietly passed while the client was traveling. The registered agent is the party standing between an entity and that kind of failure, and for anyone forming or maintaining a company, trust, or foundation, understanding exactly what this role does, and what it doesn’t, prevents a lot of expensive surprises later.
Clients often assume the registered agent is a formality, a line item on an incorporation invoice. In practice, it’s closer to the entity’s legal nervous system, the one channel through which government, courts, and regulators reach the structure at all. Every jurisdiction that requires one has built an entire compliance framework around this single point of contact, and the moment that contact fails, the consequences move fast.
What Is a Registered Agent?
A registered agent is a licensed party appointed to receive official correspondence, legal notices, and government filings on behalf of a trust, foundation, company, or other legal entity. It also maintains a physical address within the jurisdiction where that entity is formed.
The agent doesn’t manage the entity, make decisions on its behalf, or hold any ownership stake. Its role is narrower than that. It ensures the entity stays reachable, updates its records, and maintains its compliance with the jurisdiction’s ongoing filing obligations.
The Regulatory Logic Behind the Requirement
Most governments require every company, trust, or foundation formed under their law to appoint a licensed registered agent, maintained continuously for as long as the entity exists. This requirement exists because governments need a guaranteed way to reach the entity, regardless of where its owners, directors, or trustees actually live. A company might be managed by someone in Singapore. A trust might have trustees scattered across three continents. Without a mandatory local point of contact, courts can’t serve legal papers, tax authorities can’t deliver notices, and regulators have no reliable channel for compliance communications.
This is also why the role is licensed rather than informal. A government relying on a registered agent to deliver a lawsuit notice or a strike-off warning needs that party to be accountable, professionally regulated, and subject to its own compliance obligations, not simply a friend of the business owner with a spare address. The license is what makes the agent answerable to the jurisdiction, not just to the client paying its fees. If a registered agent fails in its duties, it risks its own license, which gives the role real weight rather than treating it as a paperwork formality.
There’s a second, less discussed reason behind the requirement. In many jurisdictions, the registered agent is also the only party required to hold verified identity and beneficial ownership information on the entity. Governments that don’t maintain public beneficial ownership registers still need somewhere that information lives, accessible to regulators and law enforcement on request. The registered agent fills that gap, which is why the role carries far more regulatory weight than a simple mail-forwarding service, and why serious providers invest heavily in compliance infrastructure most clients never see.
Is a Registered Agent Required?
In most common law jurisdictions, a registered agent is required both to form the entity and to maintain it afterward. An entity typically cannot be registered at all without naming one, and once formed, it must continue maintaining a registered agent for its entire legal life.
Civil law jurisdictions handle this differently, and in some cases the registered agent concept doesn’t exist in the same recognizable form at all, replaced instead by a notary, a mandatory local director requirement, or direct filing with a company registry through a licensed intermediary. Luxembourg is one example, where company formation runs through a notary rather than a registered agent.
Who Can Be a Registered Agent?
Who qualifies to act as a registered agent depends entirely on the jurisdiction, but most require the agent to be either a licensed corporate service provider or, in some cases, a qualifying individual resident in that jurisdiction. Licensed providers are typically subject to fit and proper testing, mandatory registration under anti-money laundering and client due diligence frameworks, and often professional indemnity insurance requirements.
This licensing standard is part of what separates a registered agent from an ordinary mailing address service. The agent isn’t just accepting mail, it’s holding regulatory obligations tied directly to its license, including reporting duties that can trigger consequences for both the agent and the entity if ignored.
A licensed registered agent in Delaware, for instance, is authorized under state law, subject to compliance obligations tied to that authorization, and required to maintain accurate records of the entities it represents. In Nevis, the standard runs further, a licensed resident agent is regulated by the Nevis Financial Services Regulatory Commission, subject to periodic inspection, and required to maintain client due diligence records that meet international standards, not just local ones.
Eligibility rules also vary sharply by entity type. A jurisdiction that allows an individual to serve as registered agent for a small company may still require a licensed corporate provider for a trust or foundation, since the fiduciary and reporting obligations attached to those structures are heavier.
Can You Be Your Own Registered Agent?
In a handful of jurisdictions, individuals can serve as their own registered agent provided they meet residency and availability requirements, typically a physical address in the jurisdiction and presence during standard business hours. Delaware and several other US states allow this, for example.
