Techno-primitivist
kiwifarms.net
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- 4 de Sep, 2019
the entire point of the registered agent is to accept mail in person for servicing.
First and foremost, the information provided in this post does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice. I am not a lawyer but a fucking loser on a dead comedy forum.
I do not believe that it is necessarily "cheaper" for a company to use your proposed solution than paying registered agents or expensive lawyers.
With a registered agent or an expensive lawyer, one knows upfront the costs and liabilities. The worst that might happen is that they drop their service.
Adopting your idea, a company might be taking a lot of unknown risks and potential liabilities:
- Vetting the person: could a company trust a random forum user or a well-known lolcow? Can a company rely on a person that would willingly be doxed, and face real risks of being swatted or harmed by mentally ill people?
- Risks related to the person actually not doing their tasks: is the company willing to miss procedural deadlines in a lawsuit because the "agent" just forgot to scan the latest documents? Is that person solvent and can they be sued back for the damages caused by their incompetence?
- Compensation: how much would a company have to fairly compensate a person that would actually be fit for this?
- Potential employment law costs and liabilities: depending on local laws and the contractual framework, that person might be qualified as an employee of the company.
- Potential tenancy laws costs and liabilities: depending on local laws and the contractual framework, that person might qualify as a tenant.
- Potential tax and regulatory costs and liabilities due to land ownership.
At the very least all of these points, as well as the agreement entered into with that person, should be checked and drafted by a lawyer.
In the end, it is a balancing act. But I personally would use such a solution only as a last resort.