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Wyoming Foreign LLC Registration

The fee, the form, what triggers registration in Wyoming, and how to file.

State filing fee $150 one-time
Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA
Total, all in $705
Wyoming data last reviewed Aug 19, 2026 · sos.wyo.gov Totals include the $150 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Wyoming recurring state costs over the selected period.

Foreign Qualification

Filing fee
$150
Form
Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Certificate of Authority
Annual obligation
$60/year
Processing time
Wyoming publishes a maximum of fifteen business days: documents received through the post are reviewed in the order they are received with a maximum processing time of fifteen business days, and the registration form repeats it.
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Since 1 July 2026 Wyoming has also sold expedited filing at $700 for next business day or $1,400 for same business day

Expedite
$700 for next business day if received by 5pm Mountain, or $1,400 for same business day if received by noon.
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Wyoming only began selling this on 1 July 2026. It cannot be bought by post, which matters here because the registration itself must be posted: expedite is taken in person at Cheyenne or by email using a prepaid account. It buys priority examination, not approval, and the price is set by rule rather than by statute so it can move without legislation

Estimated year 1 cost
$210
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Need to register your LLC in Wyoming?

Northwest files the foreign registration and serves as your registered agent in Wyoming, which the filing requires. Only need an agent? Northwest's registered agent service alone is $125/year.

Have Northwest register your LLC in Wyoming ↗
$225 + the state fee · One year of registered agent included
Other registered agent options 2 alternatives
Registered Agents Inc
$200/year · Report filing included, state fees extra
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Harbor Compliance
$99 first year, then $149/year · Full-service compliance option
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What triggers foreign qualification in Wyoming?

  • Physical presence in Wyoming
  • Employees in Wyoming

Important to know

  • The annual report is the greater of $60 or 0.0002 of Wyoming assets, so an LLC holding substantial property in Wyoming pays more than the $60 most guides quote.

Wyoming guides

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What does NOT require registration in Wyoming 11 activities

Wyoming carves 11 activities out by statute. On their own, none of them requires a foreign LLC to register.

  • Maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding
  • Holding meetings of directors or shareholders, or carrying on internal corporate affairs
  • Maintaining bank accounts
  • Maintaining offices or agencies for transfer, exchange, and registration of the entity's own securities
  • Selling through independent contractors
  • Soliciting or obtaining orders, if the orders require acceptance outside Wyoming
  • Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, and security interests in property
  • Securing or collecting debts, or enforcing mortgages and security interests
  • Owning real or personal property, and nothing more
  • Conducting an isolated transaction completed within 30 days that is not one of repeated transactions
  • Transacting business in interstate commerce

Under Wyo. Stat. Section 17-16-1501(b). Wyoming has NO foreign-LLC activities list in its own LLC Act: Chapter 29 Article 8 is "Reserved", and Section 17-29-114 routes foreign LLCs to the Business Corporation Act provisions, so the list a foreign LLC must read is drafted for corporations. No tax or service-of-process disclaimer. Subsection (d): a foreign entity acting as organizer, manager or member of a company does not need a certificate of authority for that role alone. The isolated-transaction carve-out carries a 30-day limit.

Forming a new LLC in Wyoming instead? $100 to form
Formation fee
$100
Annual cost
$60/year
State income tax
No state income tax
Privacy
High
Wyoming has no state income tax on individuals, businesses or trusts. Forming an LLC costs $100. The annual report is a license tax rather than a flat fee: the greater of $60 or $0.0002 per dollar of assets located and used in Wyoming. An LLC holding $1 million of Wyoming assets pays $200 a year.
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More Wyoming guides

Already operating without registering?Civil penalty, back fees and court access in Wyoming, statute-cited ↗ Not sure Wyoming applies to you?What counts as doing business, and what does not ↗ Changing your registered agent?The form, the fee and the steps in Wyoming ↗ Operating in more than one state?Free 3-question check of where you must register ↗

This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the Wyoming SOS before filing.