# Create Registered Agent

## GET or POST Request

{% hint style="info" %}
<https://v1.api19.com/ra/registered\\_agent/create>
{% endhint %}

Create a new registered agent and get an address for your company

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="197.727294921875"></th><th width="137.8182373046875"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Argument</td><td>Required</td><td>Type</td></tr><tr><td>company_id</td><td>yes</td><td>company_id from list companies</td></tr><tr><td>jurisdictions</td><td>yes</td><td><p>JSON Array:</p><p>["Colorado", "Nebraska"]<br>OR</p><p>PLAIN TEXT:<br>Colorado</p></td></tr><tr><td>auto_renew</td><td>yes</td><td>yes or no</td></tr><tr><td>key</td><td>yes</td><td>your API key</td></tr></tbody></table>

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Curl Post" %}

```php
curl https://v1.api19.com/ra/registered_agent/create \
 -d 'company_id=j203h-hj32fh-32hf923hf' \
 -d 'jurisdictions=["Colorado","Nebraska"]' \
 -d 'auto_renew=yes' \
 -d 'key=api_token'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JSON Response" %}

```json
OK:
{
  "status": "ok",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "ad088553-j28q-j1v5-969b-fdcfcf3edea2",
      "type": "registered-agent",
      "status": "active",
      "company_id": "a7c234ff-mmj2-k1j4-aef4-dbd1e3a6b27a",
      "created_at": "2025-05-12T06:56:09.000+00:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-05-12T06:56:09.000+00:00",
      "jurisdiction": "New York",
      "jurisdiction_id": "6267cc34-c663-45ea-886b-9f38fab870d4",
      "company": "moo communications llc",
      "registered_agent": {
        "name": "Registered Agents Inc.",
        "address": {
          "line1": "418 Broadway",
          "line2": "STE R",
          "state_province_region": "NY",
          "city": "Albany",
          "zip_postal_code": "12207"
        }
      },
      "service_info": []
    },
    {
      "id": "f3d4jjh2-2j38-4168-af04-849kk111800",
      "type": "registered-agent",
      "status": "active",
      "company_id": "a7c2jjhh-ea7c-4b24-aef4-db1j3na6b27a",
      "created_at": "2025-05-12T06:56:09.000+00:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-05-12T06:56:09.000+00:00",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "jurisdiction_id": "072dccf7-678d-466f-b072-fc2876c6b79c",
      "company": "moo communicaitons llc",
      "registered_agent": {
        "name": "Registered Agents Inc",
        "address": {
          "line1": "1401 21st ST",
          "line2": "STE R",
          "state_province_region": "CA",
          "city": "Sacramento",
          "zip_postal_code": "95811"
        }
      },
      "service_info": []
    }
  ]
}

ERROR:
{
    "status": "error",
    "error": "Company already exists"
}

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Possible Errors" %}

```hack
Jurisdictions must be selected
Tools connectivity issue
Invalid jurisdiction: 
Invalid auto renew value
No company id provided
Cannot locate company
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="States" %}
Supported States

array:

```php
["Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", "California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", "District of Columbia", "Florida", "Georgia", "Hawaii", "Idaho", "Illinois", "Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", "Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan", "Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", "Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", "New Mexico", "New York", "North Carolina", "North Dakota", "Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", "South Carolina", "South Dakota", "Tennessee", "Texas", "Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", "Washington", "West Virginia", "Wisconsin", "Wyoming", "American Samoa", "Federal", "Guam", "Northern Mariana Islands", "U.S. Virgin Islands", "Puerto Rico"];
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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