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How to Change Your Registered Agent in Florida

The form, the fee, and how to file it.

Filing details

Form name
Statement of Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent or Both for Limited Liability Company (Form INHS18)
Filing fee
$25
Online filing
No (mail or in person)
Processing time
Florida publishes a live Document Processing Dates table rather than durations, and it carries no row for a registered agent change; the nearest rows on 17 August 2026 were LLC amendments and resignations about four weeks behind and corporate address changes two business days behind. Online filings are processed in the order received, and the Tallahassee counter completes most walk-in services while you wait. FLORIDA STATES THAT IT DOES NOT OFFER EXPEDITED SERVICES
Filing agency
Florida SOS ↗
Note: Florida has a dedicated standalone form for the change of registered agent, INHS18 for LLCs, which is mail-only at $25. Post it to the Registration Section, Division of Corporations, P.O. Box 6327, Tallahassee FL 32314, or deliver it to 2415 N. Monroe Street, Suite 810, Tallahassee FL 32303. Make the cheque payable to the Florida Department of State. Alternatively you can change the agent on the Annual Report, which adds nothing to the $138.75 that report already costs, or on an Amended Annual Report at $50, filed online and posted within minutes. If you have not yet filed this year's Annual Report, doing it there avoids the separate $25.
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How to change your registered agent in Florida

  1. Choose your new registered agent first. Do not file the change form until you have a new agent lined up. The new agent has to consent to the appointment, and most states will not process the change without that consent in hand. If you let coverage lapse, the Florida SOS can administratively dissolve your LLC.

    Two ways to go. Name yourself or someone you know. Nothing to pay beyond the state filing fee above, but your address goes in the public record and somebody has to be there during business hours to accept legal mail.
    Or use a service at $125/year. That keeps your address private and prepares the change form for you. If you are here because your current agent resigned, missed a delivery, or raised its price, this is usually the reason. See what Northwest charges, or compare what the major agents cost first.

  2. Get the Statement of Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent or Both for Limited Liability Company (Form INHS18). Download the form ↗ Florida requires a paper filing for this change. Print the form, fill it in, and have the new registered agent sign the consent section. Both the change form and any required consent form must be submitted to the Florida Secretary of State.
  3. Pay the $25 filing fee. Mail filings accept check or money order. Confirm the exact payee on the form before you send it, because it is not the Secretary of State in every state. Include payment with the form.
  4. Notify your old agent. Once the change is processed, your old agent's responsibility ends. If you are paying them an annual fee, cancel that subscription so it does not auto-renew. Most agents do not refund the unused portion, so time the cancellation against your renewal date.
  5. Verify the change in state records. Search your LLC name on the Florida SOS business search and confirm the new registered agent is listed. Check back after the processing window shown above.

Important to know about Florida

  • The new registered agent must sign the form accepting the appointment. Missing or invalid new-agent signatures are one of the most common reasons Florida rejects these filings.
  • The dedicated $25 form must be mailed or hand-delivered. It cannot be filed online.
  • If you have not yet filed this year's Annual Report, you can change the agent on it and avoid the separate $25. The Annual Report itself is not free: it costs $138.75, or $538.75 after May 1. What is free is the agent change, not the report.

Have a service handle the change for you

Northwest will prepare and file the Statement of Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent or Both for Limited Liability Company (Form INHS18) for you when you sign up. The state filing fee is yours to pay. The change is usually filed the same business day.

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This page provides general information based on publicly available Florida Secretary of State requirements. It is not legal advice. Forms, fees, and procedures can change. Verify with the Florida SOS before filing.