The short form that creates your LLC. Wyoming's has 6 lines and Delaware's has 2. Neither asks who owns the company, and neither needs a US number. Tap any line to see what to write from abroad and who can read it.
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Pick Wyoming or Delaware, then tap a line. Type as you go and the sheet fills in. Nothing you type leaves this page.
Lines anyone can read once the state files it.
Name of the limited liability company.
Your chosen name and an LLC ending. Wyoming accepts LLC, L.L.C., Limited Liability Company, Limited Company, LC, L.C., Ltd. Liability Company, Ltd. Liability Co. and Limited Liability Co. It doesn't need to match your company at home.
Wyoming's Articles of Organization has 6 numbered lines, signed by an organizer.
Most worry starts here. Neither state's form has a line for any of this.
Who owns the company. Neither form has a line for members, owners or ownership percentages.
Your passport, SSN or ITIN. There's no ID number of any kind on either form. You don't need a US number to file.
What the business does. Neither state asks for a business purpose on the form.
Who manages it. Member-managed or manager-managed is decided in your operating agreement, not on these forms.
How much money is in it. Neither form asks for capital, shares or bank details.
The filing date becomes the company's birthday, and two deadlines run from it.
Each of these has a fix, and none of them ends the company.
File a fix with the state. In Wyoming it's articles of amendment, $60. In Delaware a mistake made at filing is fixed with a certificate of correction, $220. Anything else is a certificate of amendment, also $220. The company and its EIN stay the same.
It's an amendment: $60 in Wyoming, $220 in Delaware. Then tell the IRS, your bank and your payment providers. We do it for $149 plus the state fee.
That's normal in Wyoming and Delaware; neither form names owners. Send the operating agreement, which names the members, with your EIN letter. Some banks ask for a certificate of incumbency as well.
In Wyoming, a plain copy is free: search the company on the state's Business Center and open the PDF icon beside the filing, where it shows one. A certified copy is $10. Delaware doesn't show documents in its free search. A certified copy is $50. We order one for $39 plus the state fee.
An apostille is the state's stamp that makes a US document valid abroad. It's issued by the state that filed the articles, on a certified copy. We order the copy and the apostille for $149, plus the state's fees, which we quote first.
Read the reason; it's almost always one line. The usual ones are a name too close to another, a missing LLC ending, an agent's address with no suite number, a missing agent consent in Wyoming, or no printed name under the signature. Fix that line and file again.
Of the fifty states and DC, 35 call it Articles of Organization, 8 call it a Certificate of Formation, 8 call it a Certificate of Organization. Same document, different name.
In Wyoming, the document that creates an LLC is the
Articles of Organization
A complete member or manager roster is not required in ordinary articles or LLC annual reporting. Public organisers, signers, agents and offices can identify people; agents retain key-individual and contact information privately.
| State | The document | State fee |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Certificate of Formation | $200 |
| Alaska | Articles of Organization | $250 |
| Arizona | Articles of Organization | $50 |
| Arkansas | Certificate of Organization | $45 |
| California | Articles of Organization (Form LLC-1) | $70 |
| Colorado | Articles of Organization | $50 |
| Connecticut | Certificate of Organization | $120 |
| Delaware | Certificate of Formation | $110 |
| District of Columbia | Articles of Organization (Form DLC-1) | $99 |
| Florida | Articles of Organization | $125 |
| Georgia | Articles of Organization (Form CD 030) | $110 |
| Hawaii | Articles of Organization (Form LLC-1) | $51 |
| Idaho | Certificate of Organization | $100 |
| Illinois | Articles of Organization (Form LLC-5.5) | $150 |
| Indiana | Articles of Organization | $95 |
| Iowa | Certificate of Organization | $50 |
| Kansas | Articles of Organization | $85 |
| Kentucky | Articles of Organization | $40 |
| Louisiana | Articles of Organization and Initial Report (Form 365) | $125 |
| Maine | Certificate of Formation (Form MLLC-6) | $175 |
| Maryland | Articles of Organization | $100 |
| Massachusetts | Certificate of Organization | $520 |
| Michigan | Articles of Organization | $50 |
| Minnesota | Articles of Organization | $155 |
| Mississippi | Certificate of Formation | $50 |
| Missouri | Articles of Organization | $50 |
| Montana | Articles of Organization | $35 |
| Nebraska | Certificate of Organization | $100 |
| Nevada | Articles of Organization | $425 |
| New Hampshire | Certificate of Formation | $102 |
| New Jersey | Certificate of Formation | $100 |
| New Mexico | Articles of Organization | $50 |
| New York | Articles of Organization | $200 |
| North Carolina | Articles of Organization (Form L-01) | $125 |
| North Dakota | Articles of Organization | $135 |
| Ohio | Articles of Organization (Form 610) | $99 |
| Oklahoma | Articles of Organization | $100 |
| Oregon | Articles of Organization | $100 |
| Pennsylvania | Certificate of Organization | $125 |
| Rhode Island | Articles of Organization (Form 400) | $150 |
| South Carolina | Articles of Organization | $125 |
| South Dakota | Articles of Organization | $150 |
| Tennessee | Articles of Organization | $300 |
| Texas | Certificate of Formation (Form 205) | $300 |
| Utah | Certificate of Organization | $59 |
| Vermont | Articles of Organization | $155 |
| Virginia | Articles of Organization | $100 |
| Washington | Certificate of Formation | $200 |
| West Virginia | Articles of Organization | $100 |
| Wisconsin | Articles of Organization (Form 502) | $130 |
| Wyoming | Articles of Organization | $102.40 |
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The short form you file with a state to create an LLC. The company exists once the state files it. Wyoming's has 6 numbered lines, and Delaware's version, called a Certificate of Formation, has 2.
Not in Wyoming or Delaware. Neither form has a line for members or ownership percentages. The people the record does name are the registered agent, the person who signs, and in Wyoming the addresses you give.
Yes. Neither form asks for a Social Security Number, an ITIN or a passport, and both states take filings from anywhere. You do need a registered agent with an office in the state, which from abroad means an agent service.
$102.40 in Wyoming, which is the state's $100 plus its charge for filing online. $110 in Delaware. Changing them later costs $60 in Wyoming and $220 in Delaware.
Wyoming files online articles the same day it is filed, and the company is active at once. Delaware takes two to three weeks, or $50 more for 24 hours and $100 more for the same day.
Wyoming's are signed by an organizer and Delaware's by an authorized person. Neither has to be an owner. When a filing company files for you, one of its people usually signs.
No. The articles are public and create the company. The operating agreement is a private contract between the owners: who owns what, who decides, and how profit is split. It isn't filed anywhere.
Yes. They're different states' names for the document that creates an LLC. 8 states call it a Certificate of Formation, Delaware and Texas among them. Most call it Articles of Organization.
In Delaware, yes: the certificate can name a later date, up to the 180th day after filing. Most founders leave it out, so the company exists from the day it's filed and its yearly deadlines run from then.
In Wyoming, the state can then serve a lawsuit on the company by email, at the address on the articles. It counts on the day the email is sent. Keep the agent paid and the email one you read.
About four minutes of questions, then we prepare and file the articles. You see the whole order, the $102.40 state fee included, before anything is charged.
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