{ "record_id": "state-address-rules-matrix-2026-06-10", "topic": "State registered office, registered agent, and address-role rules", "verified_as_of": "2026-06-10", "public_safe": true, "scope_note": "First working matrix for LLCInfo.cc address-intelligence routing. This is not a substitute for state-specific legal advice. Use as a source-backed routing layer to prevent collapsing registered-agent, registered-office, principal-place, mailing, and banking/KYC address roles while preserving the normal fact that those roles can overlap for a real business address.", "states": [ { "state": "Delaware", "jurisdiction_code": "US-DE", "entity_types_checked": [ "corporation", "limited_liability_company" ], "official_sources": [ { "source_id": "de-title-8-131-132", "publisher": "Delaware Code Online", "title": "Title 8, Chapter 1, Subchapter III, Sections 131-132", "url": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc03/index.html", "source_type": "statute", "supports": "Corporation registered office and registered agent requirements." }, { "source_id": "de-title-6-18-104", "publisher": "Delaware Code Online", "title": "Title 6, Chapter 18, Section 18-104", "url": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c018/sc01/index.html", "source_type": "statute", "supports": "LLC registered office and registered agent requirements." } ], "registered_office_rule": "A Delaware corporation must maintain a registered office in Delaware. For corporations, the registered office may, but need not, be a place of business in Delaware, and the filed address must include street, number, city, county, and postal code. Delaware LLCs must maintain a registered office in Delaware, which may but need not be a place of business in Delaware.", "registered_agent_rule": "A registered agent serves for service of process and other registered-agent functions. For Delaware corporations, an entity agent must maintain a business office in Delaware that is generally open, or an individual agent must be generally present at a designated Delaware location, at sufficiently frequent times to accept service of process. Delaware LLC registered agent business office must be identical with the registered office.", "mailbox_or_virtual_office_signals": [ "Delaware corporation law states a registered agent may not perform duties solely through a virtual office, mail forwarding service, or both.", "A registered office can be a real place of business, but the registered-office label alone does not prove that separate role." ], "principal_place_of_business_notes": "Delaware corporation Section 131 expressly states the registered office may, but need not be, a place of the corporation's business. If the business really operates there, the overlap can be normal. If the address belongs only to a registered-agent provider, do not treat it as the entity's operating office without separate evidence.", "banking_kyc_routing_note": "For banking/KYC, the question is whether the address is the business's real physical or operating location and whether the institution accepts the evidence. A Delaware registered-agent/provider address is high risk when it is only an agent address; a real business office should be evaluated as a real business office.", "confidence": "high", "follow_up_needed": [ "Add franchise tax annual report principal office fields and how they differ from registered office.", "Add Delaware registered-agent verification regulations if public-safe and relevant." ] }, { "state": "Texas", "jurisdiction_code": "US-TX", "entity_types_checked": [ "filing entity general guidance" ], "official_sources": [ { "source_id": "tx-sos-registered-agents", "publisher": "Texas Secretary of State", "title": "Registered Agents", "url": "https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/registeredagents.shtml", "source_type": "official_guidance", "supports": "Texas registered agent and registered office explanation." }, { "source_id": "tx-boc-5-201", "publisher": "Texas Statutes", "title": "Business Organizations Code, Chapter 5, Subchapter E", "url": "https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.5.htm#5.201", "source_type": "statute", "supports": "Registered agent statutory framework." } ], "registered_office_rule": "Texas SOS guidance states the registered office must be a physical address in Texas where the registered agent can be served with process during business hours. It is the business office address of the registered agent and may be the same as the entity's place of business.", "registered_agent_rule": "A Texas registered agent is the entity's agent for service of process, notice, or demand. Texas SOS guidance states every domestic or foreign filing entity must maintain a registered agent and office in Texas.", "mailbox_or_virtual_office_signals": [ "Texas SOS guidance states the registered office cannot be a post office box that is part of a commercial mail or message service unless that commercial enterprise is the registered agent.", "Texas registered office is a service-of-process location. It may also be the entity's place of business when that is the real fact." ], "principal_place_of_business_notes": "The registered office may be the entity's place of business. For home-based or small local businesses, that may be the ordinary truthful answer. The danger is not overlap; the danger is using a mail/provider address as if it were the business's real office when it is not.", "banking_kyc_routing_note": "A Texas registered