What is a Registered/Resident Agent or
Registered/Resident Office?
A Registered Agent (or a Resident Agent) is an individual or a business entity located
at a physical street address in a State that a company is located in or is
authorized to do business in, whose sole responsibility is to accept legal
documents (service of process, lawsuits, liens, subpoenas, etc) on behalf of
the business entity. The registered office is the physical street
address where the Registered Agent is located during normal business hours. The
registered office address may be the same as the business place of business.
The
registered office address must be a physical street address located in the
State and cannot be a P.O. Box.
The registered office address is where the
Corporation Division will mail correspondence, renewal and late notices, unless
a separate mailing address for the business is provided, and where Legal Process
Servers will deliver legal documents.
You
should be aware that using your own business or home address as your Registered
Agent Office can be embarrassing......
The reasons are simple, do you want Process
Servers showing up at your place of business, serving you with lawsuits or
subpoenas, perhaps during the most inconvenient times when your Clients are
there or in front of your family and friends? Do you want them to be coming to
your place of Residence as well? The answers are most obvious, and for these
reasons most companies choose others to act as their Registered Agent.
Who can act as a Registered Agent?
In many cases, frequently Attorneys or
Accountants, like BC Business Services, Inc., will serve as the Registered
Agent as they are more familiar with the process and legal aspects that must be
conducted in a proper manner as they may affect the outcome of a court case, or
dispute; equally, in many cases, Attorneys, as is the case many times with BC
Business Services, Inc., will hire firms like ours to handle Registered Agent services
for their Clients.
For these reasons, particularly the legal
aspects of this field, it is suggested that you retain a competent firm like BC
Business Services, Inc. to handle such matters for you.
We not only work with
Attorneys as clients, and have access to other professionals in case there becomes an
issue with a lawsuit, but we also serve in many cases as their authorized
Registered Agent as well.
We may also advise you, or point you in the
right direction so that you can properly defend yourself in the event that you
are served with Legal Process.
You do the
math
Take a look, and you'll see why most
companies choose Accounting firms like BC Business Services, Inc., to act as their Registered Agent
and why others do not. If it is a firm that will always represent your best interest, look
no further.
The choice is up to you. If you want
competence and professionalism you've come to the right place.
At BC Business Services, Inc. we have had
Clients since our inception in 1994, and we care about our Clients and want them to
continue to be our Clients.
We ensure the job is done right
With BC Business Services, Inc. we want to ensure it is done right.
We have set our standards high, and we expect to keep them that way by
ensuing that every business we take on as a client, or every individual, always
receives the quality work our Clients have come to know us for.
Our firm is "ethical" bar none.
This is not to say that Attorneys who hire
us for their clients to act as Registered Agents can not choose someone else. They
just know us and one reason why we even represent some of their companies in
this area is because we are ethical and good at what we do. We stand behind our motto.
"If we can't do
it or get it done, it can't be done.."
Our Firm is
built on trust and reputation and we expect our
Clients to
maintain an equally high level of professionalism as well.
BC Business Services, Inc. makes it easy for you and when we receive lawsuits and service for your company, we inform you the same day and can fax it to you. We shred all junk mail and forward all other mail to you as soon as possible thereafter.
When can you start using our
firm?
For more Information, use our
contact form or
email us today and once again,
"Thank you for Choosing BC."
