Nebraska Certificate of Authority / Agent
The registered agent behind a Nebraska certificate of authority
An agent and an office in Nebraska come with every certificate of authority, and replacing either costs $25 online or $30 at the counter. Nebraska lets a resident member, a resident third party or a company with authority here fill the role.
Agent rules at a glance
- Who qualifies
- a member of the entity or a designated third party who lives in Nebraska, or a corporation authorized to transact business in Nebraska, with an office identical to the registered office
- Office
- Same street address as the agent
- Change fee
- $25 online, $30 in the office
- LLC agent resignation
- $30
- Corporation agent resignation
- no fee
What the rule says
The Secretary of State describes the agent as the entity's recipient for service of process and official government mail, and it may be a member of the entity or a designated third party who lives in Nebraska, or a corporation authorized to transact business in Nebraska, with an office identical to the registered office. The statute puts it a little differently: an individual who lives in Nebraska, or another person authorized to transact business in the state.
No gaps allowed
Nebraska expects the agent and the office to be in place all the time. A lapse can bring administrative dissolution, and a foreign corporation without an agent or an office on record, or without notice of a change, may face revocation once 60 days have passed.
Changing it, by entity
An LLC files a statement of change that can cover the principal office, the registered agent, the agent's address, or any combination, with the current and the new details. A corporation uses a different form, on which the office and the agent are one street address and the agent signs one of two statements, either that the corporation was told of the new address or that the agent agrees to serve. Online, either filing costs $25.
A warning printed on the corporate form
That form states that signing a false document is a Class I misdemeanor, which carries up to one year in prison, a fine, or both. Verify the addresses before the officer or the agent signs.
Resignation
For an LLC the agent's statement of resignation carries a $30 fee, and for a corporation the fee is no fee. Neither is on the online list, so it goes in on paper. A resignation leaves the company exposed until a successor is on file, so line up the next agent first.
Why a mailbox is risky
On each change form the agent's address block already shows NE, and the office's guidance talks about an agent's office.
Two offices, two addresses
The registered office receives legal papers and shares the agent's street address. The principal office is where the business actually runs, and it can sit in another state. Each has its own entry on the application.
Screening an agent
Before you commit, find out whether someone is at the Nebraska office during the working day, how papers are passed on and how fast, and how much warning a resignation brings. Keep the replies in writing.
When the agent calls to say it is leaving
Treat that call as urgent. File the replacement before the old agent's resignation takes effect, so no day passes without an agent. A gap can support dissolution or revocation.
Papers to keep
File the engagement letter, the agent's contact details and the date it agreed to serve. If the agent is a company, add proof of its authority to transact business in Nebraska.
The fees in one place
Replacing the agent or the office is $25 online or $30 at the counter. An LLC agent's resignation is $30, and a corporation agent's resignation carries no fee.
Choosing
Look for a staffed Nebraska office and a forwarding method that suits you. We can take the role ourselves, and you may still pick someone else.
Agent questions
May the company act as its own agent?
It may not. A Nebraska resident or an authorized entity has to serve.
What replaces an agent?
A statement of change for an LLC, or the corporate change form.
Is resignation free?
A corporation agent resigns for no fee; an LLC agent pays the schedule amount.
The cost in two parts
Get my Nebraska authority
Nebraska
$199
+ the Nebraska fee for your entity
- The Nebraska application for your entity type, built from what you tell us
- A check of your home paper against what that application requires
- Your agent and office in Nebraska, from us or chosen by you
- The completed record, returned to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Filed online, Nebraska's charge is $100 for an LLC, $100 for a corporation or $25 for a nonprofit, shown on its own line. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Sources
- Nebraska Secretary of State, forms and fee information
- Nebraska Secretary of State, new business information
- Neb. Rev. Stat. 21-113, agent for service of process
- Neb. Rev. Stat. 21-2,217, grounds for revocation
- Nebraska Statement of Change, foreign LLC
- Nebraska foreign change of registered agent and office, corporation
- Nebraska Secretary of State, corporate and business document eDelivery
- Nebraska Secretary of State, reinstatement information
Need a Nebraska certificate of authority?
Give us the entity type and we arrange the form, the home paper and the agent.