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How to Change Your Registered Agent in Alaska
The form, the fee, and how to file it.
Filing details
- Form name
- Change of Registered Agent (Statement of Change), form 08-409
- Filing fee
- $25
- Online filing
- No (mail or in person)
- Processing time
- 10-15 business days standard; expedite available for $50 extra (1 week)
- Filing agency
- Alaska Division of Corporations ↗
Note: Alaska charges a flat $25 to change the registered agent under AS 10.50.637. One form covers every entity type: Change of Registered Agent (Statement of Change), form 08-409, revised October 2023. The standalone Statement of Change must be posted. Online filing is not available for this form and the Division does not publish an in-person route for it. The form must be signed by a Member or Manager on record (or attorney-in-fact). The signing official must match an official already on record with the state, and the entity's biennial report must be current or the filing will be rejected. Mail to Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations, PO Box 110806, Juneau AK 99811-0806. Make cheques payable to "State of Alaska"; Alaska has no Secretary of State. You can also update the registered agent for free during your biennial report filing.
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How to change your registered agent in Alaska
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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 Alaska Division of Corporations 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 Change of Registered Agent (Statement of Change), form 08-409. Download the form ↗
Alaska 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 Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.
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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.
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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 Alaska Division of Corporations business search and confirm the new registered agent is listed. Processing typically takes 10-15 business days standard; expedite available for $50 extra (1 week), so check back after that window.
Important to know about Alaska
- No online filing option for the standalone Statement of Change. Alaska has no Secretary of State; business filings run through the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing at DCCED. Its online portal does not handle this specific filing.
- Filing is rejected if your biennial report is not current. Catch up on the biennial report first ($100 domestic / $200 foreign).
- Standard processing runs 10-15 business days. The $50 expedite cuts it to about a week.
- The official signing must already be on record with the state. If your member or manager has changed but is not yet recorded, the filing will bounce.
Have a service handle the change for you
Northwest will prepare and file the Change of Registered Agent (Statement of Change), form 08-409 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 Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing requirements. It is not legal advice. Forms, fees, and procedures can change. Verify with the Alaska Division of Corporations before filing.