# Registered agent

**Registered agent:** A registered agent is the person or company a business entity designates in its state filings to receive legal papers and official notices on its behalf.

A registered agent is the person or company a business entity designates in its state filings to receive legal papers and official notices on its behalf.

A change of registered agent is a corporate signal when confirmed by a second source. On its own it is routine and not a sale.

Source: DDSIntel glossary, https://ddsintel.com/glossary/registered-agent

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