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How to check a registered agent in West Virginia

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

The West Virginia rule

The statute says an LLC "may" keep an agent; the Articles ask for one "if any". If one is named: a West Virginia resident, a West Virginia corporation, another LLC, or a corporation or company from another state authorized to do business in West Virginia. The statute says an LLC "may" keep an agent, and the Articles of Organization ask for one "if any." If an agent is named, its West Virginia address goes on the state record. Changing agents costs $15. Source: W. Va. Code § 31B-1-108, checked October 20, 2026.

Providers reviewed in West Virginia

• Mainstay Filing $149 a year, same at renewal.
• ResidentAgents.com $129, same afterwards
• Standard Filings $199, same afterwards
• Northwest Registered Agent $125, same afterwards
• ZenBusiness $99, then $199
• Bizee $149, same afterwards
• LegalZoom $249, same afterwards
• Harbor Compliance $99, then $159
• InCorp Services $129, same afterwards