# Registered agent

> Registered agent — The person or company, with an address in the state, that a corporation must keep to receive legal process and the state's notices. Delaware sends its annual report and franchise tax notices to the registered agent each December.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/registered-agent
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**What is registered agent?** In accounting, registered agent means the person or company, with an address in the state, that a corporation must keep to receive legal process and the state's notices. Delaware sends its annual report and franchise tax notices to the registered agent each December.

## Words this system refuses for it

- mailing address
- incorporator

- **Category:** Entity & compliance
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)