what is a registered agent 
a registered agent is an individual that is authorized to accept legal documents on behalf of a limited liability company llc all llcs require a registered agent and they are legally allowed to accept tax documents legal documents government documents compliance documents and any other documents pertaining to the llc a registered agent for an llc is known to be an agent for service of processes if an llc does not have a registered agent it may be fined by the state not allowed to file a lawsuit be denied financing and not allowed to expand out of state 