office can satisfy registered-agent routing if it meets Texas requirements. It can also be relevant for banking/KYC if it is the real business location and the bank accepts the evidence. Do not reuse a provider or mailbox address for banking/KYC just because it appears in the registered-office field.", "confidence": "high", "follow_up_needed": [ "Extract exact BOC 5.201 and 5.202 statutory wording into a Texas-specific public source record.", "Check Texas annual report/franchise-tax public information report address fields." ] }, { "state": "Florida", "jurisdiction_code": "US-FL", "entity_types_checked": [ "corporation", "limited_liability_company" ], "official_sources": [ { "source_id": "fl-607-0501", "publisher": "Florida Legislature", "title": "Florida Statutes Section 607.0501, Registered office and registered agent", "url": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0600-0699/0607/Sections/0607.0501.html", "source_type": "statute", "supports": "Corporation registered office and registered agent requirements." }, { "source_id": "fl-605-0113", "publisher": "Florida Legislature", "title": "Florida Statutes Section 605.0113, Registered agent", "url": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0600-0699/0605/Sections/0605.0113.html", "source_type": "statute", "supports": "LLC registered office and registered agent requirements." } ], "registered_office_rule": "Florida corporations and LLCs must designate and continuously maintain a registered office in Florida, which may be the same as the entity's place of business in Florida.", "registered_agent_rule": "For corporations and LLCs, the registered agent's business address must be identical to the registered office address. The registered agent can be a resident individual or qualifying domestic/foreign entity depending on entity type.", "mailbox_or_virtual_office_signals": [ "The statutes reviewed require registered office and registered-agent business address alignment.", "The reviewed sections allow the registered office to be the same as the place of business, but they do not prove that a provider address is the entity's actual place of business." ], "principal_place_of_business_notes": "Florida law says the registered office may be the same as the place of business. That overlap is normal when the address is the actual office or home-based business location. It is a separate question when the address belongs to a provider.", "banking_kyc_routing_note": "A Florida registered office should be evaluated by what it really is: actual office, home-based business location, provider office, mailbox, or another role. Bank acceptance depends on the institution and evidence.", "confidence": "high", "follow_up_needed": [ "Check Sunbiz formation forms for address fields and any PO box handling instructions.", "Add annual report principal address and mailing address field distinctions." ] }, { "state": "Wyoming", "jurisdiction_code": "US-WY", "entity_types_checked": [ "business entity general registered office chapter" ], "official_sources": [ { "source_id": "wy-title-17-chapter-28", "publisher": "Wyoming Legislature", "title": "Wyoming Statutes Title 17, Chapter 28, Registered Offices and Agents", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title17.pdf", "source_type": "statute_pdf", "supports": "Registered office and registered agent requirements for Wyoming business entities." } ], "registered_office_rule": "Wyoming requires each business entity to continuously maintain a registered office in Wyoming. The registered office may be the same as a place of business, but must be located at a Wyoming street address and physical location where the registered agent, or a natural person with an agency relationship with the registered agent, can accept service of process and is physically present.", "registered_agent_rule": "Wyoming registered agent options include a resident individual, a domestic or authorized foreign business entity, or a commercial registered agent, with the business office identical to the registered office in the relevant categories.", "mailbox_or_virtual_office_signals": [ "The statute's street-address and physical-location language is a strong warning against treating a mail-only box as a registered office.", "Wyoming also requires entities to provide and keep current a communications contact with mailing address and physical address if different." ], "principal_place_of_business_notes": "Wyoming registered office may be the same as a place of business. That can be the plain, normal answer for a business actually located there. If it is an agent's location rather than the entity's own operating location, keep those roles separate.", "banking_kyc_routing_note": "Wyoming's registered office rule is stronger than a mailbox-only concept, but banking/KYC still asks whether the address is the entity's real business location or merely an agent location, and what evidence the institution accepts.", "confidence": "high", "follow_up_needed": [ "Locate current Wyoming Secretary of State registered-agent consent and formation forms; one historical guessed form URL returned 404.", "Create a Wyoming-specific source record from extracted Title 17 Chapter 28 text." ] }, { "state": "Nevada", "jurisdiction_code": "US-NV", "entity_types_checked": [ "registered agent chapter general" ], "official_sources": [ { "source_id": "nv-nrs-077", "publisher": "Nevada Legislature", "title": "NRS Chapter 77, Model Registered Agents