For trusts, private trust companies, and most offshore vehicles, this option generally doesn’t exist. The governing law typically requires an independent, licensed party in this role, and the entity or its principals cannot fill it themselves. A company formed in the BVI, for example, cannot appoint one of its own directors as its registered agent. If a director could hold both roles, the same person controlling the company would also control whether legal notices, strike-off warnings, or regulatory correspondence ever reached anyone. Requiring a separate, licensed registered agent means that channel stays open even if the director disappears, stops responding, or has a reason not to want that notice seen.
When Is a Registered Agent Needed?
The requirement extends across nearly every structure used in international wealth planning and corporate formation, though the specifics shift depending on the entity type involved.
- Corporations and Limited Liability Companies: formation is typically impossible without naming a registered agent, and the requirement continues for the life of the entity, renewed annually alongside other statutory filings. In Delaware, every corporation and LLC formed there must maintain a registered agent with a physical address in the state, from formation until dissolution.
- Partnerships, LPs, LLPs, and LLLPs: requirements vary by structure and jurisdiction, but limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships generally carry the same registered agent obligation as corporations, often tied to the general partner’s own compliance duties. In the Cayman Islands, an exempted limited partnership must appoint a registered office provider that fulfills the same statutory function as a registered agent, maintained for the life of the partnership.
- Trusts: requirements vary sharply by jurisdiction. A trust formed under US common law generally has no registered agent requirement, since it isn’t registered with a state registry the way a company is. A Nevis trust is the opposite case, it must maintain a licensed resident agent for the length of its existence, independent of where the trustees are based, regardless of the fact that a trust has no separate legal personality the way a company does.
- Private Trust Companies: a PTC is a distinct legal entity from the trust it administers, typically incorporated as a company or LLC in its own right, and it carries its own registered agent requirement, separate from any registered agent relationship attached to the underlying trust. A BVI PTC requires its own licensed registered agent even when the trust it administers already has one, since the PTC and the trust are separate legal structures requiring separate compliance.
- Foundations: foundations blend company and trust characteristics, holding assets for a stated purpose or for beneficiaries without the traditional trustee structure. A Panama private interest foundation must maintain a registered agent, licensed under Panamanian law, for as long as the foundation exists. Most foundation statutes elsewhere follow a similar model.
Registered Agent vs Other Appointed Roles
A single service provider can hold more than one role in relation to the same entity or structure. A firm might act as registered agent and also provide a nominee director for the same client. Same provider, different hat, and critically, different legal exposure attached to each. The distinction matters, because each role carries its own duties, its own authority, and its own liability, and they don’t transfer from one to another just because the same firm holds both.
| Role | Function | Requirements | Discretion Over Assets/Decisions | Liability |
| Registered Agent | Statutory point of contact, record custodian, government liaison | Licensed provider, jurisdiction-specific fit and proper standards, AML and CDD registration | None | Limited to statutory and administrative duties tied to its license |
| Manager / Director | Runs the entity’s operations and makes management decisions | Appointed by resolution or operating agreement, may carry residency requirements | Full operational and decision-making authority | Fiduciary and statutory duties tied to management, personal exposure for breach |
| Member / Shareholder | Owns an interest in the entity | Ownership recorded per the entity’s constitutional documents | Voting and economic rights, not day-to-day control | Generally limited to capital contribution, absent personal guarantees |
| Nominee Roles | Holds a position, typically director or shareholder, on paper for a beneficial owner | Power of attorney or written agreement with the beneficial owner | None in practice, acts on instruction from the beneficial owner | Exposure tied to whichever underlying role is held, director or shareholder |
| Trustee | Holds legal title to trust assets and administers them for beneficiaries | Appointed under the trust deed, subject to fiduciary duty standards | Full fiduciary discretion over trust assets, subject to the deed’s terms | Personal and fiduciary liability, the highest exposure of the five |
Core Duties of a Registered Agent
Once appointed, a registered agent’s obligations run in the background for as long as the entity exists, and most of them are invisible until something requires attention.
Statutory Point of Contact
The agent is the official channel through which government bodies, regulators, and courts reach the entity. Every notice, whether routine or urgent, a renewal reminder, a regulatory inquiry, a strike-off warning, is addressed to the agent first, not the entity’s owners directly. This is why an unresponsive or under-resourced agent creates real risk. If the agent misses or delays forwarding a notice, the entity bears the consequence regardless of where the failure actually occurred.
