How to file DOS-1359-f to remove a New York registered agent

This guide covers the rest of the Certificate of Change for a removal: which statements to check, who signs, the State fee and how to send it in. An LLC can fill in and file it itself, and the guide sets out what that takes, step by step, beside what Remove Registered Agent does when it files the certificate for the LLC.

Filing DOS-1359-f yourself, step by step

Filing DOS-1359-f yourself is five steps on the form, and hours of reading, checking and mailing around them.

With Remove Registered Agent, the LLC's part is to confirm its details by email, choose any new address and sign (step 4). Remove Registered Agent does steps 1, 2, 3 and 5, the State fee included, as the side-by-side below shows.

Which New York form removes a registered agent?

The Department of State's form for a domestic LLC's Certificate of Change is DOS-1359-f, marked "DOS-1359-f (Rev. 12/22)".

A New York LLC revokes the designation of its registered agent by filing a Certificate of Change under LLC Law §211-A (opens in a new tab); a domestic LLC uses DOS form DOS-1359-f. Section 211-A(a) lets an LLC "make, revoke or change the designation of a registered agent, or specify or change the address of the registered agent" and says "Any one or more such changes may be accomplished by filing a certificate of change".

A foreign LLC files its Certificate of Change under LLC Law §804-A (opens in a new tab), on DOS-1362-f. A domestic LLC's certificate, a PLLC's included, is DOS-1359-f, the form this guide covers.

The DOS-1359-f PDF on the Department of State's site opens with a one-page cover sheet, DOS-2183-f, and the certificate itself is the two pages after it. DOS-1359-f's notes also say "You are not required to use this form."

The Department of State's Certificate of Change page (opens in a new tab) links the form.

The form must match your LLC's State record

The LLC's name and the date its articles were filed must match the State's record, so the record comes first.

The same record shows the three things a removal turns on: whether a registered agent is named, the LLC's service of process address (the post office address to which the Secretary of State mails a copy of any process against the LLC), and whether electronic service of process (e-service) is "Permitted" or "Not Permitted". The public record never shows the email address itself. Process is the papers served to start or carry on a legal action, such as a summons.

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.

How to fill out the Certificate of Change, statement by statement

DOS-1359-f has three numbered parts, FIRST to THIRD, then a signature block and a filer block.

The title line, FIRST and SECOND

• The title line reads "CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF" above "(Insert Name of Domestic Limited Liability Company)" (DOS-1359-f). The LLC's name goes there.
• FIRST reads "The name of the limited liability company is:" (DOS-1359-f). If the name has changed since formation, the form also asks for "the name under which it was organized" (DOS-1359-f).
• SECOND reads "The date of filing of the articles of organization is:" (DOS-1359-f). Section 211-A(a)(2) calls it "the date the articles of organization were filed by the department of state".

THIRD: the nine statements

THIRD opens with "The change(s) effected hereby are: [check appropriate statement(s)]" (DOS-1359-f). Its nine statements carry no printed numbers, so this guide names each by its printed words, in the form's order.

• The county. "The county location, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is located, is changed to:" (DOS-1359-f). Removing a registered agent does not change the county.
• The service of process address. "The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon the Secretary of State by personal delivery is changed to read in its entirety as follows:" (DOS-1359-f).
• The e-service email address, three statements. The email address for notice of electronic service "is:" (added), "is changed to read as follows:" (changed) or "is deleted." (deleted).
• Designating, changing or re-addressing a registered agent, three statements. "hereby designates", "hereby changes the designation of its registered agent to:" and "hereby changes the address of its registered agent to:" (DOS-1359-f). A removal that names no new agent uses none of them.
• Revoking the agent. "The limited liability company hereby revokes the designation of its registered agent." (DOS-1359-f).

The revoke statement

A revocation shows on the LLC's public record, in its registered agent entry.

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". Because the revoke statement has no blank, it names neither the old agent nor a new one.

Revoking the agent designates no one new. 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) (opens in a new tab)). Every New York LLC already has an agent for service of process: the Secretary of State, named in its articles of organization.

Related guide: Cancelling a registered agent without a replacement in New York

The address statement

The service of process address has its own statement on the form, separate from the revoke statement.

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.

The address statement replaces the whole entry, because the address "is changed to read in its entirety as follows" (DOS-1359-f). That includes the "Name:" line Public Inquiry prints above the street: an address statement whose first line repeats the agent company's name keeps that name on the record. Which address goes on the certificate is the LLC's choice. The guide on what removing an agent leaves in place covers the address in depth.

The email statements

Revoking the agent leaves the e-service email address unchanged; three separate statements add, change or delete it.

Where the LLC's record shows e-service "Permitted", the change or delete statement can replace or remove the e-service email address, as the LLC chooses. Where it shows "Not Permitted", the email statements can stay unchecked, unless the LLC wants to add an email.

Signing the certificate

LLC Law §207(a)(6) (opens in a new tab) says the certificate "must be signed by at least one member, manager or authorized person of the limited liability company". Section 207(d) adds "Each article or certificate must include the name and capacity of each signer."

