Minnesota requires every LLC to keep a registered office in Minnesota; a registered agent is optional for LLCs (Minn. Stat. 322C.0113: 'Every limited liability company shall have a registered office and may have a registered agent'). Corporations name a registered agent under chapter 302A. You can be your own agent (If designating a registered agent, it must be a person residing in Minnesota, a Minnesota entity,..., full wording in the be-your-own-agent guide). Changing your agent costs $35 for an LLC and $35 for a corporation. If you have no agent: Minnesota does not appear to require an LLC to maintain a registered agent at all: Minn. Stat. § 322C.0113 states an LLC 'shall have a registered office' but only 'may have a registered agent' -- registered office is mandatory, a registered agent is optional. Consistent with this, the state's own Change of Registered Office/Agent form instructs filers who do not want to designate an agent to 'list "NONE" in this box' rather than treating a missing agent as a defect. The consequence the cache DOES confirm is for failing to file the Annual Renewal (which is a separate act from lacking an agent): an entity can be administratively dissolved by the Secretary of State's office for failure to file an annual renewal, and may later retroactively reinstate by filing the current year's renewal and paying the applicable fee. Hiring an agent costs $125 to $249 a year at renewal on the providers' own sites, read 2026-09-28; first-year offers run lower.
How to change your registered agent in Minnesota
- Choose the new agent. Name yourself if you meet the rule in the facts table, or hire a service from the price table below; they give you their Minnesota street address to put on the form.
- File online. 'File your business document online by visiting our website at www.sos.mn.gov.' The form PDF does not give a deeper direct link to the online filing system (link text on the corp-forms page just reads 'Go here to use our online system' with the underlying URL not captured in plain-text extraction), so only the general domain is recorded; no dedicated e-filing subdomain/portal URL is in the cache. Open sos.mn.gov
- Or file the paper form. Notice of Change of Registered Office/Registered Agent, from the Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services. Mail it to: Minnesota Secretary of State-Business Services, First National Bank Building, 332 Minnesota Street, Suite N201, Saint Paul, MN 55101. Open the Minnesota filing office Direct PDF
- Pay the fee. Changing your agent costs $35 for an LLC and $35 for a corporation. Keep the confirmation; the new agent is effective when the state records it.
What a registered agent costs in Minnesota
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. Links marked "affiliate link" pay us a commission; the other names link straight to the provider, 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, our dated note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Registered Agentaffiliate link | $125 | $125 | Same price every year, per its page; $100 a year per state for five or more states Read on the provider's site 2026-09-28 |
| Bizeeaffiliate link | $149 | $149 | 149 per year standalone or on renewal; first year free only with a Bizee formation Read on the provider's site 2026-09-28 |
| Harbor Complianceaffiliate link | $99 | $159 | Renews at 159 per year after the first; 3 years paid up front cost 297 Read on the provider's site 2026-09-28 |
| ZenBusiness | $99 | $199 | Renews at 199 per year Read on the provider's site 2026-09-28 |
| Registered Agents Inc | $200 | $200 | 200 a year, annual report filing included, per its page Read on the provider's site 2026-09-28 |
| LegalZoom | $249 | $249 | Auto-renews; renewal rate subject to change, per its page Read on the provider's site 2026-09-28 |
What switching to the cheapest renewal saves
| If you renew with | Renews at | Saved per year | Over 3 years | First year, after the $35 fee | Break-even |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LegalZoom | $249 | $124 | $372 | $89 | month 4 |
| Registered Agents Inc | $200 | $75 | $225 | $40 | month 6 |
| ZenBusiness | $199 | $74 | $222 | $39 | month 6 |
| Harbor Compliance | $159 | $34 | $102 | $0 | month 13 |
| Bizee | $149 | $24 | $72 | $0 | month 18 |
Compared with Northwest Registered Agent at $125 a year, prices read 2026-09-28. Switching costs the state change fee shown above, once.
Three-year totals and every price change we have seen: the cost page.
Type your current renewal price to see the saving, what the state fee leaves the first year, and the break-even month.
Switch to Northwest Registered Agent, $125 a year Affiliate link, same price as on their site.
Advertising disclosure. Some provider names on this page are links to that provider's site through an affiliate network. If you buy through one of those links we may earn a commission. The price you pay does not change. Links to providers we have no agreement with go straight to their site; every provider is ranked by the same rules. Disclosed under the US FTC Endorsement Guides and the Norwegian Marketing Control Act. A Northwest Registered Agent affiliate.
