Idaho requires every LLC and corporation to keep a registered agent with a Idaho street address. Whether you can be your own agent is not stated on the filing office site. Changing your agent costs $0 for an LLC and $0 for a corporation. The Annual Report is due end of the anniversary month of registration, each year. If you have no agent: Administrative dissolution: one ground for dissolution is failure to notify the Secretary of State within 60 days that the entity's registered agent has changed or resigned; if not cured within 60 days after notice, the Secretary of State administratively dissolves the entity.. Hiring an agent costs $125 to $249 a year at renewal on the providers' own sites, read 2026-09-08; first-year offers run lower.
This page is general information, not legal advice. State fees, forms and deadlines change. Every fact is quoted from the state filing office or statute with the date we read it. Confirm on the official page before you file. Terms of use.
How to change your registered agent in Idaho
Three steps. Most owners finish online in under fifteen minutes.
- Choose the new agent. Whether you can be your own agent is not stated on the filing office site. Or hire a service from the price table below; they give you their Idaho street address to put on the form.
- File online. Filed free online via SOSBiz ("Update Registered Agent" link on sosbiz.idaho.gov); paper filing of the same form carries a $20 manual processing fee, per the cached sos.idaho.gov/business-forms/ page ("Change a registered agent or office ... Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent, or Both $20 (manual processing fee)"). Open sosbiz.idaho.gov
- Or file the paper form. Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent, or Both, from the Idaho Secretary of State. Mail it to: Idaho Secretary of State, Business Office, 450 N. 4th Street, Boise, ID 83702 (mailing address: P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720-0080). Open the Idaho filing office Direct PDF
- Pay the fee. Changing your agent costs $0 for an LLC and $0 for a corporation. Keep the confirmation; the new agent is effective when the state records it.
Mail or visit: Idaho Secretary of State, Business Office, 450 N. 4th Street, Boise, ID 83702 (mailing address: P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720-0080) Open in maps
What a registered agent costs in Idaho
Yearly fee from each provider's own site on the date shown: what a new customer pays the first year, and what it renews at. Sorted by renewal price, because that is what you pay every year after. "No link" means we have no agreement with that provider; it is listed on the same terms. Best is not always the one we earn from, and we say which is which.
| Provider | First year | Renews at | Terms and what is included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Registered Agentno link, no agreement | $125 | $125 | Same price every year, per its page
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| Harbor Complianceno link, no agreement | $99 | $149 | Renews at 149 per year after the first
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| Bizeeno link, no agreement | $149 | $149 | 149 per year standalone or on renewal; first year free only with a bizee formation
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| ZenBusinessno link, no agreement | $99 | $199 | Renews at 199 per year
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| LegalZoomno link, no agreement | $249 | $249 | Auto-renews; renewal rate subject to change, per its page
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What switching to the cheapest renewal saves
| If you renew with | Renews at | Saved per year | Over 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalZoom | $249 | $124 | $372 |
| ZenBusiness | $199 | $74 | $222 |
| Harbor Compliance | $149 | $24 | $72 |
| Bizee | $149 | $24 | $72 |
Compared with Northwest Registered Agent at $125 a year, prices read 2026-09-08. Switching costs the state change fee shown above, once.
Type your current renewal price to see the saving.
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Idaho at a glance
Fees, forms and deadlines
| Item | Idaho |
|---|---|
| Filing office | Idaho Secretary of State sos.idaho.gov/Source: sos.idaho.gov/business-forms/, read 2026-09-08 |
| Registered agent statute (LLC) | Idaho Code § 30-21-402Source: legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title30/t30ch21/sect30-21-4, read 2026-09-08 |
| Registered agent statute (corporation) | Idaho Code § 30-21-402Source: legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title30/t30ch21/sect30-21-4, read 2026-09-08 |
| Change of agent form | Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent, or Both (online filing available)Source: sos.idaho.gov/business-forms/, read 2026-09-08 |
| Change of agent fee, LLC | $0Source: sos.idaho.gov/business-forms/, read 2026-09-08 |
| Change of agent fee, corporation | $0Source: sos.idaho.gov/business-forms/, read 2026-09-08 |
| Annual Report due | end of the anniversary month of registration, each year (administrative practice per Idaho Code Title 30 ch. 21)Source: sos.idaho.gov/annual-report-help/, read 2026-09-08 |
| Annual report fee, LLC | $0Source: sos.idaho.gov/annual-report-help/, read 2026-09-08 |
| Annual report fee, corporation | $0Source: sos.idaho.gov/annual-report-help/, read 2026-09-08 |
| Late fee | not publishedSource: sos.idaho.gov/annual-report-help/, read 2026-09-08 |
| No agent on file | Administrative dissolution: one ground for dissolution is failure to notify the Secretary of State within 60 days that the entity's registered agent has changed or resigned; if not cured within 60 days after notice, the Secretary of State administratively dissolves the entity. Idaho Code § 30-21-407; Idaho Code Title 30, ch. 21, Part 6 (Administrative Dissolution)Source: legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title30/T30CH21/SECT30-21-4, read 2026-09-08 |
| Be your own agent | Whether you can be your own agent is not stated on the filing office site |
What the statute says
The following shall designate and maintain a registered agent in this state: (1) A domestic filing entity; (2) A domestic limited liability partnership; and (3) A registered foreign entity.
Idaho Code § 30-21-402, read 2026-09-08
A registered agent is the person or company the state and the courts send legal papers to. The agent must have a street address in Idaho, not a PO box, and be available during business hours. Whether you can be your own agent is not stated on the filing office site.
Annual report and what happens without an agent
The Annual Report is due end of the anniversary month of registration, each year. Fee: $0 for an LLC, $0 for a corporation. Late fee: not published.
Without an agent on file: Administrative dissolution: one ground for dissolution is failure to notify the Secretary of State within 60 days that the entity's registered agent has changed or resigned; if not cured within 60 days after notice, the Secretary of State administratively dissolves the entity. (Idaho Code § 30-21-407; Idaho Code Title 30, ch. 21, Part 6 (Administrative Dissolution)). In practice that means missed lawsuits and a company that can lose its good standing.
Sources and dates
- https://sos.idaho.gov/business-forms/, read 2026-09-08
- https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title30/t30ch21/sect30-21-402/, read 2026-09-08
- https://sos.idaho.gov/annual-report-help/, read 2026-09-08
- https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title30/T30CH21/SECT30-21-407/, read 2026-09-08
- https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/registered-agent, read 2026-09-08
- https://www.harborcompliance.com/registered-agent-service, read 2026-09-08
- https://bizee.com/business-management/registered-agent, read 2026-09-08
- https://www.zenbusiness.com/registered-agent-service/, read 2026-09-08
- https://www.legalzoom.com/business/business-operations/registered-agent-overview.html, read 2026-09-08
This page is general information, not legal advice. State fees, forms and deadlines change. Every fact is quoted from the state filing office or statute with the date we read it. Confirm on the official page before you file.
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