Determining a Legal Representative (Registered Agent)

A person who does not reside in the United States and does not have a physical address in the United States must appoint a registered representative (also called a legal representative or registered agent) in order to create an LLC company.

These registered agents can form and organize your LLC in your state on your behalf.

At the same time, Registered Agent will also be useful to you in the processes after company formment.

Your Registered Agent will hand-deliver to you official, legal paperwork and important notices that may come to your LLC from the state or another agency.

In Usa, such legal notices are delivered by hand.

That's why you are not allowed to display a PO box when starting an llc. Instead of a po box, your company's address can be the physical address of your chosen registered agent in that state. All states in the US accept this.

However, options such as po box, Türkiye home address or country of residence address should not be preferred during the company formment phase.

If you do not have a person or address that can personally receive these notifications for you during business hours, you need to get service from a Registered Agent.

It is possible to set up a self-service company via the states' websites.

However, if you appoint yourself as a Registered Agent instead of receiving Registered Agent service, this situation will be detected in a short time and your company will be terminated and closed by the state.

Which Registered Agent Should I Prefer?

When you do a brief research on the internet, you will find hundreds of registered representatives providing LLC company formation services.

When choosing these representative agencies (Registered Agent);

Pay attention to the size of the agency you will receive service from, its continuity, its position in the sector, how long it has been in service, whether its annual costs are affordable and whether it has its own offices in the states.

It should also have technical support and services where you can get free help in case of some possible problems.

You must be able to show the address of your own offices as your company address.

They should scan the documents coming to your address and deliver them to you digitally, free of charge.

A registered agent like Northwest can provide you with all of these requirements. more detailed information about Northwest Northwest LLC Installation Service Review guide.

Within the framework of our partnership with Northwest, you can form an LLC in any state by paying $39 (+ state fee).