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California Registered Agent.ai Review (2026)

California Registered Agent.ai charges $99 a year for California agent for service of process service, with the same $99 at renewal. The plan includes an in-state street address for the registered office and online scans of legal papers served on the company. The company also forms a California LLC for $199 plus the state fee, counting the first year of agent service in that price. It also handles foreign registration in California at $199 plus the state fee. Score note: a good match for a California-only company that wants a flat agent price and files its own Statement of Information.
Researched and written by the Formation Scorecard editorial team
Score summary

California Registered Agent.ai: scored for a California-only companies

8.9 Editor score out of 10
$99 per year, flat

A plain California agent: flat price, fixed renewal, nothing fancy.

What you get

  • A registered office street address in the state
  • Scans of served documents appear in your account online

Strengths

  • $99 a year with no step up
  • Costs less each year than Mainstay Filing
  • Handles LLC formation and foreign registration as well
  • Year-one agent service is free when it forms your LLC

Watch for

  • Statement of Information filing is not covered
  • EIN application costs $99 extra
  • Serves California only, so other states need their own agent
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The $99 plan, line by line

For $99 a year, California Registered Agent.ai acts as the California agent for service of process. You receive an in-state street address for the registered office, and papers served on the company are scanned and posted to your account. Renewal holds at $99.

Using California Registered Agent.ai to form a California LLC

California Registered Agent.ai prepares and files the formation document for $199; the state's filing fee is billed separately. Year one of agent for service of process service comes with it, and the agent runs $99 a year afterwards. The EIN application is a $99 extra, though the IRS charges nothing for an EIN.

Later, California asks for the Statement of Information every two years, due last day of the LLC's registration-anniversary month, biennially with a $20 fee. California Registered Agent.ai does not file it, so it stays on your list.

Bringing an existing company into California with California Registered Agent.ai

California Registered Agent.ai sends the registration to the state for $199, and California's $70 fee is added. A year of agent for service of process service rides along. You supply certificate of good standing (existence or status) from the home state, issued within 180 days.

Where California Registered Agent.ai stands against Mainstay Filing

Agent service alone adds up to $297 over three years at California Registered Agent.ai and $447 at Mainstay Filing, a $150 spread. Mainstay Filing runs a single agent plan across all fifty states and scans the first three government mailings a year free. Mainstay Filing's formation package costs $199 a year and adds the Statement of Information, while California Registered Agent.ai's LLC route totals $397 over three years with the agent but no report filing. CA Registered Agent.org is the other California agent on the card; it charges the same $99 a year, and the two sit close together.

California Registered Agent.ai: quick questions

What is California Registered Agent.ai's price?

$99 a year for agent for service of process service, steady at renewal. LLC formation is $199 plus the California filing fee.

Will California Registered Agent.ai handle my yearly report?

No. The California Statement of Information is not in its published prices, so you send it in yourself.

Does California Registered Agent.ai score well as a registered agent for a California LLC?

Yes, when the company will stay in California and wants a steady agent price. Its average score across our California pages is 8.9.

What does the California Registered Agent.ai plan include?

A California registered office address and online scans of anything served on the company.

Can California Registered Agent.ai bring an outside company into California?

Yes, for $199 plus California's fee, with a year of agent service included.

Related pages

Where the figures come from

  1. California registered agent statute, as of October 2026
  2. California Secretary of State, as of August 2026
  3. California Secretary of State, as of August 2026
  4. California yearly filing: Statement of Information, official source, as of October 2026
  5. Cal. Corp. Code § 17702.01, as of August 2026
  6. California Secretary of State, foreign LLC forms, as of October 2026
  7. Form LLC-5, as of October 2026
  8. Corporations Code section 17708.03, as of October 2026
  9. Revenue and Taxation Code section 19135, as of October 2026
  10. Franchise Tax Board, LLC filing requirements, as of October 2026
  11. California Corporations Code 17708.07, as of November 2026
  12. Read on November 12, 2026: home, pricing and service pages for California Registered Agent.ai
  13. Read on November 12, 2026: California service pages for Mainstay Filing