Act", "url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-077.html", "source_type": "statute", "supports": "Registered agent appointment, commercial registered agent registration, duties, and jurisdiction/venue limits." } ], "registered_office_rule": "Nevada Chapter 77 centers on registered-agent filings. For a noncommercial registered agent, the filing states the name and address of the noncommercial registered agent, or an office/title and address of the business office for service. Commercial registered agents register a place of business in Nevada where service and notices may be delivered.", "registered_agent_rule": "A registered agent is authorized to receive service of process, notice, or demand for the represented entity. Nevada also states the appointment or maintenance of a registered agent does not by itself create personal jurisdiction, and the agent's address does not determine venue.", "mailbox_or_virtual_office_signals": [ "Commercial registered agent registration points to a Nevada place of business for delivery of service and notices.", "The agent address does not determine venue and should not be treated as the entity's operating office by default." ], "principal_place_of_business_notes": "Nevada's Chapter 77 distinguishes registered-agent function from broader jurisdiction and venue consequences. The agent address can overlap with a real business location in some facts, but the agent label alone does not prove that.", "banking_kyc_routing_note": "A Nevada registered-agent/provider address is high risk as a sole bank/KYC operating address when it is not the entity's actual operating location. If it is the real location, evaluate it with ordinary physical-location evidence.", "confidence": "medium_high", "follow_up_needed": [ "Check Nevada Secretary of State forms and entity-specific chapters for exact formation address fields.", "Add annual list/business license address distinctions." ] }, { "state": "New Mexico", "jurisdiction_code": "US-NM", "entity_types_checked": [ "corporation secondary mirror", "official source index" ], "official_sources": [ { "source_id": "nm-sos-statutes-index", "publisher": "New Mexico Secretary of State", "title": "Statutes Governing Business in New Mexico", "url": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/statutes-governing-business-in-nm/", "source_type": "official_source_index", "supports": "Official routing page for New Mexico business statutes." }, { "source_id": "nm-nmonesource-index", "publisher": "NMOneSource", "title": "New Mexico Statutes and Court Rules", "url": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/item/4400/index.do", "source_type": "official_statute_portal", "supports": "Official statute portal; direct text extraction was not completed in this sprint." }, { "source_id": "nm-justia-53-11-11", "publisher": "Justia", "title": "New Mexico Statutes Section 53-11-11, Registered office and registered agent", "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-53/article-11/section-53-11-11/", "source_type": "secondary_code_mirror", "supports": "Temporary secondary mirror for corporation registered office and registered agent text; must be replaced or confirmed with official NMOneSource extraction." } ], "registered_office_rule": "Tentative from secondary mirror: New Mexico corporations maintain a registered office that may, but need not, be the same as the place of business. Official NMOneSource extraction remains pending.", "registered_agent_rule": "Tentative from secondary mirror: the registered agent's business office is identical with the registered office for listed agent categories. Official NMOneSource extraction remains pending.", "mailbox_or_virtual_office_signals": [ "Do not promote any New Mexico mailbox restriction until official text is extracted.", "The tentative corporation rule supports the same separation pattern: registered office may differ from place of business." ], "principal_place_of_business_notes": "Tentative only. Do not publish as a final New Mexico rule until official statute text is extracted.", "banking_kyc_routing_note": "Treat New Mexico registered-office reuse for banking/KYC as unverified and recipient-specific until official state address fields and bank requirements are checked.", "confidence": "low_medium", "follow_up_needed": [ "Extract official NMOneSource text for NMSA 53-11-11 and current LLC registered-agent provision.", "Check New Mexico Secretary of State formation forms for principal office, mailing address, registered office, and registered agent fields.", "Replace secondary mirror note with official-source record." ] } ], "cross_state_model_rules": [ "Registered office and registered agent rules answer service-of-process and statutory-presence questions. Those roles can overlap with a real business location, especially for home-based and small businesses, but the overlap has to be true.", "When a state says registered office may be the same as place of business, do not turn that into suspicion. It means overlap is allowed. The source still does not prove overlap in a provider-address case without facts.", "Use exact state wording before declaring mailbox or virtual-office restrictions.", "If a formation platform markets one address for all uses, split the address into registered office, registered agent, mailing, principal place, and banking/KYC slots before giving guidance.", "For public-facing LLCInfo.cc content, state the jurisdiction, entity type, source, and confidence." ] }