Wyoming Certificate of Authority›Agent rules
The registered agent rules behind a Wyoming certificate
Naming a new Wyoming agent costs $5. A certificate of authority needs a registered agent, and the qualifying kinds are listed below. We can take the role, or you can name any qualified person.
The rule
Foreign and domestic entities alike must keep, without a break, a Wyoming agent and a Wyoming office.
The qualified agent
The agent is 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.
The registered office
The registered office is a street address in Wyoming where the agent, or an individual with an agency relationship to the agent, is physically present to accept service.
Agent filings and what they cost
| What happens | Filing | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| The entity names a new agent or office | New agent and office appointment | $5 |
| The agent changes its own details | Update, each entity | $5 |
| The agent steps down | Resignation, each entity | $5 |
| The LLC has no agent | Reinstatement | $350 |
| The corporation has no agent | Reinstatement | $250 |
Commercial agents
A commercial registered agent is a business serving as registered agent for more than ten entities, registered as a commercial registered agent under W.S. 17-28-105.
The designated contact
Each entity keeps with its agent, or with the Secretary of State, the name, mailing and physical address and business telephone number of an officer, director, member, manager, partner or trustee who is authorized to receive communications from the agent.
The email address
Each entity and agent keeps an email address the Secretary of State can use to serve documents.
The consent page
Behind the application sits a Consent to Appointment by Registered Agent, signed by the agent, certifying the agent meets W.S. 17-28-101 through 17-28-111. Preparing that page for the agent's signature is part of our work.
Where the agent's address goes
Name the agent and give a physical Wyoming address on the application. 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 agent's duties
The agent must accept service, keep the address of record where process is delivered, and hold at the registered office the information the statute lists for each domestic entity it serves.
When no agent can be served
With no agent, or an agent who cannot be served with reasonable diligence, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail to its principal office, and service is complete on the earliest of receipt, the return receipt date, or five days after mailing.
A designated contact is separate from the agent
The contact is an individual who is an officer, director, member, manager, partner or trustee. The agent may hold the role only if the agent is such an individual.
Reporting changes
An agent change, resignation or office closure must be reported inside 30 days, or the certificate risks revocation. Having no agent or office is a ground by itself.
Revocation and the agent
If a certificate is revoked, the agent's authority carries on.
What we offer
Our firm is available as your Wyoming agent, and the choice remains yours. Either way the agent's name and address are copied onto the application, and the agent signs the consent page.
Questions about the agent role
Who qualifies as agent?
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.
What does appointing a new agent cost?
$5.
Is a PO box accepted?
Only as an extra beside a street address; drop boxes are refused.
What is the deadline for reporting a change?
30 days.
What does an agent pay to resign?
$5 for each entity affected.
What if no agent is on record?
It can be revoked, and an LLC reinstated for lack of one pays $350.
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
- W.S. 17-28-101, registered office and registered agent
- W.S. 17-16-1535, reinstatement following revocation
- W.S. 17-28-104, service on business entity
- W.S. 17-28-107, duties of the registered agent and the entity
- W.S. 17-16-1530, grounds for revocation
- W.S. 17-16-1531, procedure for and effect of revocation
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