Updated September 6, 2026. Quick answer: In Nevada, this role is called a registered agent, governed by Nevada Revised Statutes Section 86.231 (registered agent required; address of registered office), Section 86.251 (statement of change before an agent’s resignation/termination takes effect), Sections 86.272/86.274/86.276 (default status, Secretary of State’s duties, and charter revocation/reinstatement for defaulting companies), and Section 14.020 (service of process, fines for an unstaffed agent address). Nevada pairs its registered-agent default rules with an unusually punitive enforcement regime: a per-day fine ($100-$500) for an unstaffed agent address under NRS 14.020, and a hard 5-year permanent bar on reinstatement after charter revocation; both notably harsher than the other states researched here.
What the address rule requires
The registered agent must have a street address in Nevada for service of process, and that street address is by law the LLC’s registered office; failing to keep that address properly staffed exposes the entity (via its agent) to a state fine of $100 to $500 per day under NRS 14.020.
Who can serve as your registered agent
An individual resident of Nevada, or a business entity authorized to conduct business in Nevada, acting as either a commercial or noncommercial registered agent.
What happens if you don’t have one
If a registered agent resigns or a commercial registered agent’s registration terminates and the LLC does not file a statement of change before the effective date, the LLC is deemed in default, triggering NRS 86.272/86.274. Separately, NRS 14.030 allows a plaintiff to serve the Secretary of State directly when the entity has no registered agent on file. A defaulting LLC’s charter is revoked and its right to transact business forfeited on the first anniversary of the missed filing deadline; assets are held in trust pending dissolution proceedings, reinstatement costs $300 plus $75 per delinquent year, and if the charter stays revoked for 5 consecutive years it may never be reinstated.
How to change your registered agent
$60 to file a Statement of Change of Registered Agent by Represented Entity; optional expedite fees of $25 (24 working hours) or $500 (2 hours) are available. (source: Nevada Secretary of State, official Statement of Change of Registered Agent form and commercial-recordings fee schedule (nvsos.gov))
This page covers what Nevada’s own law requires. For the general question of whether you should pay a commercial service or serve as your own agent, see registered agent: do you actually need to pay for one.
Every citation on this page was read directly from the state’s own statute, Secretary of State site, or official filing form this session (or, where that site could not be reached, from an independently cross-checked legal-database mirror of the same codified text, disclosed below). General information, not legal advice; fees and specific procedures can change, and your state’s Secretary of State has the final say for any individual filing.
Related: Nevada’s LLC Certificate of Good Standing cost, including who issues it and how fast you can get one.