Alaska: LLC Registered-Agent and Registered-Office Requirements
The short answer
An Alaska LLC must continuously maintain an Alaska registered agent and registered office. The agent must be an Alaska-resident individual or a domestic or authorized foreign corporation, and the agent's business office must be the registered office; an LLC cannot serve as the entity agent, though a resident member, manager, owner, or employee may serve personally. Company and agent address changes take effect on filing, resignation ends after 30 days unless a successor is appointed sooner, commissioner fallback service remains available, and a 30-day agent lapse can start an involuntary-dissolution process with written notice and a further 60-day response window.
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| Governing law and terminology | Alaska Revised Limited Liability Company Act; uses 'registered agent,' 'registered office,' department, and commissioner (AS 10.50.055–.065) |
|---|---|
| Continuous designation duty | LLC must continuously maintain both an Alaska registered agent and registered office; articles state them (§§ 10.50.055, .075) |
| Eligible individual | Individual must reside in Alaska and have a business office identical to registered office; no separate age, citizenship, license, or exact-hours condition (§ 10.50.055) |
| Eligible entity and self-service | Entity agent must be domestic or authorized foreign corporation; LLC/LP/LLP and represented LLC do not qualify. Resident insider may serve personally (§ 10.50.055; Form 08-0484) |
| Registered office, address, and hours | Agent business office and registered office must be identical; current form requires Alaska physical and mailing addresses, allowing P.O. box only for mailing; no enacted hours (§ 10.50.055; Form 08-0484) |
| Consent and initial filing | Articles state registered-office mailing address and agent name; current form also collects physical/mailing addresses and organizer signature, with no separate agent acceptance filing (§ 10.50.075; Form 08-0484) |
| Change, resignation, and replacement | Company/agent office changes effective on filing. Agent resignation ends 30 days after filing unless successor appointed sooner; department immediately mails notice (§§ 10.50.060, .063) |
| Agent duties and service | Agent is statutory recipient for process/notices/demands; LLC chapter states no separate forwarding deadline. No/unfindable agent triggers commissioner service (§ 10.50.065) |
| Lapse consequences and fallback service | 30-day agent or unfiled-change lapse is dissolution ground; written notice opens 60-day contest/cure process. Commissioner service requires delivery+fee, 2 certified mail addresses, receipt, and affidavit (§§ 10.50.065, .408) |
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Requirements one by one
Governing law and terminology
The Alaska Revised Limited Liability Company Act, AS chapter 10.50, uses
registered agent and registered office. Section 10.50.055 says an LLC
“shall continuously maintain” both in Alaska.
The statute uses department for the filing office and commissioner for
the public official who receives fallback service and handles involuntary
dissolution.
Continuous designation duty
AS § 10.50.075 makes the registered office's mailing address and the agent's
name required articles terms. The current state form also asks for the agent's
Alaska physical and mailing addresses.
Continuity matters after formation. A 30-day failure to appoint and maintain the
agent is an express involuntary-dissolution ground under § 10.50.408.
Eligible individual
An individual agent must reside in Alaska and have a business office identical
to the registered office. The cited section states no separate minimum age,
citizenship, professional-license, or numbered availability-hours condition.
A member, manager, owner, or employee may serve personally only if that person
independently meets the resident-and-office test.
Eligible entity and self-service
The only entity-agent route in AS § 10.50.055 is a domestic or foreign
corporation authorized to transact business in Alaska. The current Form 08-0484
states the boundary directly: the corporation route excludes LLCs, LPs, and
LLPs.
The represented LLC therefore cannot name itself or another LLC as the entity
agent. It may instead name a qualifying corporation or a qualifying resident
individual from inside or outside the company.
Registered office, address, and hours
The agent's business office and the registered office must be the same place.
The registered office may also be the LLC's own office.
Current Form 08-0484 separates an Alaska physical address from an Alaska
mailing address. Its mailing field allows a P.O. box or street address, but
the physical field requires a street location. Chapter 10.50 states no fixed
daily staffing window.
Consent and initial filing
The articles give the registered-office mailing address and registered-agent
name. The current official form adds the physical and mailing fields and is
signed by at least one organizer.
Neither AS § 10.50.075 nor the current form requires a separate agent acceptance
signature or consent attachment. The eligibility and identical-office rules
still have to be satisfied.
Change, resignation, and replacement
Under AS § 10.50.060, the LLC files a signed change statement listing the old
and new information and stating authorization by the manager or, for a member-
managed company, the members. The change takes effect when the department files
it.
Under AS § 10.50.063, an agent may file one office-move statement listing every
represented company, deliver it to the department and those LLCs, and make the
move effective on filing. A resignation uses a written notice and exact copy.
The department
immediately mails the company, and resignation becomes effective after 30 days
unless a successor is appointed sooner.
Agent duties and service
AS § 10.50.065 makes the agent the statutory recipient for process, notices,
and demands served on the LLC. Chapter 10.50 does not state a separate numbered
forwarding deadline.
If the LLC has no agent, or reasonable diligence cannot find the agent at the
registered office, the commissioner becomes the service agent. Other lawful
service methods remain available.
Lapse consequences and fallback service
Commissioner service requires delivery of the papers and regulatory fee, then
certified-mail notice and copies to two addresses: the last registered office
and the address reasonably believed most likely to give actual notice. The
serving party files the return receipt and a compliance affidavit with the court
or other body.
A company first creates a dissolution ground by going 30 days without the agent
or by leaving an agent/office change unfiled for 30 days. The commissioner then
gives written notice. If the LLC does not contest or correct the problem within
60 days, the commissioner may issue the certificate that ends the company's
existence.
What trips people up
“Entity agent” does not mean any entity. Alaska's domestic-LLC statute
permits an authorized corporation, not an LLC, LP, or LLP.
The mailing address does not replace the physical location. A P.O. box is
allowed in the separate mailing field, while the agent must also provide an
Alaska physical address.
Two different 30-day rules can apply. A resignation becomes effective after
30 days if no successor appears sooner. Separately, a company that has failed
for 30 days to maintain an agent has created a dissolution ground.
Commissioner service requires notice to two addresses. Mailing only to the
last registered office does not complete the statutory fallback procedure.
Common questions
Can an agent change the office for several LLCs in one filing? Yes. AS §
10.50.063(a) permits a statement listing all companies for which that person is
the agent, with delivery to the department and the listed companies.
Can a dissolved LLC seek reinstatement? Section 10.50.408(e) allows an
application within two years if the company establishes no cause existed or
corrects the cause and pays the specified amounts, subject to name availability.
Does losing the agent stop a lawsuit? No. AS § 10.50.065 supplies
commissioner service when the agent is absent or cannot be found with reasonable
diligence, and preserves other lawful methods.
Statutes and sources
- AS §§ 10.50.055, .060, .063, and .065 — continuous duty, eligibility,
identical office, company and agent changes, resignation, direct service, and
commissioner fallback. https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.50&secEnd=10.50.995
(accessed 2026-07-27) - AS § 10.50.075 — required articles terms.
https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.50&secEnd=10.50.995
(accessed 2026-07-27) - AS § 10.50.408 — 30-day lapse grounds, written notice, 60-day response,
dissolution, and reinstatement.
https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.50&secEnd=10.50.995
(accessed 2026-07-27) - Alaska Form 08-0484, Articles of Organization — current physical/mailing
fields, corporation-only entity route, organizer execution, and filing form.
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/5/pub/corp0484.pdf
(accessed 2026-07-27)
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