Updated on March 19, 2024
A Nebraska registered agent is authorized to receive any service of process, notice, or demand served on a corporation.[1] An agent can be a person affiliated with the corporation or a third party. Every corporation registered in Nebraska must maintain a registered agent.
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Registered Agent Search
Step 1 – Visit the Secretary of State’s Corporate and Business Search platform.
Step 2 – While it’s not possible to search for a registered agent, it’s possible to find information about a corporation’s agent by searching for the corporation. Select the appropriate search option and enter the corporation’s name (or part of its name). Make sure to tick the “I’m not a robot” box. Click “Perform Search.”
Step 3 – A list of corporations will appear. Click “Details” on the appropriate line.
Step 4 – Review the information about the corporation, including its registered agent’s name and office address.
Who can be a Registered Agent?
Can I be a Registered Agent?
Yes, if you have a Nebraska address.
The most common way to select a registered agent is to list the agent in the entity’s formation documents.
Formation documents can be filed through the state’s Corporate Document eDelivery system. The first step is to create an account. Next, select “forming a new entity/qualifying a foreign entity.” Click “Continue.” All filing fees must be paid by credit card. Filing fees tend to be lower for online filings.[3]
Entities can also be created using paper forms. If the appropriate form is not listed below, it’s unavailable, and online filing is the only option.
- Foreign Corporation: Application for Certificate of Authority to Transact Business
- Fee: $100 online, $110 for paper filing
- Foreign Nonprofit: Application for Certificate of Authority to Transact Business
- Fee: $25 online, $30 for paper filing
- Domestic LLC: Certificate of Organization
- Fee: $100 online, $110 for paper filing
- Foreign LLC: Certificate of Authority
- Fee: $100 online, $110 for paper filing
- Foreign Limited Partnership: Registration of Foreign Limited Partnership
- Fee: $110
- Limited Liability Partnership: Statement of Qualification
- Fee: $100 online, $110 for paper filing
Changing a Registered Agent
A corporation can change its registered agent by filing a Statement of Change with the Secretary of State.[4] The statement must include the new agent’s written consent to the appointment.
Select a form from the list below, depending on entity type.
- Domestic Corporation (Profit and Non-Profit)
- Foreign Corporation
- Domestic LLC
- Limited Partnership
- Foreign Limited Partnership
Mail the completed form and fee to the Nebraska Secretary of State, P.O. Box 94608, Lincoln, NE 68509.
Domestic Change of Registered Agent
Download: PDF
Resigning as a Registered Agent
To resign as a registered agent, deliver a signed Statement of Resignation and two photocopies of the statement to the Secretary of State.[5]
The Secretary of State will mail one copy to the corporation’s registered office. The agent’s resignation becomes effective 31 days after the statement is filed.