Special Agency Representation
Expanded service of process coverage with special agency representation
Circumstances sometimes require corporate entities to file with agencies other than the secretary of state. In addition to serving as a registered agent, CSC can serve as your process agent, which allows us to receive service of process (SOP) on your behalf in a jurisdiction as a condition to registrations, licensing, or regulatory filings.
Services
Sometimes you need to file with agencies other than the secretary of state. Examples of these agencies include:
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Department of Insurance
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Board of Pharmacy
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Department of Labor
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for filing Form BOC-3
As your special agency representative, we scan, compress, and send 100% of the SOP we receive on your behalf (in all jurisdictions) within 24 hours, giving your legal team the advantage it needs to respond in a timely manner.
As a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder, you're required to designate a process agent that can file a blanket of coverage form (Form BOC-3) on your behalf with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association (FMCSA). As an official process agent in all 50 states, CSC can handle your BOC-3 filings.
The FMCSA requires your process agent to file Form BOC-3 with all states that require agency designations. Plus, when you choose CSC as your process agent, we'll scan, compress, and send 100% of the SOP we receive on your behalf—in all jurisdictions—within 24 hours, giving your legal team the advantage it needs to respond in a timely manner.
FAQs
Yes. Requirements vary by jurisdiction, but generally, CSC can accept the appointment when the filing office requests an agent to be available to receive SOP. Examples include, but aren't limited to, the following types of authorities:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
- Air Resources Board
- Board of Accountancy
- Board of Architecture
- Board of Professional Engineers
- Bureau of Charitable Organizations
- City Tax and License
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control
- Department of Banking and Finance Mortgage Division
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Consumer Protection
- Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Department of Financial Institutions
- Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Department of Food and Agriculture
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of Law
- Department of Motor Vehicles
- Department of Revenue
- Department of Telecommunications and Energy
- Department of Transportation
- Gaming Authority
- Motor Carrier Division
- Office of the Attorney General
- Public Service Commission
- Public Utilities Commission
- Real Estate Appraisers Board
- Sales Use and Tax Division
- State Attorney General
- State Bank Department
- State Board of Equalization
- State Lottery Commission
Yes. Not all countries and local authorities require a special agency representative, and compliance obligations vary among the international jurisdictions even more drastically than among the U.S. states. Before submitting any filing listing CSC as your special agency representative, please contact your representative to review the best method for submission. CSC also provides Corporate Secretary services in more than 140 jurisdictions around the world.
Examples of international jurisdictions that require a process agent include, but aren't limited to, the following authorities:
Canada
- Alberta Securities Commission
- Alberta Beverage Container Management Board
- Alberta Ministry of Government Services, Corporate Registry
- British Columbia Securities Commission
- British Columbia Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations, Corporate Registry
- Manitoba Securities Commission
- Manitoba Companies Office
- New Brunswick Department of Justice, Corporate Affairs Branch
- New Brunswick Financial and Consumer Services Commission
- Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Government Services and Land
- Newfoundland and Labrador Office of the Superintendent of Securities
- Northwest Territories Office of the Superintendent of Securities
- Northwest Territories Registrar of Corporations
- Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies
- Nova Scotia Securities Commission
- Nunavut Legal Registry
- Nunavut Securities Office
- Ontario Securities Commission
- Ontario Ministry of Government Services
- Prince Edward Island Department of Justice, Corporations Division
- Prince Edward Island Office of the Superintendent of Securities
- Quebec Enterprise Registrar
- Saskatchewan Corporate Registry
- Saskatchewan Securities Division Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority
- Yukon Territory Corporate Affairs Branch
- Yukon Territory Office of the Yukon Superintendent of Securities
U.S. territories
- Guam Department of Revenue & Taxation, Corporation Commissioner
- Puerto Rico Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
- U.S. Virgin Islands Office of Lt. Governor, Division of Banking and Insurance
- Northern Mariana Islands Office of Attorney General, Registrar of Corporations
Other countries
- United Kingdom Companies House (UK process agent)
- Ireland Companies House
- New Zealand Ministry of Commerce, Companies Registrar
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Registrar of Offshore Companies & Trusts
- And many more
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