Minnesota at a glance
Fees, forms and deadlines
| Item | Minnesota |
|---|---|
| Filing office | Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services sos.mn.gov/business-liens/business-forms-fees/minnesota-business-corpoSource: sos.mn.gov/business-liens/business-forms-fees/minnesota-business-corpo, read 2026-09-08 |
| Registered agent statute (LLC) | Minn. Stat. § 322C.0113Source: revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/322C.0113, read 2026-09-08 |
| Registered agent statute (corporation) | Minn. Stat. § 5.36Source: revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/5.36, read 2026-10-21 |
| Change of agent form | Notice of Change of Registered Office/Registered Agent (online filing available)Source: sos.mn.gov/media/1382/changeofregisteredofficeagent.pdf, read 2026-09-08 |
| Change of agent fee, LLC | $35Source: sos.mn.gov/media/1382/changeofregisteredofficeagent.pdf, read 2026-09-08 |
| Change of agent fee, corporation | $35Source: sos.mn.gov/media/1382/changeofregisteredofficeagent.pdf, read 2026-09-08 |
| Annual Renewal due | not confirmed (file your annual renewal once every calendar year)Source: sos.mn.gov/business-liens/business-forms-fees/minnesota-business-corpo, read 2026-09-08 |
| Annual report fee, LLC | $0Source: sos.mn.gov/business-liens/business-forms-fees/minnesota-business-corpo, read 2026-09-08 |
| Annual report fee, corporation | $0Source: sos.mn.gov/business-liens/business-forms-fees/minnesota-business-corpo, read 2026-09-08 |
| Late fee | not confirmedSource: sos.mn.gov/business-liens/business-forms-fees/minnesota-business-corpo, read 2026-09-08 |
| No agent on file | Minnesota does not appear to require an LLC to maintain a registered agent at all: Minn. Stat. § 322C.0113 states an LLC 'shall have a registered office' but only 'may have a registered agent' -- registered office is mandatory, a registered agent is optional. Consistent with this, the state's own Change of Registered Office/Agent form instructs filers who do not want to designate an agent to 'list "NONE" in this box' rather than treating a missing agent as a defect. The consequence the cache DOES confirm is for failing to file the Annual Renewal (which is a separate act from lacking an agent): an entity can be administratively dissolved by the Secretary of State's office for failure to file an annual renewal, and may later retroactively reinstate by filing the current year's renewal and paying the applicable fee. Minn. Stat. § 322C.0113 (registered agent is optional for LLCs); annual-renewal dissolution citation not pinpointed beyond the plain-language corp-forms pageSource: revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/322C.0113, read 2026-09-08 |
| Be your own agent | You can be your own agent (If designating a registered agent, it must be a person residing in Minnesota, a Minnesota entity,..., full wording in the be-your-own-agent guide)Source: sos.mn.gov/media/1382/changeofregisteredofficeagent.pdf, read 2026-09-08 |
What the statute says
s entity formed under the laws of Minnesota may designate a registered agent in its formation document. A business entity formed under the laws of another jurisdiction must designate a registered agent when reg
Minn. Stat. § 5.36, read 2026-10-21
Every limited liability company shall have a registered office and may have a registered agent, in the manner prescribed by section 5.36.
Minn. Stat. § 322C.0113, 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 Minnesota, not a PO box, and be available during business hours. Minnesota requires every LLC to keep a registered office in Minnesota; a registered agent is optional for LLCs (Minn. Stat. 322C.0113: 'Every limited liability company shall have a registered office and may have a registered agent'). Corporations name a registered agent under chapter 302A.
Annual report and what happens without an agent
We have not confirmed the annual report due date yet. Fee: $0 for an LLC, $0 for a corporation. Late fee: not confirmed.
Without an agent on file: Minnesota does not appear to require an LLC to maintain a registered agent at all: Minn. Stat. § 322C.0113 states an LLC 'shall have a registered office' but only 'may have a registered agent' -- registered office is mandatory, a registered agent is optional. Consistent with this, the state's own Change of Registered Office/Agent form instructs filers who do not want to designate an agent to 'list "NONE" in this box' rather than treating a missing agent as a defect. The consequence the cache DOES confirm is for failing to file the Annual Renewal (which is a separate act from lacking an agent): an entity can be administratively dissolved by the Secretary of State's office for failure to file an annual renewal, and may later retroactively reinstate by filing the current year's renewal and paying the applicable fee (Minn. Stat. § 322C.0113 (registered agent is optional for LLCs); annual-renewal dissolution citation not pinpointed beyond the plain-language corp-forms page).
Sources and dates
- https://www.sos.mn.gov/business-liens/business-forms-fees/minnesota-business-corporation-forms, read 2026-09-08
- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/322C.0113, read 2026-09-08
- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/5.36, read 2026-10-21
- https://www.sos.mn.gov/media/1382/changeofregisteredofficeagent.pdf, read 2026-09-08
- https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/registered-agent, read 2026-09-28
- https://www.registeredagentsinc.com/registered-agent/, read 2026-09-28
- https://www.harborcompliance.com/registered-agent-service, read 2026-09-28
- https://bizee.com/business-management/registered-agent, read 2026-09-28
- https://www.zenbusiness.com/registered-agent-service/, read 2026-09-28
- https://www.legalzoom.com/business/business-operations/registered-agent-overview.html, read 2026-09-28
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