How to Change LLC Address in Texas: Which Form Changes Which Address

What the Texas certificate of formation asks for

The Texas certificate of formation for an LLC is Form 205. The version we read is marked Revised 09/26, and its instructions give a filing fee of $300. The form does not have a field labeled principal office. We counted the address entries it does ask for. There are four kinds.

Article 2 asks for the registered agent and “The business address of the registered agent and the registered office address,” with a street address line that already shows TX. Article 3 asks for “the name and address of each initial governing person.” The form has three governing person blocks, and each block has a line labeled “Street or Mailing Address.” Option A is for managers and option B is for members.

Below the purpose article, the form has a box called Initial Mailing Address. The box says “Provide the mailing address to which state franchise tax correspondence should be sent.” The Form 205 instructions say this box has been required since January 1, 2022. They say the address “will be used by the Comptroller of Public Accounts for sending tax information and correspondence to the entity.” The last address on the form is the organizer’s, again labeled “Street or Mailing Address.”

So after formation, you update two of these addresses through the Comptroller, not the Secretary of State. The initial mailing address became the Comptroller’s mailing address for the LLC. The governing person addresses are reported again each year on the Public Information Report. Our guide to the Texas Public Information Report and address privacy goes through that form field by field.

How to change the registered office with Form 401

The registered office is the street address where legal papers can be delivered to the LLC’s registered agent. The Secretary of State’s FAQ says “The only way to change a registered office address is to file a statement of change.” It points to Form 401 and Form 408. The FAQ adds that a postal or 911 renumbering still needs a filing, because “Texas law does not distinguish between a ‘voluntary’ change of address and an ‘involuntary’ change of address.”

Form 401 is titled Statement of Change of Registered Office/Agent. The LLC files it. Items 1 to 3 ask for the LLC’s name, its file number, and the current agent and registered office “as currently shown on the records of the secretary of state.” Item 4 makes the change. Section C, the new registered office, has a line labeled “Street Address (No P.O. Box).” Under that line, the form says “The street address of the registered office as stated in this instrument is the same as the registered agent’s business address.”

The Form 401 instructions set two more limits. The registered office “must be located at a street address where service of process may be personally served on the entity’s registered agent during normal business hours.” It “may not be solely a mailbox service or telephone answering service (BOC § 5.201).” The instructions also say “The filing entity cannot act as its own registered agent.”

The instructions say “The filing fee for a change of registered office/agent is $15.” You can file online through SOSPortal or by mail to P.O. Box 13697, Austin, TX 78711-3697. The instructions also say “The statement of change need not be notarized.” They say that once the Secretary of State accepts it, “the statement is effective as an amendment to the appropriate provision of the entity's certificate of formation.” If your registered agent is the one moving, the agent can file Form 408, titled Change by Registered Agent to Name or Address. Its instructions say “The statement of change that lists a single entity is $15.”

1. 1Look up the LLC’s file number and the registered agent and office currently on record with the Secretary of State.
2. 2Get the new registered agent’s consent. The instructions say consent is required, but a copy does not need to be submitted.
3. 3Complete Form 401 items 1 to 4. Fill in Section C with the new registered office street address, with no P.O. box.
4. 4Pick when the change takes effect. The form allows the filing date, a later date of not more than 90 days from signing, or a future event.
5. 5Sign the form and file it through SOSPortal or by mail with the $15 fee.

How to change the mailing address with the Comptroller

The Comptroller keeps the mailing address it uses for franchise tax and other tax mail. The Comptroller’s web form page says “Those with eSystems accounts should update their mailing address for sales, franchise or ag/timber there.” It adds “With eSystems, address changes are immediate and avoid any delays or inconveniences.”

Without an eSystems account, you can use one of two Comptroller web forms. The general form is called Change Mailing Address/Phone Number. The other is called Change Mailing Address/Phone Number for Franchise Tax. Both ask for one of three identifiers. The choices are the Taxpayer Number, which is 11 digits, the Comptroller’s File Number, which is 10 digits, or the Texas Secretary of State’s Filing Number.

The two forms ask for slightly different things. The general form labels the new address line “Street Address.” It asks “Send all mail from the Comptroller to this address?” with a Yes box. The franchise tax form labels the new address line “Street or Post Office Box.” It also asks for the Federal Employer Identification Number and answers to two security questions. Neither form has a payment step.

These web forms change a mailing address and a phone number. We did not find a principal office field on either one. The principal office is reported on the Public Information Report, which the next section covers. If your Comptroller mail also includes Webfile notices, our guide to the Texas Webfile number explains which address that mail goes to.

Where the principal office shows: the Public Information Report

The Public Information Report is Comptroller Form 05-102. The form says its information is required by Section 171.203 of the Tax Code for each LLC “that files a Texas Franchise Tax Report.” The 2026 version prints a due date of 5/15/2026. Near the top it has a mailing address line with a circle and the words “Blacken circle if the mailing address has changed.”

Below the mailing address, the form has two more address fields. One is labeled “Principal office” and the other is labeled “Principal place of business.” Section A asks for the “Name, title and mailing address of each officer, director, member, general partner or manager.” The form says “The information will be available for public inspection.”

Below the Section C table, a separate box shows the “Registered agent and registered office currently on file.” The report cannot change it. Next to that block, the form says “You must make a filing with the Secretary of State to change registered agent, registered office or general partner information.” So a new registered office on the report alone does not update the Secretary of State record. Form 401 does.

Put together, the Secretary of State’s chart and this form explain the Texas process. The LLC’s entity address in Secretary of State records comes from the principal office on this report or from the mailing address the LLC gave the Comptroller. If you move the business between reports, update the mailing address with the Comptroller now. Then report the new principal office on the next Public Information Report.

How to change the address with the IRS on Form 8822-B

The IRS keeps its own address record for the LLC’s EIN. To change it, you use Form 8822-B, Change of Address or Responsible Party, Business. The form says “Use Form 8822-B to notify the Internal Revenue Service if you changed your business mailing address, your business location, or the identity of your responsible party.”

Line 4b asks for the employer identification number. Line 6 is the new mailing address and line 7 is the new business location. Each line is described as “no., street, room or suite no., city or town, state, and ZIP code.” For a P.O. box, the instructions say to enter the box number “only if your post office does not deliver mail to your street address.”

The where to file chart sends the form by the old address. Texas is in the group that mails to Internal Revenue Service, Ogden, UT 84201-0023. The form says “Generally, it takes 4 to 6 weeks to process your address or responsible party change.” A change in responsible party has its own rule. The form says an entity with an EIN must report that change “within 60 days of the change.” Our guide to Form 8822-B covers each line in more detail.

Which record holds which address

The table below lists each Texas LLC address, the record that holds it, and the filing that changes it. The fees come from the Secretary of State instructions we read. The Comptroller web forms have no payment step, and Form 8822-B does not list a fee.

Banks, payment platforms, and your own website keep their own copies of your address too. Our broader guide to changing an LLC address lists those other places to update after a move.

The registered office has the strictest rules of all these fields. Form 401 asks for a street address with no P.O. box, and the instructions say it “may not be solely a mailbox service or telephone answering service.” A registered agent fills that field. For the LLC’s general business mail, our Silicon Valley virtual office address and Los Angeles business address pages describe the business addresses save office offers.