Posting in the paper is only used when you file a lawsuit and cannot find the defendant - your stat agent only has to sign a form accepting the position. 

I won the suit which was a total shakedown lawsuit but it cost my insurance company a million dollars to defend the lawsuit and we were in jury trial for six weeks. 

However, not having a valid Certificate of Authority does not invalidate any of your LLC’s contracts or stop your LLC from defending a lawsuit in the state."

The costs may be similar on the front end, but again, the first option may cost a lot more to defend if something happens.

Even if you can prove it, you're going to spend WAY more than a few thousand dollars on attorneys if they decide to defend themselves.

Not defending the PM by any stretch but this is not like installing a new furnace filter.

May help defend against subterranean termites.

Quite often the responses will be that it looks to be a bad deal at which point the original poster will chime back in and try to defend why it would be a good deal.So first look at the numbers and ask yourself if this investment is a good deal and meets your goals.

The PM informed me that I needed to get a lawyer to defend myself for the mistake he made.

Not all agents are equal, but defending them just a tad bit ;)