Wyoming Foreign Registration › The application
The Wyoming foreign LLC application, item by item
The Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Certificate of Authority costs $150 and travels with an original home certificate dated inside 60 days. It has 9 numbered items. We prepare it for $199.
The filing at a glance
- Title
- Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Certificate of Authority
- Fee
- $150
- Attached
- An original certificate of existence or good standing, dated not more than sixty days before the filing in Wyoming and authenticated by the Secretary of State or other official who keeps company records where the company was formed
- Also in the packet
- A Consent to Appointment by Registered Agent, signed by the agent, certifying the agent meets W.S. 17-28-101 through 17-28-111
- Filed with
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division
- Route
- By mail
The items on the form
| No. | Entry | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Name | The name as organized, with a Wyoming LLC ending. |
| 2 | Governing law | The state or country of organization. |
| 3 | Date of organization | It must match the date on the certificate of existence. |
| 4 | Period of duration | How long the company intends to exist. Perpetual is the common answer. |
| 5 | Mailing address | The company's mailing address. |
| 6 | Principal office address | Where the company has its principal office. |
| 7 | Registered agent | Name and physical Wyoming address; a PO box only in addition. |
| 8 | Wyoming constitution | A statement accepting the constitution of the state. |
| 9 | Date business began | The day Wyoming work started, or is due to start. |
Name and law
Write the name exactly as the company was organized. It must end in one of the forms Wyoming lists: Limited Liability Company, LLC, L.L.C., Limited Company, LC, L.C., Ltd. Liability Company, Ltd. Liability Co., or Limited Liability Co. If it cannot be used here, attach the fictitious name form. Then give the state or country of organization.
Date and duration
The date of organization has to match the date printed on the certificate of existence. The duration item is the length of time the company intends to exist, not how long it has existed, and the usual answer is perpetual.
The two addresses
The form asks for a mailing address and a principal office address, one after the other. They can be the same.
The agent
The registered agent's name and physical address go on the form. The registered agent must have a physical address in Wyoming; if the office has a suite number it must be included; a drop box is not acceptable and a PO box is acceptable only in addition to a physical address.
The consent page
A second page in the same document is the registered agent's consent. It is a Consent to Appointment by Registered Agent, signed by the agent, certifying the agent meets W.S. 17-28-101 through 17-28-111. The agent signs it, not the company.
The constitution item
The application has the company state that it accepts the constitution of Wyoming.
The date business began
The final entry gives the date the company started, or expects to start, its Wyoming business, and a footnote cautions about back taxes and penalties for unauthorized work. The date given is a statement to the state, so write it with care.
Signing
The form is signed by a member, a manager or another authorized individual named in the operating agreement, with a printed name and title, a contact person and a daytime phone and email.
The paper that goes with it
Behind the application sits an original certificate of existence or good standing, dated not more than sixty days before the filing in Wyoming and authenticated by the Secretary of State or other official who keeps company records where the company was formed. The registered agent's consent page completes the packet.
Fee, route and speed
The fee is $150, by check or money order payable to Wyoming Secretary of State. The packet goes to Wyoming Secretary of State, Herschler Building East, Suite 101, 122 W 25th Street, Cheyenne. Review takes up to fifteen business days after the date of receipt, in the order received, and the office cannot process an incomplete form.
What the filing produces
When the application is accepted the Secretary of State issues a certificate of authority, and the annual report calendar starts.
Why packets come back
A packet stalls when the certificate is older than the window, when the organization date does not match it, when the agent address is a drop box, when the consent page is unsigned, or when the name lacks a Wyoming ending. We check each before it is mailed.
If the name or the home state changes
A company that changes its name, its period of duration or its home state needs an amended certificate of authority, and the rules for the first certificate apply to it. The Wyoming fee for an LLC is $60. A name that clears Wyoming at the first try saves a second filing.
Filing the application through us
Send us the company details and your choice of agent. We complete the Wyoming application and consent page, then tell you the day to order the certificate and put the packet together. Our charge is $199; Wyoming's is $150.
Our route for the Wyoming application
Fill in the questionnaire
Name, home state, addresses and agent.
Check the draft
Compare each item with your own records.
Order the certificate when we say
Dated inside 60 days of mailing.
We assemble the packet
With the $150 fee.
Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year
$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Application questions
How many items does it have?
9, plus the agent's consent page.
What is attached?
An original certificate of existence or good standing, dated within 60 days.
May it be filed online?
No. A foreign LLC applies on paper, by mail.
Who signs?
A member, a manager or another authorized individual named in the operating agreement; the agent signs the consent page.
What does the state charge?
$150.
What if the name is unavailable?
A Use of Fictitious Name form goes with the application.
The price
Register in Wyoming
- The Wyoming application and the agent consent form, completed from a short questionnaire
- A cut-off date for ordering your home certificate, so it is still inside the window when the packet leaves
- A Wyoming registered agent with a street address, from us or of your choosing
- The certificate of authority Wyoming issues, forwarded to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
$199
+ $150 Wyoming fee
$150 is what Wyoming charges an LLC. Other entities pay other amounts, listed on the cost page. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Sources
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division fee schedule
- Wyoming Secretary of State, foreign LLC application for certificate of authority and instructions
- W.S. 17-16-1503, application for certificate of authority
- Wyoming Secretary of State, should I apply for a certificate of authority
- Wyoming Secretary of State, foreign profit corporation application for certificate of authority
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division
- Wyoming Secretary of State, business questions and answers
- W.S. 17-28-101, registered office and registered agent
- W.S. 17-16-1504, amended certificate of authority
Working in Wyoming already?
Start the packet today. The state's penalty clock runs for every year the company works without authority.