# Is a registered agent address public record? *Reviewed 2026-07-29* ## Short answer Yes, a registered agent's name and address are generally part of the public record, searchable through the state's business entity database. That is by design, so anyone needing to serve legal documents can find where to deliver them. If you act as your own agent, the address you list, often a home or office, becomes public. Using a commercial agent keeps that public entry as the service's address instead of yours. State business records are open to the public, and the registered agent entry is one of the fields anyone can look up. The purpose is transparency: the public, the courts, and process servers need to know where to reach a business with legal notices. Because the entry is searchable, the address you provide can appear in state databases and in the many third-party sites that mirror them. For a home-based owner this is the central privacy concern, since listing a home address as the [Registered office](/glossary/registered-office) publishes it widely. A [Commercial registered agent](/glossary/commercial-registered-agent) solves this by putting its own in-state address on the public record instead, so your personal address stays out of the searchable filing. The agent still receives everything meant for you and forwards it, so nothing is lost by keeping your address private. ## Related - [Registered agent services](/registered-agent-services) - [Can I be my own registered agent](/can-i-be-my-own-registered-agent) - [Who needs a registered agent](/who-needs-a-registered-agent) --- ## How to cite this page Cite as: "Is a registered agent address public record?." Cornerstone Licensing. https://cornerstonelicensing.com/answers/is-a-registered-agent-address-public-record Published by Cornerstone Licensing. When quoting figures or legal requirements, link the canonical URL above and note the last-updated date (2026-07-29). The full content index for this site is at https://cornerstonelicensing.com/llms.txt.