Registered Office and Custodian of Records
Most jurisdictions require the registered agent to also maintain the entity’s registered office, a physical address of record, and to hold statutory registers and corporate or trust records at that address. This typically includes registers of directors, members, or trustees, share or membership certificates, and in many jurisdictions the entity’s constitutional documents themselves. A well-run agent keeps these current and quickly retrievable, since regulators and, in litigation, courts can request them with limited notice.
Service of Process
If the entity is sued, legal papers are typically served on the registered agent rather than tracked down through the entity’s owners or trustees directly. The agent’s job is to receive these promptly and forward them without delay. This single duty is arguably the reason the role exists at all in common-law jurisdictions, since without a guaranteed local recipient, a plaintiff would have no reliable way to serve a foreign-owned or foreign-managed entity at all.
Filing Deadlines and Annual Renewals
Registered agents track the entity’s compliance calendar, annual return deadlines, license renewals, and government fee payments, and in many jurisdictions are legally required to notify the entity ahead of these dates. This is one of the more valuable, and least visible, parts of the service. A single missed renewal can trigger penalties or move an entity toward strike-off, and a competent agent’s entire value proposition often comes down to never letting that happen.
Beneficial Ownership and Reporting Obligations
In jurisdictions without public beneficial ownership registers, the registered agent is frequently the only party holding accurate ownership data, making it the front line for Common Reporting Standard and FATCA reporting obligations. When ownership changes, whether through a share transfer, a new trust beneficiary, or a change in control, the agent’s records must be updated promptly, since outdated beneficial ownership information creates compliance exposure for both the entity and the agent itself. This duty has grown heavier over the past decade as international pressure on offshore transparency has increased, and it’s now one of the most resource-intensive parts of running a compliant registered agent business, well beyond simply holding an address.
Consequences of Non-Compliance
A registered agent that lapses puts the entity’s good standing at risk, and those consequences escalate quickly, growing harder to reverse the longer they go unaddressed.
Loss of Good Standing and Strike-Off
An entity without an active registered agent typically falls out of good standing almost immediately, sometimes within days of the lapse being recorded by the registry. Good standing carries real weight. Banks, counterparties, and other jurisdictions’ registries frequently check it before agreeing to do business with the entity at all, so its loss can disrupt banking relationships or cross-border transactions before the entity’s owners even realize there’s a problem.
If the lapse goes uncorrected, most jurisdictions will move to strike the entity from the register, effectively dissolving it as a matter of law. This is rarely instantaneous, registries typically issue warnings and grace periods first, though it’s rarely reversible without cost and delay once it happens. A struck-off entity ceases to exist for most legal purposes, which can freeze bank accounts, invalidate contracts entered into after the strike-off date, and complicate any transaction that was mid-process at the time.
Loss of Liability Protection and Legal Standing
When an entity is formed, the law treats it as a separate legal person, distinct from its owners. That separation is what creates liability protection, creditors can pursue the company’s assets, but not the personal assets of the shareholders behind it, because the company itself is the party that owes the debt or bears the claim.
Strike-off dissolves that separate legal person. Once the entity no longer exists in law, the liability it was shielding has to land somewhere, and courts may look through to the owners, directors, or trustees who were operating behind it. The shield was the entity’s separate existence, and strike-off removes it.
Legal standing works the same way. To sue or be sued, a party has to be a legal person the court recognizes. A struck-off entity no longer qualifies, so it cannot bring a claim as the named claimant or properly be named as a defendant. Where litigation is already underway when the strike-off occurs, the case effectively freezes until the entity is reinstated and restored to legal existence.
Reinstatement, Cost and Process
Reinstating a struck-off entity is usually possible but rarely simple. It typically requires settling all outstanding fees and penalties accrued during the lapse, filing overdue annual returns, appointing a new registered agent if the original relationship has lapsed entirely, and paying a reinstatement fee on top of everything already owed, often at a multiple of what timely compliance would have cost in the first place. In some jurisdictions, reinstatement also requires demonstrating the entity’s good standing to any counterparties affected during the gap, which can be the most time-consuming part of the entire process.
