Form 08-409: How Alaska Registered Agent Changes Work

One document handles registered agent changes in Alaska: the Statement of Change of Registered Agent, Form 08-409. Filed with the Corporations Section of the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, it carries a $25 nonrefundable fee. Here is how the filing works and where our service fits.

Form 08-409 at a Glance

Item	Detail
Form	Statement of Change of Registered Agent (08-409)
State fee	$25, nonrefundable
Filed with	Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Covers	All entity types except religious corporations
Effective	Upon filing (AS 10.50.060)
Official PDF	Form 08-409 download

The form imposes two restrictions worth flagging: an entity may not name itself as its own agent, and an LLC may not be named as anyone's agent. For LLCs, members or a manager must authorize the change before filing.

The Process, Step by Step

1. Pick a replacement agent that qualifies under Alaska law: physical street address in the state, staffed during business hours five days a week, and either an Alaska-resident individual (AS 01.10.055) or a corporation authorized under AS 10.06.
2. Complete Form 08-409 with your entity's exact name, its state entity number, and the incoming agent's Alaska physical and mailing addresses.
3. Deliver the form and the $25 fee to the Division for processing.
4. Run your entity through the state's business search afterward and confirm the new agent appears; the change took legal effect the moment the state filed it.

Why Entities Make the Switch

• National providers billing $200+ per year for the same statutory role
• Documents forwarded late, or not at all, by the current agent
• An owner-as-agent setup exposing a home address in public records
• A prior agent who relocated, shut down, or stopped responding
• Loss of individual eligibility after the owner moved out of Alaska

Enrolling With Us

1. Enroll online; our Alaska address details are issued to you immediately
2. We hand you every piece of information Form 08-409 requests about the new agent
3. You submit the form and the $25 fee to the state
4. Your dashboard goes live at once, and document monitoring starts as soon as the state records the change

The Numbers

Line	Amount
Alaska filing fee, Form 08-409	$25, one time
Our agent service	$99 per year
Setup or transfer charges from us	$0

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