Under "Capacity of Signer (Check appropriate box):" (DOS-1359-f), the three boxes are Member, Manager and Authorized Person, and the signer's name goes on the line marked "(Type or print name)" (DOS-1359-f). Titles such as "Owner" or "CEO" are not among the boxes.

Below the signature block, "Filer's Name and Mailing Address:" (DOS-1359-f) names whoever sends the certificate in; on Remove Registered Agent's certificates it names Sandeep Arneja LLC.

Does the registered agent have to agree?

The texts of LLC Law §211-A(a), §302 and DOS-1359-f contain no requirement that the agent consent to, or be told of, a certificate the LLC files.

Cancelling the agent company's own contract is a separate step, taken with that company under its terms. The guide on cancelling a registered agent service covers that step.

Which statements to check, by what your record shows

Which statements take the agent company off the record depends on what the State's record shows today.

One certificate carries every statement the LLC checks, under one State filing fee.

How to file DOS-1359-f: email or mail, the fee and timing

The Department of State's own pages list email and mail for filings, and they publish no standard processing time.

The Department of State's updates page (opens in a new tab) says: "Please submit all filings and requests via email or mail." (read October 26, 2026). Its Certificate of Change page (opens in a new tab), also read October 26, 2026, says the certificate, with its fee, "should be forwarded to" New York Department of State, Division of Corporations, One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12231. The Department's expedited handling page (opens in a new tab) lists an email address under "Documents submitted for filing:" (read October 26, 2026).

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. The State's filing receipt for each certificate we file prints "SERVICE COMPANY: SANDEEP ARNEJA LLC". The Department of State reached out to our operator in June 2026 because of its filing volume; our operator applied, and the Department approved the application and set up its service company account.

The State filing fee for a Certificate of Change is set by LLC Law §1101(v) (opens in a new tab): "For filing a certificate of change pursuant to subdivision (a) of section two hundred eleven-A ... thirty dollars". DOS-1359-f says the fee is "made payable to the Department of State". DOS's Certificate of Change page says the Division "accepts MasterCard, Visa and American Express for the payment of fees", through its Credit Card/Debit Card Authorization Form.

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.

The Department of State has told our operator that mailed and emailed filings are scanned in by hand before a reviewer sees them, and that an emailed filing gets no work order confirmation and no status.

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

The cover sheet at the front of the DOS-1359-f PDF says "All documents will be returned to the email address listed above", meaning the email the filer writes on that sheet.

What filing DOS-1359-f yourself takes

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.

The hours go to:

• Finding the right form. A domestic LLC's is DOS-1359-f, a foreign LLC's DOS-1362-f, and the PDF opens with a cover sheet that is a different form.
• Printing it and filling it in. The LLC's exact name and the filing date of its articles go on the first page, the name again on the second, and the filer's name and mailing address below the signature.
• The cover sheet, DOS-2183-f, with the email the documents come back to.
• Reading the LLC Law to choose the statements the record calls for, set against the form's nine statements and what the LLC's record shows today.
• Checking with the agent company, by screenshots and back and forth, before the certificate goes in.
• Calling the Department of State to confirm the certificate is filled in right, and waiting for its answer.
• The signature of a member, manager or authorized person, with the capacity box checked.
• Paying the State fee, by check or the Department's card authorization form.
• Checking everything again before the certificate is mailed.
• Printing and mailing it, with a self-addressed stamped envelope for the confirmation.

In our operator's experience, one small mistake on the form brings a correction letter and a resubmission.

Filing it yourself can suit an LLC whose member or manager has filed a Certificate of Change before, has its record and its agent company's terms at hand, and does not mind the mail and the wait.

Three facts some answers about filing it yourself get wrong:

• Email is accepted. The Department of State's updates page (opens in a new tab) says "Please submit all filings and requests via email or mail."
• The form and the fee. DOS-1359-f is a domestic LLC's Certificate of Change, a foreign LLC's is DOS-1362-f, and the State fee is "thirty dollars" (LLC Law §1101(v)).
• The mail, in practice. Our operator's mailed certificates had a median of 7.2 days from mailing to the State's response; its eCorp uploads, under 1 day from filing. These are past records, not a promise.

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. Each certificate it prepares carries the LLC's exact name and filing date on both pages, the filer block and the statements the record calls for. Revoking the agent alone leaves the LLC's service of process address where it was, so where that address is still the agent company's, the certificate carries the address statement too, with the address the LLC chooses. 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.

Filing it yourself or with Remove Registered Agent, side by side

The State's form is the same either way; who does each step is not.

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

Having the Certificate of Change filed for you

When Remove Registered Agent files the certificate, the LLC still signs it.

Remove Registered Agent reads the LLC's live State record, prepares the certificate for the LLC to sign, files it through the Department of State's E-Submission upload, checks the record afterwards, and sends the LLC the State's filing receipt and what changed. The LLC chooses the new address and the email statement, and its member, manager or authorized person signs; Remove Registered Agent never signs for the LLC. Its price is one payment per certificate, with the State filing fee inside it.

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.

Cancelling or not renewing the agent company's contract stays with the LLC, under that company's own terms.

Related guide: Do you have to pay a registered agent every year in NY?

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.