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How to check a registered agent in Iowa

Mainstay Filing is our pick in Iowa at $149 a year. To check any agent here: ask the Iowa Secretary of State how it records agents, confirm a Iowa street address, then apply the five criteria.

The Iowa rule

Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address. Any individual or business with a place of business in Iowa that has agreed to serve. The address has to be a place of business in Iowa. The registered office street address and the agent's business office have to match, and P.O. boxes are not accepted. Changing agents has no state fee. Source: Iowa Code § 489.115, checked October 20, 2026.

Providers reviewed in Iowa

• Mainstay Filing $149 a year, same at renewal.
• Standard Filings $199, same afterwards
• Northwest Registered Agent $125, same afterwards
• ZenBusiness $99, then $199
• Bizee $149, same afterwards
• LegalZoom $249, same afterwards