Wyoming does not require owners to live in the state. You need a registered agent at a Wyoming street address, a designated communications contact on file with that agent, and an email address for service. Your home state may still require the LLC to register there if you do business there.
Wyoming Statutes, Title 17Wyoming Secretary of StateWyoming Secretary of State fee schedule (effective July 1, 2026) and Wyoming Statutes Titles 17 and 40 reviewed November 10, 2026. Confirm current fees with the Secretary of State before filing.
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits Wyoming filings for owners. We are not the Wyoming Secretary of State and we do not give legal advice. Every state charge passes through at the exact amount billed, shown separately from our service fee.
- Filed with the Wyoming Secretary of State
- We track your anniversary-month annual report
- Cited to Wyoming Statutes Title 17
- Talk to a filer: (386) 465-3937
The forks in the road.
Registered agent
Every Wyoming entity keeps a registered agent physically present at a Wyoming street address (W.S. 17-28-101). Changing agents is a $5 filing.
Wyoming Statutes, Title 17Designated communications contact
An officer, director, member or manager whose name, mailing address and phone your agent keeps (W.S. 17-28-104(d)).
Wyoming Statutes, Title 17Foreign registration elsewhere
Wyoming's own rule: a foreign company may not transact business in Wyoming without a certificate of authority (W.S. 17-16-1501). Other states have similar rules for Wyoming companies.
Wyoming Statutes, Title 17Annual license tax
$60 or $0.0002 of capital, property and assets located and employed in Wyoming, whichever is greater, due on or before the first day of the anniversary month.
Wyoming Secretary of StateWhat to have ready
- Pick a Wyoming registered agent
- Search and file the articles
- Name a designated communications contact
- Get the EIN
- Open the bank account
- Check whether your home state wants a foreign registration
- Calendar the anniversary month
Forming a Wyoming LLC When You Live in Another State
Forming a Wyoming LLC When You Live in Another State
Wyoming first-year cost
State fees (at cost)
$100.00
Our service fee
$149.00
Registered agent
$199.00
First-year total
$448.00
Budget at least $60 of license tax for the first annual report, due on the first day of your anniversary month next year. Online card payments to the state carry a 2.4% fee ($1 minimum).
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Wyoming does not require owners to live there
Nothing in the Wyoming LLC Act requires members or managers to be Wyoming residents. What the state requires is a registered office at a Wyoming street address and a registered agent physically present there (W.S. 17-28-101). Owners elsewhere meet that with a commercial registered agent, which is what our $199 a year service provides.
You will also give your agent a designated communications contact and keep an email address for service on file. Those are Wyoming requirements no matter where you live.
Source: wyoleg.gov
The question your home state will ask
If your company actually operates in another state, with an office, employees or regular business there, that state will likely treat your Wyoming LLC as a foreign company and expect it to register. Then you pay both: Wyoming's $60 minimum license tax and your home state's registration and annual fees. That is not a reason to avoid Wyoming, but it is a reason to run the numbers honestly.
Companies that tend to fit Wyoming well are ones that operate there, hold assets or investments without operating elsewhere, or have owners in several states with no single home base. We are happy to walk through your situation on a call; it is not legal or tax advice.
Source: wyoleg.gov
Banking and paperwork from a distance
Banks ask for the filed articles, the EIN letter, the operating agreement and identification for owners. Get the EIN after the articles are filed so the names match. Keep the designated communications contact current so notices reach you, and calendar your anniversary month, because missing the report is the most common way remote owners lose good standing.
If the company later registers in your home state, that state will ask for a recent Wyoming certificate of good standing, so keep the Wyoming record current.
Source: wyoleg.gov
How notices reach you
The Secretary of State sends notices, including the notice that starts the 60-day clock before an LLC is deemed defunct, by mail or electronic means. Your registered agent receives service of process and forwards it. Both only work if the addresses and the designated communications contact on file are current, so update them whenever you move.
Source: wyoleg.gov
A realistic first-year budget
Starter package $149, state fee $100, registered agent $199: $448 before any home-state fees. Year two: $60 license tax, $129 if we file the report, and $199 for the agent. Add your home state's registration and annual fees if it requires the LLC to register there.
Source: sos.wyo.gov
Wyoming law and SOS rules behind this.
| Topic | Wyoming rule | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Registered agent | Every Wyoming entity keeps a registered agent physically present at a Wyoming street address (W.S. 17-28-101). Changing agents is a $5 filing. | Wyoming Statutes, Title 17 |
| Designated communications contact | An officer, director, member or manager whose name, mailing address and phone your agent keeps (W.S. 17-28-104(d)). | Wyoming Statutes, Title 17 |
| Foreign registration elsewhere | Wyoming's own rule: a foreign company may not transact business in Wyoming without a certificate of authority (W.S. 17-16-1501). Other states have similar rules for Wyoming companies. | Wyoming Statutes, Title 17 |
| Annual license tax | $60 or $0.0002 of capital, property and assets located and employed in Wyoming, whichever is greater, due on or before the first day of the anniversary month. | Wyoming Secretary of State |
Related Wyoming reading.
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits Wyoming filings for owners. We are not the Wyoming Secretary of State and we do not give legal advice. Every state charge passes through at the exact amount billed, shown separately from our service fee.
What Wyoming owners ask us
No. The registered office is your agent's Wyoming street address. Your principal office can be anywhere.
Wyoming Statutes, Title 17If your home state requires foreign registration, yes: Wyoming's annual license tax plus that state's fees.
Wyoming Secretary of StateWyoming's LLC Act has no residency or citizenship requirement for members. The EIN and bank account steps have their own federal and bank rules.
Wyoming Statutes, Title 17Yes. Corp USA prepares and submits your Wyoming filing with the Secretary of State for you. The state fee is passed through at cost and our service fee is shown separately at checkout, so you never have to work through the state's filing system yourself.
Wyoming Secretary of State