Does removing a NY registered agent change your address?

Where the State mails process once the agent is removed

For an LLC that is not suspended, a copy of process personally delivered to the Secretary of State goes by certified mail to the address on file.

The articles of organization of a New York LLC designate the Secretary of State as the LLC's agent for service of process, with a post office address to which the Secretary of State mails a copy of any process (LLC Law §203(e)(4) (opens in a new tab)). That designation does not depend on a registered agent, so removing one leaves this route, and its address, as they were. That address is the LLC's service of process address; process is the papers served to start or carry on a legal action, such as a summons.

For an LLC that is not suspended, when process is personally delivered to the Secretary of State, service on the LLC is complete at that point, and the Secretary of State then promptly sends a copy by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the post office address on file for that purpose (LLC Law §303(a)(1) (opens in a new tab)). For an LLC suspended under §301-A, service through the Secretary of State follows LLC Law §301-A(e)(2), quoted in how the State forwards process.

For an LLC that is not suspended, under LLC Law §303(a)(2), electronic service through the Secretary of State requires that the LLC have an email address on file for that purpose; the Secretary of State then emails a notice to that address and makes a copy of the process available. Service through the Secretary of State does not limit any other manner of service the law permits (LLC Law §303(b)).

• LLC Law §303(a)(1)

  By personal delivery

  1. How

     Personally delivering "duplicate copies of such process together with the statutory fee" at "the office of the department of state in the city of Albany" (LLC Law §303(a)(1))

  2. Service is complete

     "when the secretary of state is so served" (LLC Law §303(a)(1))

  3. Then

     The Secretary of State "shall promptly send one of such copies by certified mail, return receipt requested" (LLC Law §303(a)(1))

  Where the copy is mailed

  The post office address on file for service of process, until a filing changes it
• LLC Law §303(a)(2)

  Electronically

  1. How

     Requires that the LLC have an email address on file for that purpose

  2. Service is complete

     "when the secretary of state has reviewed and accepted service of such process" (LLC Law §303(a)(2))

  3. Then

     The Secretary of State then emails a notice to that address and makes a copy of the process available

  Where the notice goes

  The email address on file for that purpose

For an LLC suspended under §301-A, service through the Secretary of State follows LLC Law §301-A(e)(2).

Service through the Secretary of State does not limit any other manner of service the law permits (LLC Law §303(b)).

What a registered agent company does with process it still receives after the LLC leaves is addressed under that company's own terms. The guide on cancelling a registered agent service sets out what agent companies' published terms ask when an LLC leaves.

Removing only the agent: what stays on your record

The State accepts a certificate that only revokes the agent, and that certificate leaves the address where it was.

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.

Checking only the revoke statement revokes the registered agent's designation and leaves the address and the email as they were. The service of process entry keeps whatever it held before. On all 14 records we read on October 23, 2026 whose agent a Certificate of Change had revoked, the State's live record showed "Registered Agent Revoked" under "Registered Agent Name and Address", with a blank agent address, and the filing history listed "REGISTERED AGENT_REVOKE AUTHORITY OF REGISTERED AGENT". On two records read on October 23, 2026 whose certificates revoked the agent without the address statement, the service of process entry still held the agent company's name and address. One of the two certificates also added an email address for notice of electronic service of process (e-service).

When process against an LLC that is not suspended is personally delivered to the Secretary of State, a copy goes by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address on file (LLC Law §303(a)(1)).

1. Before

   An agent is named, and the address on file is the agent company's

   Registered agent

   The agent company

   Service of process address

   The agent company's address
2. Revoke statement only

   One certificate, with the revoke statement

   Registered agent

   REGISTERED AGENT REVOKED

   Service of process address

   Still the agent company's address, until a filing changes it
3. Revoke and address statements

   One certificate, with both statements

   Registered agent

   REGISTERED AGENT REVOKED

   Service of process address

   The address the LLC chooses, replaced in its entirety

Service through the Secretary of State does not limit any other manner of service the law permits (LLC Law §303(b)).

By our count of New York DOS open data, of the active domestic LLCs formed from October 23, 2025 to October 22, 2026 that name a registered agent company (40,678), 30,865 (75.9%) have their service of process address at their agent's own building. For an LLC in that position, revoking the agent alone leaves the address at the agent's building. Remove Registered Agent's free record check reads that entry before anything is filed, and when the address is an agent company's, the certificate it prepares carries the address statement as well.

Related guide: Why is my New York LLC's address in Albany?

How one certificate replaces the address, and the email

The address statement on DOS-1359-f does not edit the old entry; it replaces all of it.

Several changes can share one filing. Section 211-A(a) (opens in a new tab) says "Any one or more such changes may be accomplished by filing a certificate of change", so the revoke statement, the address statement and an email statement can all sit on the same certificate.

The e-service email address also stays until a filing changes it. Under §301(c), a designated email address "shall continue until the filing of a certificate or other instrument under this chapter changing or deleting such email address." The public DOS record shows the e-service status ("Permitted" or "Not Permitted") but never the email address itself. Where it shows "Permitted", the certificate's change or delete statement can replace or remove the e-service email address, as the LLC chooses.

The address a certificate states is public. DOS Public Inquiry shows the new address, and the State's open data keeps the old address on the row of the filing that set it. Which address goes on the certificate is the LLC's choice.

The guide to filing DOS-1359-f goes through every statement on the form.

The e-service email, and what "Permitted" means

The State's record shows one line about the e-service email, and never the email itself.

On the records we read on October 23, 2026, DOS Public Inquiry shows the service of process address under "Service of Process on the Secretary of State as Agent", followed by "Electronic Service of Process on the Secretary of State as agent:" with "Permitted" or "Not Permitted". The Department of State's instructions for process servers (opens in a new tab) tell them to use Public Inquiry to determine "if the entity has opted in to receive service electronically."

