Florida Registered Agent: What It Is and How Non-Residents Get One

What a registered agent does

• Think of the registered agent as your LLC's official mailbox with the state. The agent:
• Accepts service of process — lawsuits and legal notices delivered to your company.
• Receives official correspondence from the Florida Division of Corporations, including annual-report notices.
• Keeps a physical address inside Florida and is reachable during normal working hours.
• The agent's name and Florida address appear on the public record, so using a commercial agent also keeps your home address off Sunbiz.

Why non-residents need a commercial agent

Being your own agent means having a Florida address and being physically present on business days to sign for documents. If you live in Bogotá, Santo Domingo or anywhere outside the US, that simply isn't workable — so you appoint a commercial registered agent based in Florida. Nearly every non-resident-owned Florida LLC does exactly this.

What happens if you don't keep one

Let your registered agent lapse and the Division of Corporations can flag the LLC and, combined with a missed annual report, push it toward administrative dissolution. Bringing a dissolved Florida LLC back costs $100 reinstatement plus the report fees — far more than simply keeping an agent in place.

How Bastion handles it

1. With Bastion as your Florida registered agent, we receive your official mail, scan it, and alert you on WhatsApp. We also flag the May 1 annual-report deadline well in advance so your LLC never slips toward dissolution.