Change of Registered Agent
Registered agent relationships end for one of two reasons, and both require careful handling to avoid a compliance gap.
- Agent resignation: a registered agent can resign, typically with formal notice to both the entity and the relevant registry, and often with a notice period built into the service agreement. Agents resign for various reasons, non-payment of fees, an entity that has become uncooperative on compliance requests, or simply a business decision to stop serving a particular jurisdiction or client type.
- Voluntary replacement by the client:client may choose to switch providers for cost, service quality, responsiveness, or any other reason, which requires a formal changeover rather than simply stopping payment to the outgoing agent and starting payment to a new one.
Registry Filing Requirements
Most jurisdictions require the change of registered agent to be formally filed with the relevant registry, often within a set window, and the entity is not considered compliant until that filing is complete. This filing is usually the incoming agent’s responsibility to submit, but it’s worth confirming explicitly rather than assuming, since a gap here leaves the entity technically without a registered agent on record even if a new relationship has informally begun.
Notice Periods and Handover of Records
Outgoing agents typically owe a notice period before resignation takes effect, giving the entity time to appoint a replacement without a coverage gap. A proper handover includes transferring statutory registers, records, and any beneficial ownership documentation to the incoming agent, along with confirmation of the entity’s current compliance status, any pending filings, and outstanding fees. A rushed or incomplete handover is one of the more common sources of compliance problems that surface months later.
Gaps in Coverage and How to Avoid Them
The riskiest moment in any change of agent is the window between one relationship ending and the next beginning. Confirming the new agent’s registration is active with the registry before terminating the old one, rather than after, closes that gap. It’s also worth confirming that all outstanding filings and fees under the previous agent have been settled before the handover completes, since unresolved issues have a way of resurfacing as the new agent’s problem to untangle.
Registered Agent Requirements by Jurisdiction
The registered agent concept looks different depending on where an entity is formed. Legal tradition, common law or civil law, shapes whether the role exists in a recognizable form at all, and how much regulatory weight sits behind it.
| Jurisdiction | Legal System | Local Representative Role | Substance Requirements | Disclosure Standards |
| Delaware (US) | Common law | Registered agent | No general economic substance regime | Owner information generally not on the public record at state level |
| BVI | Common law | Registered agent | Economic substance rules apply to entities carrying on specified relevant activities | No public register, beneficial ownership filed with the Registrar via the registered agent, with legitimate-interest access to qualifying applicants since April 2026 |
| Cayman Islands | Common law | Registered office provider / corporate services provider | Economic substance rules apply to entities carrying on specified relevant activities | No public register, beneficial ownership accessible on a legitimate-interest basis to qualifying applicants such as investigators, journalists, and business counterparties |
| Singapore | Common law | Registered filing agent / company secretary | Applies to entities claiming tax residency or incentives, tied to genuine local activity and management | Register of registrable controllers maintained privately, not publicly accessible |
| Hong Kong | Common law | Company secretary | Applies mainly to entities claiming relief under the foreign-sourced income exemption, tied to local presence | Significant controllers register kept by the company, accessible to authorities on request, not public |
| Isle of Man | Common law | Registered agent | Economic substance rules apply to entities carrying on specified relevant activities | Beneficial ownership held on a central database, accessible to authorities, not publicly available |
| UAE | Hybrid, common law free zones within a civil law federal system | Registered agent, particularly in free zones such as DIFC or RAK | Varies significantly between free zones and mainland | Beneficial ownership held by the relevant registrar, generally not public, varies by free zone |
| Luxembourg | Civil law | Notary and company registry, no direct registered agent equivalent | Tied to tax residency and genuine management presence | Central beneficial ownership register in place, public access restricted following the 2022 EU court ruling, now accessible on a legitimate-interest basis |
| Malta | Civil law | Company secretary and registered office provider | Tied to tax residency and management and control being exercised in Malta | Beneficial ownership register maintained by the Malta Business Registry, access narrowed after the 2022 EU court ruling |
| Nevis | Common law | Resident agent | No substance requirement for typical holding LLCs, limited requirements apply to specified regulated activities such as banking and insurance | No public register and no legitimate-interest access mechanism, information held by the licensed registered agent and available to the FSRC on request |
Registered Agent Requirements in Nevis
Nevis requires a licensed resident agent and registered office for every entity formed under the corresponding ordinances, held continuously rather than filed once and forgotten. The specifics differ by structure.
