Washington Foreign Registration / Wyoming filers

Taking a Wyoming LLC into Washington

A Wyoming LLC pays Washington $180 for the statement, and Wyoming's certificate costs $0, so the opening bill is $180. With Washington's first report that is $250, and Wyoming bills its own $60 minimum separately.

Wyoming and Washington compared

Point	Wyoming (home)	Washington
Certificate	$0	Dated within 60 days of the filing
Registration	Nothing, because Wyoming formed it	$180
Recurring	$60 minimum	$70 report
Agent	A Wyoming agent	A Washington agent

Filling the statement in for a Wyoming LLC

Wyoming is the jurisdiction of formation. The principal office is the place the company is run from, the governors are its managers or members, and the registered agent has a Washington street address.

Wyoming's certificate

Wyoming prices its certificate at $0. Washington wants it dated at most 60 days before submission, so a certificate that goes stale is simply reissued at that price.

Yearly costs

Washington charges $70 for the report and Wyoming bills a $60 minimum. With the registration and the certificate, year one comes to $310.

Five years, two states

Washington's share over five years is $530: the registration and five reports. Wyoming's minimum adds $300, so both states together take $830.

One agent per state

The Wyoming agent works in Wyoming only. The Washington statement needs an agent of its own at a Washington street address.

The nine items, filled in for a Wyoming LLC

The name is the LLC's Wyoming name. The type is an LLC. The jurisdiction is Wyoming. For offices, list the principal office and any office Wyoming law demands. Governors means the managers or members. The agent must have a Washington street address. Formation date and duration are lifted from the articles of organization. Describe the LLC's Washington activity in the business description, then give the start date last.

Wyoming's certificate price

At $0 a certificate, Wyoming makes the sixty-day rule a cost in time, not money.

Example: furniture from Yakima

Take a Wyoming LLC with two members that sells furniture online and stocks it in a Yakima warehouse. It appoints a Yakima agent, gets the Wyoming certificate at $0 and files for $180. A year on, Washington's report is $70 and Wyoming's minimum is $60, so year one costs $310.

Wyoming companies with only a remote worker here

Among the activities the statute sets aside is a remote worker living in Washington. A Wyoming LLC whose only Washington contact is such a hire may not need to register. A Washington business lawyer can say whether your hire fits.

Wyoming's minimum and Washington's fee

Wyoming's $60 annual minimum stays payable whatever Washington does, and Washington's $70 report is payable just for the years the registration is in place.

Wyoming agent versus Washington agent

The Wyoming agent is a Wyoming matter. Washington needs a distinct agent of its own, at a Washington street address, shown on the statement.

A Wyoming rename

A Wyoming rename means Washington receives an amendment plus the name-change paper, for $30.

Wyoming LLCs that merge

A registered foreign entity that merges into an unregistered foreign entity, or converts into a foreign entity that must register, delivers an application for transfer of registration, and the registration passes without interruption to the surviving or converted entity.

The Wyoming LLC and the start date

The statement asks for the date on which the entity first did, or intends to do, business in this state. A Wyoming LLC that has not begun gives the date it plans to.

Costs without the certificate

Since Wyoming charges $0 for its certificate, Washington's $180 is the only registration cost. The first report lifts year one to $250.

Year one in numbers

The Washington side is $180 to register, $0 for the certificate and $70 for the first report, which is $250. With Wyoming's minimum added the first year reaches $310.

If Washington terminates the registration

A registration terminated for a missed report is restored for $140 plus each missed report fee, $210 after one missed report. Wyoming's minimum is not affected either way.

Leaving

The way out is a Statement of Withdrawal, covered on the withdrawal page. Leaving Washington leaves the Wyoming bill alone: the $60 annual minimum is a separate matter between the LLC and Wyoming, and a Washington withdrawal does not touch it.

How a Wyoming LLC gets Washington registered

Appoint the Washington agent
Someone with a Washington street address.
Test the name
Use an alternate name if the first fails.
Get the Wyoming certificate last
Its price is $0.
File the statement
With the $180 fee.

Wyoming LLC questions

Is a Wyoming certificate accepted?

Yes, when dated inside sixty days of submission.

Does the Wyoming LLC need a Washington agent?

Yes.

Is a start date required for a Wyoming LLC?

Yes. Say when the work started, or when it will.

Does Washington charge a Wyoming LLC every year?

Yes, $70.

Does a Wyoming LLC pay anything for a repeat certificate?

No. Wyoming's price for the certificate is $0.

How big is Wyoming's yearly minimum?

$60.

What you pay

Register in Washington

$199

+ $180 Washington fee

$180 is Washington's fee for an LLC and for any profit entity. A nonprofit pays $30. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

The Foreign Registration Statement, written from your answers
A home certificate of existence ordered so it is under sixty days old at filing
A Washington registered agent, ours or one you name
The filed registration, passed on to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

Sources

Operating in Washington?

Order now and the registration goes in before more unregistered years pile up.