What is a statutory agent?

Question

Where can I find out who represents my state?

Answer 1

The above answer is off the mark (sorry, Cora!). Statutory agents are individuals or corporations required by statute to be available for service of process and/or legal documents.

They may, in some states, include the Secretary of State or another designated state official with the function of receiving process or other legal documents.

However, most are private.

In many states, business entities are required to appoint and maintain a statutory agent. To find out how it works in your state, start with the Secretary of State's website... look for the part that handles registration of new corporations.

Answer 2

A statutory agent is someone who has agency (representative) authority based on some specific statute (legsilative law).

Any elected official represents your state to some degree. Any executive officer, any state agency officer, etc would all fall within the broad definition of "statutory agent".