NE registered agent
Nebraska. A registered agent for $27 a year. Room temperature.
Somewhere in the Nebraska code there is a paragraph about registered agents. We pasted the relevant part below. The rest of the page is what Nebraska does when the paragraph is not met, which, with us, is the usual outcome, or whatever.
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, somewhere else
... (2) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the corporation; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-236(b) (MBCA 5.04); § 21-116(b) (RULLCA 116) for LLCs
The Nebraska annual report, which you could also not do
Once a year Nebraska wants a form and a fee to keep your company on the list. The fee is below. Not paying it is in keeping with the rest of this page, or whatever.
Yearly report, LLC
$25 a year, give or take nothing.
... dollars if the filing is submitted in writing and twenty-five dollars if the filing is ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=21-192
Yearly report, corporation
$26 a year, give or take nothing.
... stock of a corporation does not exceed ten thousand dollars, an occupation tax ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=21-303
What Nebraska had in mind
What is required
The Nebraska code, more or less word for word:
... or (ii) A domestic or foreign corporation or other eligible entity whose business office is identical with the registered office and, in the case of a foreign corporation or foreign eligible entity, is authorized to transact business in the state. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-233 (MBCA 5.01); § 21-113(c) (RULLCA 113) for LLCs
What Nebraska does next
The state keeps a list of things it does to a company whose agent is not really there. Here is the list, pasted, unedited, because editing it would be effort.
Dissolved, administratively
The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under section 21-2,194 to administratively dissolve a corporation if: (1) The corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for sixty days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-2,193(1)-(2) (MBCA 14.20); procedure at § 21-2,194
Authority revoked, foreign companies
The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under section 21-2,218 to administratively revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if: (1) The foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for sixty days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-2,217(1)-(2) (MBCA 15.30); procedure at § 21-2,218
Authority revoked, foreign companies
A certificate of authority of a foreign limited liability company to transact business in this state may be revoked by the Secretary of State in the manner provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section if the company does not: ... (3) appoint and maintain an agent for service of process as required by subsection (b) of section 21-113; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-160(a)(3)-(4) (RULLCA 806)
How that lands with us
Lukewarm. We read it once. It did not change anything.
Coming back, if you feel like it
What coming back costs
(6) Application for reinstatement more than five years after the effective date of an administrative dissolution or administrative revocation...$500; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-2,195(b)-(c) (MBCA 14.22); fee at § 21-205(a)(6); LLCs: §§ 21-152(c), 21-192(5)
The quoted passages were captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and compared to the live code on 2026-08-10. Laws get amended. This page mostly does not.