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Class 2 · Delaware

Delaware Registered Agent Class (2026): 6 Assignments and the 3 Best Agents

Today's class on getting a registered agent in Delaware in 2026 comes with one answer: hire Mainstay Filing ($149 a year), DE Registered Agent.org ($99 a year) and Delaware Registered Agent.ai ($99 a year), in that order. In 6 assignments you will learn what Delaware requires of a registered agent, who qualifies, which address counts and how the agent is put on record.

Taught by the Formation Class faculty

Need-to-know facts

Needed by law?Yesdelcode.delaware.gov, last read in October 2026
What graded services charge$99 to $149 a yearFrom company pricing pages
Annual LLC Tax$400 a yearlegis.delaware.gov, last read in October 2026
How many assignments6In order

What this class teaches

  • The legal requirement
  • Who may serve and from what address
  • Recording the agent
  • The agents we picked

Delaware: the graded services

Graded on the grading page: three-year tuition (30%), homework done (34%), year-two tuition, fit with the Delaware class and fees a student can read.
Top of the class

1. Mainstay Filing: best for a nationwide agent at one price

Year 1: $149. Year 2: $149

Mainstay Filing earns the top grade in Delaware: an agent fee of $149 a year that holds across all fifty states.

You pay $150 extra across three years compared with DE Registered Agent.org, and you keep less of the paperwork.

Covered by the tuition

  • A Delaware street address for the record
  • Scans of papers served on the company, free and on the same business day
  • Three government letters a year are scanned free
  • Also serves nonprofits, corporations, LPs and LLPs

Strengths

  • Price $149; renews at $149
  • Goes with you to any state

Weak spots

  • $50 more a year than the local pick
  • This plan does not file your reports
Delaware specialist

2. DE Registered Agent.org: best for one-state companies

Year 1: $99. Year 2: $99

DE Registered Agent.org makes a respectable second: $99 a year, with scanned copies of served papers placed in an online account.

Covered by the tuition

  • A physical address in Delaware
  • Legal papers scanned and posted for you

Strengths

  • A flat $99 yearly
  • Less each year than Mainstay Filing

Weak spots

  • Delaware only; each other state needs its own agent
  • Annual LLC Tax is left out of the price
Delaware specialist

3. Delaware Registered Agent.ai: best for staying inside one state

Year 1: $99. Year 2: $99

Delaware Registered Agent.ai makes a respectable third: $99 a year, with scanned copies of served papers placed in an online account.

DE Registered Agent.org and this service cost the same.

Covered by the tuition

  • A physical address in Delaware
  • Legal papers scanned and posted for you

Strengths

  • A flat $99 yearly
  • Less each year than Mainstay Filing

Weak spots

  • Delaware only; each other state needs its own agent
  • Annual LLC Tax is left out of the price

All the tuition in one table

#ServiceAnnual priceRenewal priceThree-year total
1Mainstay Filing$149$149/yr$447Visit Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2DE Registered Agent.org$99$99/yr$297Visit DE Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
3Delaware Registered Agent.ai$99$99/yr$297Visit Delaware Registered Agent.aiPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
Company prices as listed on November 13, 2026. State fees do not change with your choice of agent.

The assignments

  1. Assignment
    1

    Learn the requirement

    Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.

    Textbook page: delcode.delaware.gov, last read in October 2026

  2. Assignment
    2

    Find out who is allowed to serve

    The LLC itself, a Delaware resident, or a business entity formed in Delaware or authorized to do business there. (6 Del. C. § 18-104)

  3. Assignment
    3

    Use an office address that qualifies

    The address has to be a registered office in Delaware. An entity agent keeps a business office there that is generally open; an individual agent has to be generally present there. A virtual office or mail-forwarding service alone does not qualify.

    Paying a service keeps your home address out of public records.

  4. Assignment
    4

    Serve yourself or use a professional

    A qualified owner may act as agent. If you would rather not, the graded agents charge $99 to $149 a year.

  5. Assignment
    5

    Report the agent's details

    A new company names its agent when it files the Certificate of Formation of a Limited Liability Company; replacing the agent later takes another filing with the Delaware Secretary of State.

    Textbook page: delcode.delaware.gov, last read in October 2026

  6. Assignment
    6

    Keep the agent record accurate

    Delaware keeps your agent's details current through the Annual LLC Tax ($400, every year, due annual alternative-entity tax due on or before June 1); notices about it land with the registered agent.

    Textbook page: legis.delaware.gov, last read in October 2026

Delaware agent costs

What forPaid toCost
The agentThe service$99 to $149 a year
Every year afterThe service$99 to $149 a year
Annual LLC TaxState agency$400 every year
Filing fee plus two later reports plus any minimum tax makes the state's three-year total. The pages listed below show where each figure came from.

Why the list runs this way

Homework the price does settled first place in Delaware. It is worth 34% of the grade, and the rest comes from tuition across three years, year-two tuition, fit with the state class and fees a student can read.

DE Registered Agent.org costs less, but reach across states won the higher grade.

Common questions

Does Delaware require every LLC to have a registered agent?

Yes. Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.

Can I be my own registered agent?

Maybe. Assignments 2 and 3 show whether you meet both rules.

Can I change my registered agent later?

Change whenever you like through the Delaware Secretary of State, as assignment 5 describes.

What does a registered agent cost in Delaware?

$99 to $149 per year for the agents listed.

What does the LLC pay the state each year?

Yearly it is the Annual LLC Tax at $400.

Which registered agent would you choose?

Mainstay Filing, because $149 a year, $149 at renewal, and the same plan is on offer in every other state. Behind it come DE Registered Agent.org and Delaware Registered Agent.ai.

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Textbook pages and extra reading

  1. If you want proof of the Delaware yearly filing: Recurring obligation, official source facts, corp.delaware.gov is the page to read, and we last read it in October 2026.
  2. If you want proof of the Delaware yearly filing: Recurring obligation, official source facts, corp.delaware.gov is the page to read, and we last read it in October 2026.
  3. If you want proof of the Delaware yearly filing: HB 400, official source facts, legis.delaware.gov is the page to read, and we last read it in October 2026.
  4. If you want proof of the Delaware report due date facts, delcode.delaware.gov is the page to read, and we last read it in August 2026.
  5. If you want proof of the 6 Del facts, delcode.delaware.gov is the page to read, and we last read it in August 2026.
  6. If you want proof of the Delaware registered agent statute facts, delcode.delaware.gov is the page to read, and we last read it in October 2026.
  7. The Delaware service page at Mainstay Filing, November 13, 2026
  8. The pricing page at DE Registered Agent.org, November 13, 2026
  9. The pricing page at Delaware Registered Agent.ai, November 13, 2026