Registered Agents Inc. (RAI) is one of the fastest-growing Commercial Registered Office Providers (CROPs) in Pennsylvania under 15 Pa.C.S. § 109. Unlike CT Corp and CSC—which concentrate their Pennsylvania CROP operations in Harrisburg (Dauphin County)—Registered Agents Inc. maintains its primary Pennsylvania statutory intake hub in northwestern Pennsylvania at 502 West 7th Street, Suite 100, Erie, PA 16502 in Erie County.
Important Corporate Distinction: Although Registered Agents Inc. and Northwest Registered Agent, LLC both utilize the commercial registered office facility at 502 West 7th Street, Suite 100, Erie, PA 16502, they are two separate and distinct Commercial Registered Office Provider companies on file with the Pennsylvania Department of State. Always verify which specific CROP (Registered Agents Inc. vs. Northwest Registered Agent, LLC) is listed on the defendant entity’s Pennsylvania Department of State filing!
Verified Building & Statutory Intake Details
- Registered Agent / CROP Name: Registered Agents Inc. (RAI)
- Physical Street Address: 502 West 7th Street, Suite 100, Erie, PA 16502
- County & Judicial District: Erie County — 6th Judicial District of Pennsylvania
- Municipality: City of Erie, PA 16502 (West 7th & Walnut Street Corridor, ~6 blocks west of the Erie County Courthouse)
- UIDDA Foreign Subpoena Issuance Venue: Erie County Prothonotary (Clerk of Records), Erie County Courthouse, 140 West 6th Street, Room 120, Erie, PA 16501 (
42 Pa.C.S. § 5335)
Service of Process & Subpoena Protocols at 502 W. 7th Street, Suite 100 (Erie, PA)
1. Why Venue Is in Erie County (Not Dauphin County)
Attorneys accustomed to serving CT Corp or CSC in Harrisburg frequently make the mistake of captioning a UIDDA subpoena or directing service for Registered Agents Inc. to Dauphin County. Because Registered Agents Inc.’s Pennsylvania CROP address of record is 502 West 7th Street, Suite 100, Erie, PA 16502, the proper venue for physical service—and the mandatory county for domesticating an out-of-state UIDDA subpoena under 42 Pa.C.S. § 5335(a)—is Erie County (6th Judicial District).
Because the Erie County Courthouse (140 West 6th Street) is located less than half a mile from 502 West 7th Street, Suite 100, our local Erie process servers can walk a UIDDA foreign subpoena into the Erie County Prothonotary’s office and serve Registered Agents Inc. on the very same run!
2. What Documents Can Our Erie Process Servers Serve on Registered Agents Inc.?
Under the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, our private process servers directly serve Registered Agents Inc. at 502 West 7th Street, Suite 100 for:
- All Civil, Deposition, Trial & Non-Party Records Subpoenas (
Pa.R.C.P. 234.2&4009.22) issued by any Pennsylvania court; - All Out-of-State UIDDA Subpoenas (
42 Pa.C.S. § 5335) domesticated through the Erie County Prothonotary; - All Federal District Court Summonses & Complaints (
FRCP Rule 4(c)(2)) filed in the Western District of Pennsylvania (WDPA — whose federal courthouse at 17 South Park Row, Erie is just blocks away), EDPA, MDPA, or any federal court nationwide; - All Out-of-State State Court Summonses & Complaints (
Pa.R.C.P. 404) from New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Delaware, California, Texas, Florida, or any other state; - All Philadelphia County Civil Lawsuits (
Pa.R.C.P. 400.1(a)(1)) — because Rule 400.1(a)(1) authorizes a competent adult to serve original process in Philadelphia First Judicial District actions anywhere in Pennsylvania; and - All Equity / Injunction Actions (
Pa.R.C.P. 400(b)) and Domestic Relations Actions (Pa.R.C.P. 1930.4).
(For ordinary money-damages complaints filed in an outlying PA Court of Common Pleas outside Philadelphia that require Sheriff service under Pa.R.C.P. 400(a), we also offer walk-in coordination with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office at 140 West 6th Street, Suite 311.)
3. Proper Captioning for Registered Agents Inc. Serves
To guarantee seamless acceptance at Suite 100:
- List the exact legal name of the target LLC or corporation on the first line;
- Add “c/o Registered Agents Inc., Commercial Registered Office Provider” on the second line (do not confuse with Northwest Registered Agent); and
- Specify “502 West 7th Street, Suite 100, Erie, PA 16502”.
Every serve at 502 West 7th Street includes GPS-timestamped logging and a completed Pa.R.C.P. Rule 405 Return of Service / Affidavit delivered within 24 hours.