- Nevis LLCs and IBCs: every Nevis LLC and business corporation must appoint a resident agent licensed by the Nevis Financial Services Regulatory Commission, with the resident agent’s office serving as the entity’s registered office. The resident agent obtains and holds the identity of the beneficial owners and shareholders, maintains the statutory records, and reflects any change in ownership, directors, or officers in those records.
- Nevis trusts: a trust governed by Nevis law must maintain a licensed resident agent in Nevis for as long as the trust exists, regardless of where the trustees are based. This is the tie that keeps a Nevis trust connected to the jurisdiction whose asset protection legislation it relies on. Without it, the trust loses the local footing that its protections depend on.
- Nevis foundations: a Nevis multiform foundation carries the same requirement, a licensed resident agent and registered office maintained for the life of the foundation, filed with the Registrar and kept current.
Nevis takes the resident agent requirement seriously, and the role is tied directly to the asset protection features the jurisdiction is known for. A Nevis LLC, trust, or foundation must keep a licensed resident agent in place for its entire existence, and losing that agent puts the entity’s good standing, along with the protections that depend on it, immediately at risk.
Here at Trust Nevis, we have three decades of experience acting as licensed resident agent for Nevis structures. Our clients are international families, advisors, and business owners who need a resident agent that knows Nevis law inside out and treats their structure as more than a file number.
If you want a team that responds when you need answers, explains the fees without the runaround, and takes your compliance as seriously as you do, reach out. We’ll walk you through exactly what your Nevis structure requires and how we support it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a registered agent do?
A registered agent receives official government and legal correspondence on behalf of an entity, maintains its registered office, holds its statutory records, and monitors filing deadlines so the entity stays in good standing. The registered agent does not manage the entity or make decisions on its behalf. The role is administrative and statutory, a reliable local point of contact that the jurisdiction, its courts, and its regulators can always reach.
Does my LLC or corporation need a registered agent?
In almost every jurisdiction that permits LLCs and corporations, a registered agent is required, both to form the entity and to keep it active afterward. An LLC or corporation generally cannot complete its formation without naming a registered agent, and if the entity later stops maintaining one, it falls out of good standing and risks being struck off the register.
Does a trust need a registered agent?
A trust needs a registered agent when it is governed by the law of a jurisdiction that requires one. A Nevis trust, for example, must maintain a licensed resident agent in Nevis for as long as the trust exists, no matter where its trustees live. A trust governed by the law of a jurisdiction with no such requirement, such as an ordinary common law trust in most US states, generally does not need one, because the trust is not registered with a government registry the way a company is.
Does a foundation need a registered agent?
In most jurisdictions that permit foundations, including Nevis, a foundation must maintain a registered agent or an equivalent licensed local representative for its entire existence. The requirement works the same way it does for a company, it applies from formation and continues for as long as the foundation exists.
Can I be my own registered agent?
In some jurisdictions, an individual can act as their own registered agent, as long as they have a physical address in that jurisdiction and are available during business hours to receive documents in person. For offshore entities, trusts, and foundations, this is generally not permitted. Those structures usually must appoint an independent, licensed registered agent, separate from the entity’s owners, directors, or trustees.
What documents does a registered agent receive?
A registered agent receives service of process (the legal papers that notify an entity it is being sued), government and regulatory notices, annual filing and renewal reminders, and tax or compliance correspondence addressed to the entity. In many offshore jurisdictions the registered agent also holds the entity’s statutory registers and its beneficial ownership records.
What’s the difference between a registered agent and a registered office?
The registered agent is the licensed party that performs the role. The registered office is the physical address of record where that agent receives official documents and holds the entity’s statutory records. In most jurisdictions the registered agent maintains the registered office, so the two go together, but they are different things, one is the party, the other is the address.
What’s the difference between a registered agent and a director?
A registered agent has no authority over how the entity is run. Its role is limited to receiving correspondence, maintaining the registered office, holding records, and monitoring filings. A director, by contrast, manages the entity, makes business decisions, and carries fiduciary duties tied to that control. The same firm can provide both a registered agent and a director, but the responsibilities and the liability attached to each role stay separate.
