For many of the corporations and LLCs that do business in Texas, the registered office on the state's books is 1999 Bryan St., Suite 900, Dallas, TX 75201, the address C T Corporation System gives in Dallas County. Entity records on the Texas Comptroller's public franchise tax search, which carry the Secretary of State's registered agent data, show this suite for companies registered throughout 2026, and the same suite appears for entities that name National Registered Agents, Inc. (NRAI) instead. The two agents also name each other as their own Texas registered agent in those records. Lawsuit citations and petitions, garnishment writs, subpoenas for business records and statutory notices are the usual papers sent here.
Pricing and Turnaround
Suite 900 is priced on the same three flat tiers as every other Texas address. Choosing Standard Service means paying $69 and waiting up to 5 business days for the attempt on the agent's suite. Rush Service raises the price to $119 and pulls that attempt forward to within 48 hours. The quickest choice, 24-Hour Service, is $169, and the attempt then comes within 24 hours. Those are the prices for subpoenas, federal summonses, notices and similar papers. If what you are sending is a Texas state-court citation or summons, add the $100 fee that applies because Texas limits who may serve that kind of process to a sheriff, constable or certified process server; a citation on the Standard tier, for instance, totals $169. Once delivery is made, the signed Rule 107 return of service arrives by email. Start on the order form, and list both the defendant's legal name and whether the filing names CT or NRAI as its agent.
What Can Be Served Here
Neither CT nor NRAI is a general mailbox for every business it has heard of. Each accepts service only for the entities that appointed it, so the citation, petition or subpoena should name the exact registered entity as it appears on the Secretary of State's record, and it should match the agent that record shows. Texas puts the obligation on the business: every filing entity and foreign filing entity has to keep a registered agent at a registered office (Bus. Orgs. Code 5.201). When an entity has let that lapse, or its agent cannot be found at the registered office with reasonable diligence, the Secretary of State becomes its agent for service (Bus. Orgs. Code 5.251). Where the defendant is a corporation, Bus. Orgs. Code 5.255(1) adds its president and each vice president as people who can receive the citation for it. Whoever makes the delivery cannot be a party to the case or have an interest in how it comes out (Rule 103).
Before You Send Papers
Pull up the defendant's current record first. Large companies may keep a parent, an operating subsidiary and a holding LLC side by side, and they do not always use the same agent, so a petition naming the wrong affiliate can come back unserved. Use the full legal name with its "Inc.", "LLC" or "L.P." ending rather than a brand or store name. For a records subpoena aimed at a company, remember the $10 daily witness fee is tendered when the subpoena is served (CPRC 22.001), and the subpoena and witness fee guide walks through the notice that has to go to the nonparty and the other parties first.
Nearby Courts and Other Locations
The Dallas County courthouse listed for the city is the George L Allen Sr Courts Building, 600 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75202, and the Dallas County page has the county's courts and towns. Vcorp Agent Services uses this same suite; see the Vcorp Agent Services page. Another commercial agent downtown is Cogency Global on Elm Street, and the fallback when an agent cannot be found is the Texas Secretary of State.