Change of Registered Agent in North Dakota: $10, Filed Online

$10 and one online submission. That is the entire mechanism for replacing a registered agent in North Dakota, and the change is legally effective the moment the state accepts the filing.

The Statement of Change: No Paper Form

North Dakota's Registered Agents Act handles agent swaps at § 10-01.1-08 through a filing called the statement of change. The state assigns it no form number and prints no paper version; business filings in North Dakota run through FirstStop, the Secretary of State's online system. The $10 fee comes straight from statute, § 10-01.1-03(1)(c). The Secretary of State's registered agents page is the official reference for the process.

The $10 Change, Step by Step

1. Pick a qualifying replacement: a commercial registered agent listed with the state, a North Dakota resident individual, or a registered company keeping a business office in the state.
2. Have your entity's exact registered name and state record details handy.
3. Log into FirstStop and complete the statement of change with the new agent's name and North Dakota street address.
4. Pay the $10 state fee.
5. Pull up your entity record afterward. Under § 10-01.1-08 the appointment flips at filing, so the update should already show.

Enroll with us first and step 3 becomes copy-paste: we supply every piece of information the filing asks for.

When a Change Makes Sense

Forwarding takes too long. An agent who sits on served documents burns response time you may need in court.

Your address is the agent address. Home addresses on the state record surface in every lookup. A professional agent's address replaces yours.

The bill outgrew the service. $200 to $400 a year buys the same core function we deliver at $99.

The person is gone. Agents retire, relocate, and lose interest. The state still expects one on file every business day.

The company matured. Informal arrangements that worked at founding rarely survive real legal exposure.

Switching to North Dakota Registered Agent.co

Enrollment activates your dashboard immediately. We hand you the exact details for the statement of change, you file and pay the $10, and once the state record updates, every document served on your company routes through us from that day forward.

What You Get for $99/year

• North Dakota street address for your state filings
• Service of process captured and scanned the day it arrives
• Alerts ahead of the November 15 annual report deadline ($50 state fee)
• Dashboard access around the clock
• Your personal address kept off the public record

Effective on Filing, No Gap

The statute leaves no dead zone. Your outgoing agent holds the role until the statement of change is filed; the incoming agent holds it from that instant. Coverage transfers in the same moment the state accepts the $10 filing.

No Ongoing Obligation

No term contracts here. If we stop earning the renewal, another $10 statement of change moves you on, and we make that easy too. Retention through performance is the model.

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