The most common, shorter term for an agent for the service of process is registered agent. Alternate terms are resident agent and statutory agent. Each of the terms stress an aspect of registered agency. There must be a resident person established by law to carry out the function of process service in a registered office in a given state. The "person" can also be a corporation or limited liability company. You can E-mail our Alabama resident agent, order online or call us at 1-800-669-9805 for further information or to arrange for service, either immediately or effective upon expiration of your current registered agent period of service.

Expect our Alabama registered agent to provide quality service at a reasonable price: $99 per year. You can pay more than twice this amount, but without receiving better service. We have been acting as statutory agent for many companies for many years, so we know what you need and do not need. We will not add extra frills to the basic process which is quite limited and specific in the law. You can now comply with Alabama laws requiring an agent and a registered office without overpaying or sacrificing quality and dependability.

, founded by a veteran corporate lawyer, has grown into a network of practicing lawyers in the various states.

, provides dependable registered, statutory and resident agent service everywhere, plus other corporate and legal services, such as trademarks. We have also assisted clients with their need to establish an extra-provincial corporation in Ontario and Alberta. By whatever name, we provide quality registered, statutory and resident agent service in all of the United States.

In summary here are some facts you should know about a registered agent in Alabama: "registered agent," "statutory agent" and "resident agent" are three names for the same thing: an agent authorized by a company to receive documents and notices. (Since the three terms all refer to a Resident of the state acting as an AGENT, we are coining the term "ragent" to include them all).

Your Alabama "ragent" may be (1) a domestic company formed under Alabama corporate law (2) a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Alabama or (3) an adult individual who resides in Alabama.

It is important to note that an Alabama registered agent must have an Alabama street address rather than a post office box and that the registered agent must sign a consent to be registered agent.

APPOINTING A NEW ALABAMA REGISTERED AGENT

We work with newly formed companies, as well as companies previously formed who presently have an overpriced resident agent, or a registered agent whose quality and dependability may be open to question. Where your business meets the law, there should be no questionable behavior.

If you are forming a new company yourself (or qualifying your company to do business in a new state yourself) and are interested in our registered agent services, just check the first box when you order online. (If you want legal assistance in the formation or qualification process, you may want to contact 4inc.com, which is also affiliated with the Inc.Link® network of corporate professionals.)

If you wish only to change your registered agent in Alabama, you may do so at any time by completing a change of Alabama registered agent form and submitting it to the Alabama Secretary of State.

When you order online, we take care of filling out this form and sending it to you for signature. After you sign and return the form to us we will take care of filing it; and we will also pay the fee which must be paid to the Alabama Secretary of State to make the change.

If you prefer, you can sign the form first and send it to us so that we may complete it and file it with the Alabama Secretary of State, along with the filing fee, the change of Alabama registered agent form for corporations can be found at http://www.sos.alabama.gov/downloads/dl3.aspx?trgturl=business/sosfdf-1.pdf&trgtfile=sosfdf-1.pdf; and the form for LLCs at http://www.sos.alabama.gov/downloads/dl3.aspx?trgturl=business/sosfdf-12.pdf&trgtfile=sosfdf-12.pdf.

Just sign it and get it to us and we will take care of the rest.

If your present agent is prepaid for a period of time, you can instruct us not to make the change until that period of time has expired.