New Jersey Annual Report Main Business Address: What the LLC Address Fields Mean

What the New Jersey LLC statute asks the annual report to include

New Jersey LLCs are governed by the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, Title 42, Chapter 2C. We read the act as enacted in P.L.2012, c.50. Section 26, codified as N.J.S.A. 42:2C-26, sets out the annual report. Section 26 was amended by P.L.2019, c.149, which removed a late filing fee from the reinstatement fees. The text quoted here is unchanged.

Section 42:2C-26(a) says: “Each domestic and foreign limited liability company shall file an annual report with the filing office, setting forth: (1) the name and address of the limited liability company; (2) the name and address of the registered agent of the limited liability company; and (3) the name and addresses of the managing members or managers, as the case may be.”

For the company itself, the statute says “address.” The section does not use the words “main business address” or “principal business address.” Those labels come from the state’s forms and records. The act does define a related term. Section 42:2C-2 says “Principal office” means “the principal executive office of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, whether or not the office is located in this State.” The state does not say that either form line uses this definition.

Corporations follow a different law. A New Jersey corporation’s annual report is governed by Title 14A, the Business Corporation Act. The LLC rules in this guide come from Chapter 2C only.

The address fields on a New Jersey LLC record

We read the LLC act, the help pages for the state’s Annual Reports and Change Services and Business Records Service, and the sample status report that the help page links. The table puts each address field in its own column.

The state’s sample Long Form Standing Certificate with Officers shows that officer addresses can appear on a certified record too. That sample is for a corporation, not an LLC. One of its listed officers has an address in Dallas, Texas.

What the New Jersey public record shows

New Jersey’s free Business Name Search does not show street addresses. When we searched on October 15, 2026, the results table had five columns: Business Name, Entity Id, City, Type and Incorporated Date.

The street addresses are in paid records. The Business Records Service help page lists a Business Entity Status Report at “$5.00 per Report” plus a $1.25 portal admin fee. The page also sells a bulk Business Entity List at $0.0185 per record, plus a portal fee of $0.005 per record. Anyone looking for information on a business can order these records.

The state’s sample status report is dated 2011. It lists the agent’s address, the Main Business Address, the Principal Business Address, and an address for each member or officer. In that sample, both business address lines show the same P.O. Box. Records filed today may look different, and we did not order a live report for this guide.

The bulk list shows that the two business lines are stored separately. Its fields include MBAddress, MBCity, MBState, MBZip, MBProvince, MBFrZip and MBCountry for the main business address. The PrincipalAddress fields have address, city, state and ZIP, with no country field.

Can the main business address be a P.O. Box or a virtual office?

Some filing guides say the main and principal business addresses cannot be a P.O. Box. We could not confirm that rule in a state source. The annual report’s address screen opens only after you enter a real business ID and formation date, so we did not see it. The help pages we read do not mention P.O. Boxes for these two lines.

The state documents we read do not settle it. The state’s sample status report shows a P.O. Box in both business address lines, but it is dated 2011. A state filing packet still cites New Jersey’s pre-2014 LLC law, and its fee schedule is marked revised April 20, 2011. That packet has a street address rule only for the registered office. Its form marks the registered office “(Must be a New Jersey street address)”. For the registered office, a P.O. Box “may be used only if the street address is listed as well.” For the main business address, the packet says only “List the main business address.”

The LLC act does not mention virtual offices in the sections we read. For the two business address lines, the sections we read ask only that the annual report state the company’s “address.” If you use a business address service, ask what the form will accept before you file. The act’s definition of a principal office is the “principal executive office,” which we read as the office the LLC is run from. Keep that definition in mind if your filing uses it.

Before you file, our free address checker shows the USPS classification of a street address as Commercial, Residential or Unknown. The checker also shows whether the address is flagged as a commercial mail receiving agency (CMRA). The checker does not test whether an address is a P.O. Box. Our guide on how to tell if an address is a PO Box covers that question.

Our Silicon Valley and Los Angeles pages describe the business addresses save office offers. save office does not offer registered agent service, so the New Jersey registered office is a separate choice.

How to change the main business address in New Jersey

The annual report lets you update the business address at no extra charge. The Annual Reports and Change Services help page says: “You can make changes free of charge to your Business Address and Officers/Directors as part of your Annual Report.” The same help page lists the current annual report fee for an LLC as $75.00.

The annual report is due once a year. Business.NJ.gov says it is due “on the last day of the month, in the month in which you completed your business formation.” The same page says the responsibility to file falls on the business, even if the State sends no notice.

If no annual report is due, the help page sends you to the Business Amendments Application, and that route has a fee. The registered agent is changed separately. The help page says a registered agent change costs $25.00, either on the annual report or as a standalone filing. A standalone change adds a $3.00 card or $1.00 eCheck service fee. If you change the registered agent through an amendment, the help page says “you will pay the full amendment fee.”

Changes take time to appear. The help page says to allow one full business day for an annual report filing to reach the state’s record. The Business Records Service help page says online filings appear in its system after two business days.

What happens if a New Jersey LLC with no activity skips the annual report

Section 42:2C-26(a) lists no exception for an LLC that is not doing business. The section says “Each domestic and foreign limited liability company shall file an annual report.” The state help page says one group does not need to file: “if your business is dissolved, you do not have to file an annual report.”

Section 42:2C-26(b) sets the result of missing two consecutive years. A New Jersey LLC’s certificate is moved to an inactive list. Section 26(b)(1) says the LLC remains an LLC and the limited liability of its members and managers is not affected. Its name becomes available to other companies. A foreign LLC’s certificate may be revoked.

Section 42:2C-53(b), as enacted in 2012, sets out where the state sends its notice before a New Jersey LLC is moved to the inactive list. The notice goes to the registered office, or to the principal office if that office’s mailing address is in the state’s records and differs from the registered office’s. Under Section 42:2C-53(c), the LLC then has 60 days to correct the reason for the notice. While on the inactive list, the LLC still exists, but Section 42:2C-53(d) says it may carry on only activities needed to wind up its activities and liquidate its assets.

The state’s pages use two words for this status. The statute says “inactive list” for a New Jersey LLC. The help pages and the sample status report say “revoked for failure to pay annual reports.” Either way, the business must be reinstated before it can be closed, according to the help page. Our 50-state annual report guide lists deadlines in other states.