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Forming an LLC in Alaska costs $250. That's the state filing fee for the Articles of Organization. The fee goes to the state's corporations division.I have 7+ years of hands-on work helping people start businesses. I used that time to check Alaska's exact costs and rules.After that, two costs repeat. There's a $50 business license each year and a $100 biennial report every two years. Here's... Read more >

To look up an LLC in Alaska, search the state's Corporations Database. It's the free public search tool run by the Corporations Section. No login is required.Search by entity name, entity number or registered agent name. Results show the entity's status, formation date and registered agent details.This guide covers each search method and what results show. It also says who to contact if the... Read more >

To change your registered agent in Wisconsin, file a Statement of Change with the Department of Financial Institutions. Filing online costs $10. Mailing a paper form costs $25.The DFI's Division of Corporate & Consumer Services handles this filing directly. You can also fold the change into your LLC's annual report instead of filing a separate form. Read more >

To change your Kansas LLC's resident agent, file a Certificate of Amendment with the Kansas Secretary of State. The filing fee is $30 online, or $35 by mail.Kansas calls this role a resident agent. State law treats "resident agent" and "registered agent" as the same thing. You can file online in minutes. You can mail the form in instead. Or you can hand the whole job to a professional... Read more >

To change your registered agent in North Dakota, file a Statement of Change with the Secretary of State. The fee is $10. North Dakota only accepts this filing through the FirstStop online portal.The change filing is separate from your LLC's annual report. Updating one does not update the other. The Quick Facts below cover the exact statute and the filing steps.This guide walks through the... Read more >

To change your New Mexico registered agent, file a Statement of Change with the Secretary of State through the state's online Business Portal. The fee is $20 for an LLC.New Mexico stopped taking paper business filings. Every change goes through the same online portal now. It doesn't matter if you file it yourself or pay a service to do it for you. There's no mail-in option left, and no walk-in... Read more >

Changing your Wyoming registered agent means filing a change-of-agent form. You send it to the Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division. You also need a signed consent from the new agent. The filing fee is $5.00.The Business Division is the only office that handles this filing. There's no separate corporations office to search for. Once your paperwork clears, the change appears on your... Read more >

To change your registered agent in Vermont, file a Statement of Change with the Secretary of State's Corporations Division. The fee is $35.You can file online through the state's Business Service Center. It normally processes in under a business day. Or you can mail a paper version, which takes 7-10 business days once it reaches the office. Read more >

To change your registered agent in Utah, file the LLC Registration Information Change Form. Send it to the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. The fee is $17.Utah routes each business filing through the Department of Commerce. This change goes to the Division, either online or on paper. Read more >

To change your Iowa LLC's registered agent, file a Statement of Change with the Iowa Secretary of State. You can submit it through Fast Track Filing, by mail, or by hand delivery. Iowa charges no filing fee for this change.Iowa keeps the process light. The change takes effect as soon as the Secretary of State files it, and some businesses can even handle part of it through their next biennial... Read more >

To change your registered agent in Washington, file a Statement of Change/Designation of Agent. Send it to the Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division. There's no filing fee.Washington routes this filing through the Corporations and Charities Filing System, or CCFS. You can file online there, or mail the paper form instead. Read more >

South Carolina's Notice of Change form is what you need. File it with the Secretary of State online through Business Entities Online, or mail it to Columbia. Either way, the fee is $10.This is a separate filing from anything else on your LLC's record. South Carolina doesn't require most LLCs to file a periodic report with the Secretary of State at all. There's no annual filing to fold this... Read more >