Sunbiz Principal Address vs Mailing Address: What Each Field Means for a Florida LLC

What Florida law and Sunbiz say about each field

We read Sections 605.0102, 605.0113, 605.0117, 605.0201 and 605.0212 of the Florida Statutes. We also read three Sunbiz pages that describe these fields: the LLC filing instructions, the reinstatement instructions, and the online address update form. The table puts their rules side by side.

Section 605.0117(2) adds one more detail about the principal office. A notice or demand under Chapter 605 may be given to a member or manager, to the registered agent, or “to any other address in this state which is in fact the principal office” of the LLC. That wording points to the office where the company is really run. Read this way, the principal office is a fact about your company, and the form field records that fact.

The LLC filing instructions also carry a warning about every field. Under Section 817.155, a person who knowingly and willfully makes a false statement in a matter within the Department of State’s jurisdiction “is guilty of a felony of the third degree.” The same instructions say that signing the articles is “an affirmation under the penalties of perjury that the information in the record is accurate.”

What a Sunbiz record shows: the four address blocks we counted

Anyone can open an LLC’s detail page on search.sunbiz.org without an account. On October 14, 2026, we opened eight Florida LLC records from two name searches and listed the blocks on each page. Two records were active and six were inactive.

Seven of the eight records listed the same address as both the principal address and the mailing address. The eighth, an active LLC, listed two different street addresses in the two fields. Four of the eight showed a “Changed” date under at least one block. In the records we opened, that date sat under the block whose address or name had been updated.

The detail page also lists images of past filings, including each annual report. The annual report page says you can download an image of a filed report “free of charge.” So an address you replace today still appears on the older reports that listed it.

The registered agent address is a separate, third field

The registered agent address is different from the principal address and the mailing address. That address is the registered office, where the agent accepts legal papers for the LLC. Section 605.0113(1) requires every Florida LLC to maintain in Florida “A registered office, which may be the same as its place of business in this state.”

The agent must be a Florida resident or an authorized business entity. In both cases, the agent’s “business address is identical to the address of the registered office.” The LLC filing instructions say the agent’s address “must be a Florida street address” and that “A post office box address or address outside of Florida is not acceptable.” The LLC itself cannot be its own agent, but a manager or member can be.

The agent also has a duty about addresses. Section 605.0113(3)(a) says the agent forwards papers to the LLC “at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the company.” Keep that address current with your agent, separately from Sunbiz.

Can the principal address be outside Florida or at your registered agent?

Yes, the principal address can be outside Florida. The definition in Section 605.0102(54) says “regardless of whether the office is located in this state.” The reinstatement instructions say “An out-of-state address is acceptable.” They also say an LLC with an address outside the country should enter its complete principal office address “to the best of your ability.”

For an owner who runs the company from another state or country, the principal address is that office. The LLC still needs a registered agent with a Florida street address.

Using your registered agent’s address as the principal address depends on who the agent is. If you are your own agent and run the company from that Florida office, Section 605.0113(1)(a) lets the registered office be the same as your place of business. If the agent is a company you hired, its address is the principal office only if your company is in fact run from there. In the Chapter 605 sections we read, we did not find a rule about using a registered agent’s address in the principal office field.

Where a virtual office address fits on a Florida LLC record

The mailing address field is where a business mailing address fits. The Sunbiz pages we read accept a P.O. Box there and accept an out-of-state address there. Those pages place no other limit on that field.

The principal address field is defined by a fact. The Sunbiz pages we read do not mention virtual offices for this field. The statute asks for the street address of the principal executive office, which we read as the office the company is run from. Ask that question about any address before you list it as the principal address.

The registered agent field needs a person or company that acts as your agent. The agent files a written acceptance under Section 605.0113(2), and its business address must be the registered office. save office does not offer registered agent service.

Florida’s service-of-process statute has its own definition of “virtual office.” Section 48.031(6)(b) defines it as “an office that provides communications services, such as telephone or facsimile services, and address services without providing dedicated office space, and where all communications are routed through a common receptionist.” Section 48.031(6)(a) covers three kinds of address: a private mailbox, a virtual office, or an executive office or mini suite. The rule applies only if one of those is the only address for the person that can be found in public records. In that case, a process server may leave the papers “with the person in charge” of that address. The process server must first determine that the person keeps a mailbox or office at that location.

Section 48.062(5) has a related rule for LLCs. That rule applies when the registered agent’s address, or the address of a person listed on the latest annual report, is “a residence, a private mailbox, a virtual office, or an executive office or mini suite.” In that case, service may be made on the agent, a listed person, or any member or manager under Section 48.031. If you use a business address for a manager on Sunbiz, ask your provider what it does when legal papers are left for you. These rules are about where legal papers can be left. They do not say which Sunbiz field a virtual office can go in.

If you want a business address for the mailing address field, our Tampa page has information about business addresses in Florida. Before you file, our free address checker shows the USPS classification of an address as Commercial, Residential or Unknown, and whether it is flagged as a commercial mail receiving agency (CMRA).

How to change your principal address or mailing address on Sunbiz

Sunbiz shows three online ways to change these two fields. The right one depends on whether this year’s annual report is already filed.

The Update Your Information page points entities formed before January 1 of this year to the annual report or an amended annual report. The page says reports filed online by credit card post “within minutes.” Entities formed after January 1 of this year are not yet due an annual report, and the page sends them to the update forms instead.

The address update form does not change the registered agent or the registered office. For those, the form links to the Sunbiz forms page. The LLC fee schedule lists $25.00 for a change of registered agent, and Section 605.0114(4) also allows that change on the annual report.

Sunbiz notes one limit on every update. Changes on Sunbiz “only apply to records held within the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations.” Your records at the Florida Department of Revenue and other agencies must be updated separately. If your LLC is already inactive, our guide to a Florida LLC that was administratively dissolved explains how reinstatement changes these fields.