The Department of State's articles form for a domestic LLC, DOS-1336-f (Rev. 12/22), prints the email line in its THIRD statement as "(Optional) The email address to which the Secretary of State shall email a notice of the fact that process against the limited liability company has been served electronically upon the Secretary of State is:".

By our count of DOS records, measured on October 23, 2026, 24.2% of the 211,182 domestic LLCs formed from August 1, 2025 showed e-service "Permitted" within five days of formation; among the 130,860 that named no registered agent, 22.1% did. By agent company, the share ran from 0.0% to 99.8%.

Whose email is on file cannot be read from the record. On 96 New York LLC records we read on October 26, 2026, the State's record data had an empty email field on every one, including the 47 that read "Permitted".

A Certificate of Change can add, change or remove the email: §211-A(a)(iii) lets an LLC amend its articles to "specify, change or delete the email address to which the secretary of state shall email a notice of the fact that process against the limited liability company has been electronically served upon him or her".

By our count of DOS open data and live records, at least 44 Certificates of Change filed for domestic LLCs and PLLCs from January 1 to October 19, 2026 list only "ELECTRONIC SERVICE OF PROCESS" in their filing history. On October 26, 2026, the e-service line read "Permitted" after 39 of them and "Not Permitted" after 5.

The biennial statement has an email notice of its own, set out on another Department of State page. The Department of State's biennial statements page (opens in a new tab) says "If an email address has been provided to the Department of State, the Department will send an email notice at the beginning of the calendar month in which the Biennial Statement is due." and "Entities who wish to receive email Biennial Statement notices must provide an email address at the Department of State's Email Address Submission/Update Service."

Related guide: How the State forwards process served on a New York LLC

Other filings that set the address, or leave it

The biennial statement can also set the address, and a registered agent's resignation leaves it as it was.

A Certificate of Change is not the only filing that sets the address: the address in the statement an LLC files biennially under LLC Law §301(e)(1) "shall supersede any previous address on file with the department of state for this purpose."

A biennial statement has its own timing: the Department of State's biennial statements page (opens in a new tab) says "A Biennial Statement should not be filed prior to the calendar month in which the Biennial Statement is due." A Certificate of Change has no such window: §211-A(a) lets an LLC amend its articles "from time to time", and the same certificate can revoke the registered agent.

A registered agent may resign by filing a certificate of resignation, and its designation ends thirty days after that filing (LLC Law §302(d), (e) (opens in a new tab)). The resignation ends the designation, not the address: on a New York LLC record read on October 23, 2026, after the registered agent resigned, the registered agent entry read "Registered Agent resigned" and the service of process entry still named the agent company.

Related guide: What happens when your registered agent resigns in New York

If the agent service already ended

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.

Remove Registered Agent files that certificate for New York LLCs. The LLC chooses the new address and signs the certificate.

Who does what when the address is replaced

The address is always the LLC's choice; the reading, the writing and the filing are what Remove Registered Agent does.

An LLC can also fill in and file the certificate itself, by email or mail. For an owner filing it by hand, it comes to at least 10 hours of work, with everything right the first time; our operator timed it. Most of those hours go to steps a quick estimate leaves out: reading the LLC Law to choose the statements, checking with the agent company, calling the Department of State and waiting for its answer, and checking everything again before mailing. In our operator's experience, one small mistake on the form brings a correction letter and a resubmission. The DOS-1359-f guide lists where the hours go.

Remove Registered Agent files electronically through its operator's service company account with the Department of State: the certificate goes into the Department's system when it is submitted, dated that day, with 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. Remove Registered Agent applies LLC Law §211-A (opens in a new tab), §302 (opens in a new tab) and §301 (opens in a new tab) to your LLC's live record: which statements it calls for, and whether the address must be replaced. If the State asks for a correction, Remove Registered Agent makes the correction and resubmits the certificate at no charge.

The Certificate of Change accepted by the State, or your full $100 back.

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.

Our operator's own filings show what each route has meant in practice. 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.

Related page: Removing a New York LLC's registered agent: the options compared

As of October 30, 2026, our operator has filed 100 New York Certificates of Change since January 2026, all accepted by the State: the same filing a New York LLC uses to revoke its registered agent. The Our work page lists every one: the day filed, how it was filed, the day the State responded and the days between.

Remove Registered Agent's free record check

Remove Registered Agent reads your LLC's live State record for free, before anything is filed.

You enter your LLC's name or DOS ID in our record check. It shows the registered agent the State lists for your LLC, if any, and its service of process address, where the Secretary of State mails a copy of any process against the LLC that is served on the Secretary of State, then says what one Certificate of Change would change and what it costs.

Remove Registered Agent, a document filing service for New York LLCs, is operated by Sandeep Arneja LLC. It is not a law firm, and this page is general information, not legal advice.

Sources

• New York Limited Liability Company Law §203 (opens in a new tab), §211-A (opens in a new tab), §301 (opens in a new tab), §302 (opens in a new tab) and §303 (opens in a new tab), on the New York State Senate's site.
• Forms DOS-1359-f and DOS-1336-f (both Rev. 12/22), the Department of State's instructions for process servers (opens in a new tab) and its biennial statements page (opens in a new tab), read October 26, 2026.
• New York open data: All Filings (opens in a new tab) (63wc-4exh) and its address data set (opens in a new tab) (2tms-hftb), and Active Corporations (opens in a new tab) (n9v6-gdp6), counted October 23, 2026.
• The State's live records read October 23 and October 26, 2026.