AgedCorporations.com has been online since 2007. This site explains what a formation date actually tells you, how to verify a specific entity's record with the state that formed it, and where the law draws the line between a lawful transaction and a misrepresentation to a lender or counterparty. AgedCorporations.com publishes no prices. It does not promise a financing or credit outcome with any institution and is not affiliated with any registered agent company, formation service, law firm, or lender. Every factual claim in our published pages links to a primary source, a statute, a state filing system, a federal agency release, or a documented enforcement action, so you can check it yourself rather than take our word for it.
Learn
- Learn - What an aged corporation actually is, and how the terms are used and misused.
- What is a shelf corporation - The core definition and where the "shelf" image comes from.
- Uses - What an older formation date can and cannot do for you.
- Compare - Aged corporation versus forming a new one, weighed side by side.
Verify
- Verify before you pay - Exactly what to confirm with the state before any money changes hands.
- Is it legal - Where the legal line actually sits, and where it does not.
- Enforcement tracker - A source-linked record of real enforcement actions in this market.
- Seller red flags - The warning signs that a listing is not what it claims.
By state
- Wyoming - Its statute and recent registered agent and disclosure changes.
- Nevada - Its formation statute and ongoing filing requirements.
- Delaware - Its franchise tax and what that means for an aged entity.
- State guides - Every jurisdiction this site currently covers, in one place.
Buy or sell
- Available entities - What is currently available, described by age band, state, and standing.
- How to buy - The purchase process from first decision through closing.
- Sell - Sell a dormant corporation or LLC you no longer need.
- Transfer mechanics - The paperwork that follows a change in ownership.
Recently reviewed
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Nineteen years of change
The trade in aged entities has drawn public scrutiny in waves: a 2011 news investigation of a single registered address, a 2016 federal wire fraud case, a 2024 state attorney general agreement, and then a run of Wyoming legislation, agency audits and federal rule changes in 2025 and 2026. Each event below links to its public source, and the enforcement tracker keeps the full record.
- : Reuters: more than 2,000 companies at one Cheyenne house Source
- : DOJ charges wire fraud conspiracy in shelf corporation scheme. U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Ohio. A criminal information is a charge, not evidence of guilt. Source
- : DOJ announces a 41-month prison sentence in the same case. The defendant was found guilty earlier in 2016 of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud and was ordered to pay restitution. Source
- : Michigan AG agreement: seller to stop Michigan shelf sales. Assurance of Voluntary Compliance and Discontinuance filed in the 30th Judicial Circuit Court, Ingham County; it also requires removing website language promoting deceptive uses. Source
- : Wyoming SF0056 signed: false info to an agent is a dissolution ground Source
- : Wyoming SF0082 on agent duties dies in House committee Source
- : Wyoming SoS begins in-person registered agent audits Source
- : FinCEN final rule ends BOI reporting for US companies Source
How this site is written
Every page here is dated, reviewed on a set schedule, and built around cited primary sources rather than opinion. See about for our editorial standard, how listings work, and the disclosures we make about our own independence.