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Formation Explained

LLC rules, unpacked for first-time owners.

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  2. Glossary
  3. Registered office

What it means

What a registered office means for an LLC

Where the agent accepts papers. States generally want a real street address, not a mailbox.
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The short version

Sometimes written as
Registered address

What this means for you

It must be somewhere a person can take delivery of papers during business hours.

Related pages

It matters most in these explanations: Starting an LLC in each state, Registered agent rules by state, Out-of-state registration by state.