What’s the difference between a registered agent and a trustee?
A registered agent holds no control over trust assets and performs a purely administrative and statutory role, receiving correspondence, maintaining the registered office, and holding records. A trustee holds legal title to the trust’s assets and has full fiduciary discretion over how those assets are managed and distributed, within the terms of the trust deed. The registered agent keeps the trust compliant with the jurisdiction, the trustee actually runs it.
Can a registered agent also act as a nominee director?
The same firm can provide both a registered agent and a nominee director for the same client, but the two roles are separate. The registered agent handles statutory correspondence and records and holds no control over the entity. A nominee director sits on the entity’s board on behalf of the beneficial owner. Because the nominee director role carries the duties and liability of a director, while the registered agent role does not, a client should be clear about which service they are receiving and what each one involves.
Is a registered agent the same as a resident agent or statutory agent?
These terms describe the same function under different naming conventions. Nevis and several other jurisdictions use “resident agent,” some US states use “statutory agent,” and others use “registered agent,” but in each case the role is the licensed local party that receives official correspondence and maintains the entity’s registered office. The name changes by jurisdiction, the underlying function does not.
How much does a registered agent cost?
Fees vary by jurisdiction and by provider. Most registered agents charge an annual fee that covers maintaining the registered office, holding statutory records, submitting government filings, and monitoring compliance. Separate legal work, such as amending a trust deed or restructuring the entity, is usually billed on top of the annual registered agent fee rather than included in it.
Why do registered agents charge an annual fee?
The annual fee covers an ongoing obligation, not a one-time setup cost. For as long as the entity exists, the registered agent maintains the registered office, holds the entity’s statutory and beneficial ownership records, monitors filing deadlines, and stays available to receive correspondence. Because these duties continue every year the entity is active, the fee that pays for them recurs every year too.
What happens if I don’t have a registered agent?
If an entity that is required to have a registered agent stops maintaining one, whether because the agent resigned, was not paid, or was never replaced, the entity falls out of good standing, often within days of the registry recording that it has no registered agent in place. If the entity does not appoint a new registered agent, most registries eventually strike the entity off and dissolve it. A struck-off entity can lose the liability protection it was formed to provide and its standing to bring or defend legal claims.
What are the risks of choosing the wrong registered agent?
A slow or under-resourced registered agent can miss a filing deadline, delay forwarding a lawsuit notice, or fail to keep beneficial ownership records current. Any one of these can push the entity out of good standing, and in a serious case, a missed lawsuit notice or a prolonged failure to file, it can lead to a default judgment against the entity or to the entity being struck off entirely.
What happens if my registered agent doesn’t forward an important document?
The entity generally bears the consequence even when the failure was the registered agent’s, whether that consequence is a missed court deadline, a default judgment, or a lapsed filing. The registry treats the document as having been delivered to the entity once it reached the registered agent. This is why a responsive, properly resourced registered agent matters as much as one that simply holds the required license.
Can I change my registered agent?
An entity can replace its registered agent at any time. The change is a formal process, the entity appoints a new licensed registered agent, files the change with the relevant registry, and the outgoing registered agent hands over the entity’s statutory records and beneficial ownership information to the incoming one. Confirming the new registered agent is active on the registry before ending the old appointment keeps the entity from being left without one during the switch.
What happens if my registered agent resigns?
A registered agent can resign, usually by giving formal notice to both the entity and the registry, and often after a notice period set out in the service agreement. During that notice period, the entity needs to appoint a replacement registered agent, because once the resignation takes effect the entity is left without one and starts to fall out of good standing until a new agent is in place.
What happens to my registered agent if I move my business to another jurisdiction?
The registered agent requirement is tied to the jurisdiction where the entity is formed or continued, not to the entity itself. If an entity redomiciles, moving its registration from one jurisdiction to another, it must appoint a registered agent in the new jurisdiction, since its previous registered agent is typically only licensed to act in the original one. The original registered agent relationship ends when the entity leaves that jurisdiction.
Do I need a different registered agent in every jurisdiction where I operate?
If an entity is registered or qualified to do business in more than one jurisdiction, it generally needs a registered agent in each of them. The requirement is tied to each jurisdiction’s own registry and legal system, so an entity registered in three jurisdictions needs a registered agent in all three, one for each place it is formally registered, not one overall.
