Remove the registered agent from your New York LLC

New York law does not require an LLC to have a registered agent: an LLC "may designate" one "In addition to the designation of the secretary of state" (LLC Law §302(a)). Every New York LLC already has an agent for service of process: the Secretary of State, named in its articles of organization. Fewer than three in ten active New York LLCs name a registered agent: 573,852 of 2,069,584 (27.7%), by our count of New York DOS open data on October 27, 2026, with placeholders such as "Registered Agent Revoked" left out. None of the Department of State's four standard forms that create or authorize an LLC has a blank for a registered agent: DOS-1336-f (domestic LLC), DOS-1374-f (PLLC), DOS-1361-f-a (foreign LLC) and DOS-1369-f-a (foreign PLLC), each Rev. 12/22. DOS-1336-f's first note says "You are not required to use this form."

Does a New York LLC need a registered agent? The law, quoted

Many LLCs pay an agent company under a yearly contract. Each of the six registered agent companies whose published price we read on October 29, 2026 lists it as a yearly one (one of them from an archived copy). The published terms of those six each describe a renewal that can be charged automatically unless the service is cancelled before it. Some companies include the first year with a formation and renew the service each year after it. An agent company's bill follows its contract with the LLC, not the State's record.

Cancelling a registered agent without a replacement in NY

Remove Registered Agent files a New York LLC's Certificate of Change for $100 all in, including the $30 State filing fee. The address change and the email statements go on the same certificate, at the same $100, when the case calls for them. The price is one payment per certificate, with nothing recurring. It covers reading the live record and confirming the case, preparing the certificate for you to sign, the State fee, filing it electronically with the Department of State through eCorp, making any correction the State asks for, checking the live record afterwards, and sending you the State's filing receipt and what changed. It does not include the Department of State's optional expedite fees, a new registered agent, a county change, or anything the agent company charges. The Certificate of Change accepted by the State, or your full $100 back.

What the price covers

Yes: a domestic New York LLC fills in form DOS-1359-f and its cover sheet, chooses the statements its record calls for, has a member, manager or authorized person sign it, and emails or mails it with the $30 State filing fee (LLC Law §1101(v)). In our operator's experience, one small mistake on the form brings a correction letter and a resubmission. With Remove Registered Agent, the LLC confirms the details by email and a member, manager or authorized person signs; Remove Registered Agent does the rest, for $100 all in: it prepares the certificate from the LLC's live State record, files it electronically through eCorp under its operator's service company account, makes any correction the State asks for at no charge, and sends the State's filing receipt. The Certificate of Change accepted by the State, or your full $100 back.

Every step of filing it yourself

Cancelling a registered agent company's yearly contract does not change a New York LLC's State record: the State keeps listing the agent, and the LLC's service of process address, until a filing changes them. Remove Registered Agent files the Certificate of Change that takes the agent company off a New York LLC's State record and, where needed, replaces the LLC's service of process address with one the LLC chooses. With the State's filing receipt in hand, the LLC can then cancel or not renew its contract with the agent company, as that contract allows.

How to cancel a registered agent service in New York

Whether and when the agent company's billing ends, including its renewal date and any deadline it sets before a charge date, is addressed under each company's published terms, where it publishes them. An agent company's bill follows its contract with the LLC, not the State's record. A Certificate of Change changes the State's record only: none of its statements is about an agent company's contract or bill.

How to cancel a registered agent service in New York

Registered agent companies set their own terms for leaving, and the texts differ. Some companies' published terms ask for written proof that they are no longer listed as your registered agent; some allow cancelling in an online portal with no State filing. Once the Certificate of Change is filed, the State's filing receipt confirms the filing. On the State's live record, a revoked agent then shows as "Registered Agent Revoked", with a blank agent address: all 14 records we read on October 23, 2026 whose agent a Certificate of Change had revoked showed it that way. You send the receipt and the record to the company. Whether a company accepts them is between you and that company.

How to cancel a registered agent service in New York

Revoking a New York LLC's registered agent does not move its service of process address: the Secretary of State keeps mailing a copy of any process against the LLC to the address on file until a filing changes it. One Certificate of Change, form DOS-1359-f, can revoke the registered agent and replace the service of process address on the same filing. By our count of New York DOS open data, of 724 revocations filed in 2025 and in 2026 to October 19 whose address sat at an agent company, 107 (14.8%) left it there.

Does removing a NY registered agent change your address?

The New York Department of State publishes no standard processing time for a Certificate of Change. By our count of New York DOS open data read on October 26, 2026, of the 467 Certificates of Change that revoked a New York LLC's registered agent from January 2 to October 13, 2026, 239 (51.2%) show an "Approved Date" 3 days or less after their "Date Filed", and 36 (7.7%) show one more than 30 days after it. How a certificate reaches the State is part of the wait. Of the 100 Certificates of Change our operator filed from January 12 to October 29, 2026, the 29 uploaded through eCorp's E-Submission, the route every certificate an LLC signs takes, had a median of under 1 day from filing to the State's response, and the 23 sent by mail a median of 7.2 days from mailing. These are past records, not a promise. Remove Registered Agent files each signed certificate electronically through the E-Submission upload of eCorp, the Department of State's online filing system, under its operator's service company account; filers without a service company account email or mail the Certificate of Change. An uploaded certificate goes into the Department of State's system when it is submitted, dated that day, with a work order number, and there is nothing to print, mail or scan. Of the 12 Certificates of Change our operator emailed to the Department of State from June 15 to July 1, 2026, 11 were dated the day they were sent or the next business day; a mailed one is dated no earlier than the day the mail reaches the Department. When you send a request, we'll reply by email within one business day to confirm your LLC's record and the next steps, before anything is filed.

How long does it take to remove a registered agent in NY?

After a registered agent service ends, a New York LLC's State record can still name the agent company, and its service of process address can still be that company's address. One Certificate of Change can take the agent company off a New York LLC's State record and, where needed, replace the LLC's service of process address. The free record check on this site shows what the State lists for your LLC today.

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