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Iowa Registered Agent Services

$129/year with prices as low as $87/year with the purchase of multi-year service!

Des Moines, IA 50309-3723
Polk County
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What Is a Registered Agent (a.k.a. Resident Agent or Statutory Agent)?

A registered agent may go by a different name, such as a resident agent or statutory agent, depending on the state in which you run your business. They all provide the same services for businesses, though, regardless of the name. An Iowa registered agent is an individual or legal entity that is the officially designated recipient of legal documents from the state on behalf of your business. They are also responsible for receiving service of process (SOP) communications if your business should be involved in litigation brought forth by a third party. Businesses registered as legal entities are legally required in all 50 states to have a registered agent and list them within their articles of incorporation/organization. Having a registered agent is an essential part of responsibly operating a business that is in compliance with Iowa law.

What Services Does a Registered Agent Provide for Iowa Businesses?

Having a registered agent is a requirement every time you register a new Iowa corporation or LLC. You must select a reliable company to act as your Iowa registered agent. Failing to establish and maintain a registered agent can have negative effects on the legal status of your company within the state and result in extra, unnecessary expenses. The person or entity must be located and available at a physical street address within the state of Iowa during normal business hours. A mailbox service or P.O. Box cannot represent you as your registered agent.

Why Choose InCorp for Your Iowa Registered Agent Services?

Created in 1998, we now have over 250,000 worldwide clients and are BBB rated A+. We will beat any competitor's price on registered agent service and offer incredible discounts on multi-year and multistate national registered agent services.

How Registered Agent Service Can Help Your Iowa Business

  • Legal Notifications

    Using an official address, an Iowa registered agent safely and securely receives important legal documents such as your annual filing notices on behalf of your business. Having a registered agent receive legal notifications for your business, you avoid the risks of lost or misplaced mail associated with receiving such documents at a home or business address. Additionally, you can trust that your Iowa registered agent will handle your official mail correctly and responsibly, complying with Iowa law and any necessary legal procedures that may be involved.

  • Flexibility

    With a registered agent, you will be compliant with the law by having someone always present during standard business hours to receive official legal notices on behalf of your business. You will not need to be present at your physical business location during standard business hours or even have a physical business location. Your Iowa registered agent will provide an official address where important legal notices can be sent. This allows for a lot of flexibility regarding how you choose to run your business. For example, if you have a physical business location and decide to move your business, by having an Iowa registered agent, updating your business address with the state will not be necessary for you to continue to be in compliance and receive official legal notices.

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"InCorp helped me navigate the details and potentially confusing amount of filing and paperwork that I would have otherwise had to figure out for myself. For a small business (or even larger) this was invaluable."

T SF

  • Privacy

    With an Iowa registered agent, you will help secure the privacy of your home address. If you use your home address to receive legal notices, it will be listed within public directories. An official address will be provided to you through a registered agent to receive your business's critical legal notifications. This will, in turn, help keep your home address private from the public.

  • Help Prevent Corporate Identity Theft

    Through EntityWatch®, the innovative and proprietary technology developed first by InCorp, our information system ties into most of the state databases to give you up-to-date information on the status of your entities including the filing status, the current registered agent, officers, and directors. EntityWatch® also advises you of changes to help prevent corporate identity theft.

  • Organization

    View and upload all your state business filings, corporate documents, and statuses via the Internet on our comprehensive client website at no additional fee. Our Entity Management System (EMS) is where you can keep track of compliance events using our compliance calendar, view and/or store your corporate documents from anywhere in the world, track your forwarded mail, pay your invoices, and order additional services is included at no additional charge! (Now available as an app for iOS devices.)

  • Consolidate Expenses

    For multi-state companies, you will receive a consolidated bill for all your business entities in every state hosted.

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"I have been using InCorp for over 7 years to be the Registered Agency for my new business clients. When hurdles stand in the way for whatever reason, their team assists in a solution to make the transition easier for the client. In addition, their prices are affordable for the startups."

Jinean

  • Save Money

    For over 20 years we have provided top-tier service with one of the lowest prices in the industry and have only raised our prices one time (while many of our competitors raise their prices on their long-term clients yearly!) Our standard fee to serve as your Iowa registered agent is only $129 per state! And you can save even more when you choose multi-year service.

  • Fast Support and Service

    Over-the-counter expedited business document filing service are available for most states. Receive notification of all service of process in real-time and receive said service of process within 24-hours of receipt via Express Mail, facsimile, or email.

What you need to know when appointing InCorp Services, Inc. as your Iowa Registered Agent:

  • Iowa does not require original signatures.
  • Online filings are available by uploading completed forms.
  • Iowa's normal filing time is about 14 business days. Expedited processing is not available.
  • The Iowa Registered Agent change filing is $20 for Limited Partnerships and free of charge for other entities.
  • The state of Iowa requires LLCs and corporations filed in Iowa to have a Registered Agent. Iowa Registered Agents are a person or company designated on public record to accept legal documents (service of process) and notifications from the Iowa Secretary of State's office on behalf of the corporate entity. There are few restrictions regarding who can be listed as a Registered Agent, the most important being that the Registered Agent must be located and available at a physical street address, within the state of Iowa, during normal business hours.
  • Your Iowa Registered Agent will be responsible, on your behalf, to receive all government notifications sent to Registered Agents, Annual Report notices, and litigation (service of process) documents. In Iowa, InCorp's address is for Registered Agent service only.

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Iowa Registered Agent FAQs

Ordering service is easy using our online form. Simply fill in the required fields, review the Terms of Service, and submit your order.

You'll receive our address immediately and more instructions for filing within 1 business day.

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Having a registered agent is required in almost every state. The purpose is for the state to show a physical address in that state at which the company can be served with legal documents. We also receive notifications from many states and help you keep your company in good standing. An added benefit is the security of knowing InCorp is here to fulfill this requirement and provide you with a little more privacy.

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When hiring InCorp as your commercial registered agent, we do not automatically file your documents to register your entity with the state. Formation and qualification filings are separate services, and we will be happy to prepare the entire filing for you once the additional service has been purchased. Our order processing team members will automatically provide consent forms for the states that require them, and we're here to help with Registered Agent Change forms at no additional charge if you'd like our assistance.

In most cases, yes, but we do require that you also be filed with the Secretary of State. Some agencies have requirements that we can't meet, like an address in a specific county or an individual serving instead of InCorp as a company. If you send over the document we'll review it to make sure we can meet the requirements.

The first thing is to order service. Once your order is placed and you have received the confirmation email, please contact our order processing team to proceed. Some states require our signature but it does not have to be a mailed original so you can just reply to your order confirmation with the document attached and we'll sign and return it to you. Other states require our original signature, in which case you can email us the document, we will sign it and mail it to you for submission to the state. Alternatively, you can mail us the complete package of documents and state payment and we will sign and forward the package to the state for you. A few states, like Wyoming, require a separate Registered Agent Consent form. We'll send that directly to you after your order is placed. Please call our order processing team or email us with any additional questions or concerns.

The general rule is that InCorp only serves as an Iowa registered agent for entities registered with the Secretary of State. We can serve for other agencies as well but need to be listed with the Secretary of State, also. When looking for a registered agent for an individual, we recommend using an attorney or law office.

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