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How to Change Your Registered Agent in South Dakota
The form, the fee, and how to file it.
Filing details
- Form name
- Statement of Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent or Both - Limited Liability Company
- Filing fee
- $10
- Online filing
- Yes
- Processing time
- South Dakota publishes no processing time for this filing. It is $10 filed online; printing and posting the same form instead adds a $15 paper processing fee that buys no speed. Expedited service costs $50 and the state defines it only as completion sooner than the normal course of business, publishing no turnaround for it
- Filing agency
- South Dakota SOS ↗
Note: South Dakota charges $10 online via the SOS Enterprise portal at sosenterprise.sd.gov. Paper filings add a $15 manual processing fee ($25 total). Both online and paper use the same form. Mail filings require the form in duplicate. Expedited processing is available for an additional $50 (same-day). The registered agent does not need to sign the form, and signatures do not need to be original. Post it to the Secretary of State, Capitol Building, 500 East Capitol Avenue Ste 112, Pierre SD 57501-5070, or email corpinfo@state.sd.us, or fax (605) 773-4550. Make the cheque payable to "Secretary of State".
Open online filing portal ↗
How to change your registered agent in South Dakota
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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 South Dakota 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.
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Get the Statement of Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent or Both - Limited Liability Company. Download the form ↗
You can file this online through the South Dakota Secretary of State portal. The form requires your LLC name, the new agent name and address, and a signature. The new agent must consent to the appointment.
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Pay the $10 filing fee.
Pay by credit card during the online filing. A small processing surcharge usually applies. 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.
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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.
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Verify the change in state records.
Search your LLC name on the South Dakota SOS business search and confirm the new registered agent is listed. Check back after the processing window shown above.
Important to know about South Dakota
- Paper filings add a $15 manual processing fee ($25 total). Online is the cheaper path at $10.
- The $10 statement of change is the route to use on price, not because it is the only one. SDCL 59-11-11 expressly allows a represented entity to change the information instead "by amending its most recent registered agent filing", but an amendment costs $60 against $10 for the standalone statement.
- Expedited processing costs $50, but South Dakota promises no turnaround for it. Its fee page defines expedited service only as "completion sooner than the normal course of business upon request", and publishes no hour or day figure, so do not plan a closing around a same-day assumption.
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 - Limited Liability Company 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 South Dakota Secretary of State requirements. It is not legal advice. Forms, fees, and procedures can change. Verify with the South Dakota SOS before filing.