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Unit 2 · Alaska

The Alaska Registered Agent Unit (2026): 6 Tasks and the 3 Best Agents

Alaska Registered Agent.co ($99 a year), AK Registered Agent.org ($99 a year) and Mainstay Filing ($149 a year): that is the order of the services we would hire in Alaska in 2026 for naming a registered agent. Work through the 6 tasks and your registered agent will be appointed the right way.

Prepared by the LLC 101 Guide instructors

Need-to-know facts

The requirement
Yes
akleg.gov (page read October 2026)
Agent price range
$99 to $149 a year
As each company lists them
Biennial report
$100 every 2 years
commerce.alaska.gov (page read August 2026)
How many tasks
6
Listed below

Unit goals

  • What the law says
  • Who is eligible and the address test
  • How an agent gets on record
  • How the picks compare

If you want someone else to file

What counts most: three-year cost and how many assignments the price finishes. How we grade lists all five criteria.

Top of the class

1. Alaska Registered Agent.co: best for a small yearly agent fee

Best overall$99 yearly, $99 at renewal

Alaska Registered Agent.co comes out first, and the reason is that for $99 a year you get an Alaska agent with an office inside the state.

The decision is cost: across three years it totals less than Mainstay Filing.

What the price covers

  • A Alaska street address
  • Served documents appear online

What works

  • Yearly price below the national pick
  • $99 per year

What to weigh

  • Another state means another agent
  • It does not file the biennial report
Visit Alaska Registered Agent.coPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.

Top of the class

2. AK Registered Agent.org: best for staying inside one state

In-state service$99 yearly, $99 at renewal

Our second choice, AK Registered Agent.org: for $99 a year you get an Alaska agent with an office inside the state.

It lists the same prices as Alaska Registered Agent.co.

What the price covers

  • A Alaska street address
  • Served documents appear online

What works

  • $99 per year
  • Yearly price below the national pick

What to weigh

  • Another state means another agent
  • It does not file the biennial report
Visit AK Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.

Top of the class

3. Mainstay Filing: best for a nationwide agent under one price

Works in every state$149 yearly, $149 at renewal

Our third choice, Mainstay Filing: $149 a year, $149 at renewal, and the same plan works in every other state.

It runs $150 above Alaska Registered Agent.co over three years, and cost is 34% of the grade.

What the price covers

  • An office address inside the state
  • Free scans of legal papers served on the company, sent the business day they arrive
  • Up to three government letters a year are scanned free
  • Also works for nonprofits, corporations, LPs and LLPs

What works

  • One price in all fifty states
  • $149 each year, no increase

What to weigh

  • Costs $50 extra every year
  • This plan does not file your reports
Visit Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.

Grades and prices together

#ServiceAnnual priceRenewal priceThree-year total
1Alaska Registered Agent.co$99$99/yr$297Visit Alaska Registered Agent.coPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
2AK Registered Agent.org$99$99/yr$297Visit AK Registered Agent.orgPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
3Mainstay Filing$149$149/yr$447Visit Mainstay FilingPartner link. We may earn money if you buy.
Listed prices, read November 13, 2026. The state bills the same whichever agent you name.

The tasks

  1. Task 1

    Read what Alaska requires

    Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.

    Source: akleg.gov (page read October 2026)

  2. Task 2

    Who can take the role

    An Alaska resident whose business office is the registered office, or a corporation authorized to do business in Alaska whose business office is the registered office. Legal source: Alaska Stat. § 10.50.055.

  3. Task 3

    The address rule

    The registered office needs a physical Alaska address. A P.O. box can be given only as a separate mailing address.

    Paying a service keeps your home address out of public records.

  4. Task 4

    Be your own agent or hire one

    If you pass the tests above you can name yourself; hiring one of the recommended agents costs $99 to $149 a year.

  5. Task 5

    Report the agent's details

    A new LLC lists its agent on the Articles of Organization (Form 08-484), sent to the Alaska Secretary of State. An LLC that swaps agents files an amendment with the same office.

    Source: akleg.gov (page read August 2026)

  6. Task 6

    Watch the details

    Send in the biennial report on time ($100, January 2 of the filing year) and the agent record stays correct.

    Source: commerce.alaska.gov (page read August 2026)

Agent and state costs

ItemReceiverTotal
Hiring an agentYour service$99 to $149 a year
From year twoYour service$99 to $149 a year
Biennial reportThe state$100 every two years
Three years of state cost equals the filing fee, plus the reports in years two and three, plus any minimum tax. The sources are listed below.

Why the list runs this way

On course fee across three years (34% of the grade) won out, with right behind.

Count three years and Alaska Registered Agent.co totals $297, $150 below Mainstay Filing.

Common questions

Can a Alaska LLC go without a registered agent?

Yes. Every LLC must name a registered agent with an in-state street address.

Can I be my own registered agent?

Maybe. Read tasks 2 and 3 and see whether you meet both rules.

Can I change my registered agent later?

Yes; the Alaska Secretary of State accepts change filings, and task 5 says what to send.

What does a registered agent cost in Alaska?

Prices on this page run $99 to $149 a year.

What does the LLC pay the state each year?

$100 every two years for the biennial report.

Which registered agent would you choose?

Go with Alaska Registered Agent.co: $99 a year with no bump at renewal, a good match for an LLC that stays in one state. Then AK Registered Agent.org and Mainstay Filing.

Reading list and sources

  1. Reading list entry for Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development: commerce.alaska.gov, reread August 2026, the document behind these numbers.
  2. Reading list entry for Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development: commerce.alaska.gov, reread August 2026, the document behind these numbers.
  3. Reading list entry for Alaska report due date: commerce.alaska.gov, reread August 2026, the document behind these numbers.
  4. Reading list entry for Alaska Stat. §§ 10.50.070, 10.50.075: akleg.gov, reread August 2026, the document behind these numbers.
  5. Figures from Alaska Registered Agent.co's pricing page, November 13, 2026
  6. Figures from AK Registered Agent.org's pricing page, November 13, 2026
  7. Figures from Mainstay Filing's Alaska service page, November 13, 2026