Wyoming Certificate of Authority›From Nevada
A Nevada LLC and the Wyoming certificate of authority
A Nevada LLC seeking Wyoming authority pays $50 to Nevada for its certificate of existence and $150 to Wyoming for the application, $200 in all before the first yearly bill. Then Wyoming's license tax, from $60, runs beside Nevada's $350.
Who charges what, and when
| When | Nevada charges | Wyoming charges |
|---|---|---|
| Before filing | $50 for the certificate | Nothing yet |
| Filing | Nothing new | $150 |
| Every year | $350, split $150 list and $200 license | License tax, $60 and up |
| Agent | A Nevada registered agent | A Wyoming agent at a street address |
Getting the Nevada certificate
What Wyoming accepts from Nevada is an original bearing the Nevada official's authentication, dated inside the 60 days before filing. Nevada's fee is $50.
How the form reads for a Nevada company
On the form Nevada appears as the law of organization, and the organization date is copied from the Nevada certificate. The Wyoming agent has a street address in the state. The two company addresses can stay in Nevada.
The Nevada agent is not the Wyoming agent
Nevada's registered agent covers Nevada. The Wyoming agent is a separate appointment: an individual who is at least eighteen, lives in Wyoming and keeps a business office at the registered office; a Wyoming business entity or a foreign entity authorized to do business there, with its office at the registered office and a written agreement with an individual to accept service; or a commercial registered agent registered with the Secretary of State. It signs its own consent page.
Nevada's yearly charge in detail
The $350 Nevada bill breaks down as a $150 annual list and a $200 State Business License, submitted together; a list filed late costs $75 more. Wyoming's license tax comes on the first day of the month in which the entity registered or qualified, each year and is billed separately.
Over five years
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Wyoming side, certificate included | $500 |
| Nevada list and license over the same five years | $1,750 |
| Combined | $2,250 |
The Wyoming side already counts the Nevada certificate. Our own fee shows separately at checkout.
Working in Wyoming before applying
Unauthorized work in Wyoming brings the $5,000 penalty, back fees, license taxes and interest at 18 percent; Nevada's charges are unchanged. See the late penalty page.
The company stays a Nevada LLC
The Wyoming certificate authorizes business in Wyoming and nothing else. The Nevada operating agreement is untouched.
Why a Nevada LLC needs the certificate
A Nevada LLC cannot begin Wyoming business until authority is in hand. A Wyoming business lawyer can say whether a given activity counts; the who-must-apply page lists what the statute sets aside.
Timing the Nevada order
Think of the Nevada certificate as the one item with an expiry. We count back from the signing day so that its date lands inside the 60-day window by the time the packet is mailed.
A seller of hardware with stock in Rock Springs
Picture a Nevada LLC with two owners that sells hardware online and holds stock in Rock Springs. It names a local agent, buys the Nevada certificate for $50 and mails $150 with the packet, which is $200 to start. Year one adds the $60 Wyoming floor and Nevada's $350, for $610 in all.
If Wyoming will not take the Nevada name
When the Nevada name is unavailable, the company attaches the fictitious name form and trades under that name here only.
Once the certificate is older than the window
After 60 days the Nevada certificate is stale, and getting a new one costs $50 again.
Nevada corporations
A Nevada corporation pays Wyoming $150 and Nevada $50 for the certificate, $200 together, and also fills in the officers and directors table on the corporation form page.
Leaving Wyoming
Once a Nevada LLC has finished here it files the withdrawal form on the withdrawal form page; the company in Nevada carries on.
Nevada to Wyoming, in order
Appoint the Wyoming agent
A Wyoming street address plus the agent's signature on the consent page.
Resolve the name
If Wyoming will not take it, attach the fictitious name form.
Order the Nevada certificate
Nevada charges $50; the date must land inside 60 days of mailing.
Send the packet
The state's fee is $150.
Nevada LLC questions
Does Wyoming take Nevada's certificate?
Yes: an original, dated inside the 60 days that precede the filing.
What does Wyoming bill each year?
A license tax with a $60 floor.
Must we name a Wyoming agent?
Yes, at a physical Wyoming address.
What do two states cost over five years?
$2,250, with Nevada's charges counted.
What part of that is Wyoming's?
$500, certificate included.
What is Nevada's yearly total?
$350: a list plus a license.
What is Nevada's fee for the certificate?
$50.
What if the LLC has been working here?
Wyoming adds its $5,000 penalty and the back charges.
Cost breakdown
Get your Wyoming certificate
WY+ $150 to Wyoming
$199
- Your application and the agent's consent page, filled in from a short form of questions
- Notice of the last day to order your home certificate, so the paper is fresh at mailing
- A Wyoming agent address of ours, or your own choice of Wyoming agent
- Wyoming's certificate of authority, passed on once issued
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
$150 is the LLC rate. Corporations, nonprofits and partnerships pay their own application fees, shown on the fee 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
- Nevada Secretary of State, limited-liability company fee schedule
- Nevada Secretary of State, commercial recordings FAQ
- Nevada Secretary of State, limited-liability company fee schedule
- Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 76 (State Business License)
- Wyoming Secretary of State, business questions and answers
- W.S. 17-28-101, registered office and registered agent
- W.S. 17-16-1502, consequences of transacting business without authority
- W.S. 17-16-1533, applicability of chapter to foreign limited liability companies
- W.S. 17-16-1501, authority to transact business required
Already operating in Wyoming?
Apply now. The state's penalty and back taxes are counted by year, and each year you wait adds to them.