NH registered agent
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New Hampshire requires every corporation and LLC on its books to keep a registered agent at a real address in the state. Here is what New Hampshire law says about who that agent has to be and where it has to be.
What New Hampshire requires of a registered agent
The requirement
A NH corporation must continuously maintain a registered office and a registered agent who is either (i) an individual resident of NH whose business office is identical with the registered office, or (ii) a corporation (RSA 292/293-A/294-A), LLC (RSA 304-C), or LLP (RSA 304-A:44) organized or authorized in NH whose business office is identical with the registered office. The LLC act mirrors this, and for an individual allows a 'residential or business office' identical with the registered office (RSA 304-C:36, I).
(a) Each corporation must continuously maintain in this state: (1) a registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and (2) a registered agent, who may be: (i) an individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office; (ii) a corporation organized or authorized under RSA 292, RSA 293-A, or RSA 294-A whose business office is identical with the registered office; (iii) a limited liability company formed or authorized under RSA 304-C ... or (iv) a limited liability partnership formed or authorized under RSA 304-A:44 ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RSA 293-A:5.01(a); RSA 304-C:36, I
How we comply
We don't.
What New Hampshire does to your company when we don't
Here is what the state does to an entity that has no agent, or whose agent is us.
Administrative dissolution
Being without a registered agent or registered office for 60 days or more, or failing to notify the secretary of state within 60 days of an agent/office change, resignation, or discontinuance, is a ground for administrative dissolution of a corporation. The LLC act has identical grounds (RSA 304-C:136, III-IV).
(3) the corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 60 days or more; (4) the corporation does not notify the secretary of state within 60 days that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RSA 293-A:14.20(a)(3)-(4)
And also
Effect of administrative dissolution: the corporation continues to exist but may not carry on any business except winding up and liquidating; the SOS gives 60 days to cure after notice before dissolving.
A corporation administratively dissolved continues its corporate existence but may not carry on any business except that necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs under RSA 293-A:14.05 and notify claimants under RSA 293-A:14.06 and RSA 293-A:14.07.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RSA 293-A:14.21(b)-(c)
And also
Name protection lasts only 120 days after the notice of administrative dissolution; after that another entity may take the name without the dissolved corporation's consent.
The secretary of state shall not permit any other individual, corporation, or other business entity to assume the same name or a similar name, of a corporation administratively dissolved under this section ... for a period of 120 days following the notice of administrative dissolution without the written consent of such corporation.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RSA 293-A:14.21(e)
Revocation (foreign entities)
A foreign corporation's certificate of authority may be revoked if it is without a registered agent or registered office in NH for 60 days or more, or fails to report an agent/office change within 60 days. The foreign LLC act carries the same ground.
(3) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 60 days or more; (4) the foreign corporation does not inform the secretary of state under RSA 293-A:15.08 or RSA 293-A:15.09 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued within 60 days of the change, resignation, or discontinuance;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RSA 293-A:15.30(a)(3)-(4)
The bill to come back
Reinstatement fee
Reinstatement within 3 years costs $135 (application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution); after 3 years, late reinstatement requires a court-style showing, publication, and a $500 fee. LLC fees are identical ($135 reinstatement, $500 late reinstatement, RSA 304-C:191, II(f)).
A corporation administratively dissolved under RSA 293-A:14.21 may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement within 3 years after the effective date of dissolution. ... (12) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution $135 ... (18) Late reinstatement fee $500
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RSA 293-A:14.22(a); RSA 293-A:1.22(a)(12), (18)
What happens to the lawsuit you never saw
Substituted service
If a corporation has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, service is made by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the corporation at its principal office - perfected on receipt, on the return-receipt date, or 5 days after mailing. The LLC act is identical except mail is addressed to the LLC at its principal office (RSA 304-C:37, II). This is mail service on the entity, not service on the Secretary of State.
If a corporation has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the corporation at its principal office. Service is perfected under this subsection at the earliest of: (1) the date the corporation receives the mail; (2) the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the corporation; or (3) five days after its deposit in the U.S. Mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RSA 293-A:5.04(b); RSA 304-C:37, II
Statutory text as captured by incFACTS (retrieved 2026-08-01, verified word-for-word against the state code 2026-08-10). Laws change. The statute governs; this page does not.