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How to check a registered agent in Texas

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

The Texas rule

Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address. A Texas resident, including an owner, officer or employee, or an organization registered or authorized in Texas with a business office at the registered office. The company cannot be its own agent, and the agent has to consent. The address has to be a street address where papers can be handed to the agent during normal business hours. A mailbox service or answering service alone does not qualify. Changing agents costs $15. Source: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.201, checked October 20, 2026.

Providers reviewed in Texas

• Mainstay Filing $149 a year, same at renewal.
• Northwest Registered Agent $125, same afterwards
• InCorp Services $129, same afterwards
• ZenBusiness $99, then $199
• Bizee $149, same afterwards
• LegalZoom $249, same afterwards