Do I need a registered agent for an LLC?

[quincy]

Things don't actually work the way that you think they do. If they have to serve you in person and they miss you, then you weren't served and cannot lose by default unless they lie and say that you were served. The vast majority of professional servers will NOT do that. They won't risk their livelihood by doing that kind of thing.

One of the best things about having a good business liability policy is that the insurance company will provide you an attorney to not only fight the lawsuit, but to fight claims of false service. I don't know of any company I have ever worked with, that was registered in it's own local area, that has gone the step of setting up an independent, registered agent.

I know of several who chose a registered agent for privacy reasons. It is a legitimate reason for choosing an agent.

 

[LdiJ]

I know of several who chose a registered agent for privacy reasons. It is a legitimate reason for choosing an agent.

Yes, privacy could very well be a legitimate reason. However, that doesn't appear to be the OP's potential reason. He seems most worried about getting sued and ending up with a default judgment.

 

[quincy]

Yes, privacy could very well be a legitimate reason. However, that doesn't appear to be the OP's potential reason. He seems most worried about getting sued and ending up with a default judgment.

It appears he has taken what he has learned here and from his own attorney and decided that having a registered agent is his smartest course of action. It certainly won’t hurt for him to have one and could relieve him of his expressed worry that he could be sued without his knowledge (unlikely at best ... but always a possibility).

 

[LdiJ]

It appears he has taken what he has learned here and from his own attorney and decided that having a registered agent is his smartest course of action. It certainly won’t hurt for him to have one and could relieve him of his expressed worry that he could be sued without his knowledge (unlikely at best ... but always a possibility).

I have waffled back and forth about responding to this post. I have decided to let you have the last word, even though I think that you are pushing the OP into unnecessary expense.

 

[quincy]

I have waffled back and forth about responding to this post. I have decided to let you have the last word, even though I think that you are pushing the OP into unnecessary expense.

What are you talking about? I did no pushing at all. Please reread the thread.