Wyoming: LLC Amendment and Legal-Name-Change Filing Requirements

Requirements one by one

Amendment is mandatory for a name change or erroneous articles

W.S. § 17-29-102(a)(i) defines the articles of organization to include the
articles as amended or restated. Each accepted change therefore becomes part of
the operative public articles.

W.S. § 17-29-202 allows amendment or restatement at any time but requires an
amendment when the LLC's name changes or the articles contain a false or
erroneous statement. The amendment states the company name, the original
articles filing date, and the changes to the articles as most recently amended
or restated.

The same section adds a prompt-action duty. A member of a member-managed LLC or
manager of a manager-managed LLC who knows filed articles were inaccurate or
became inaccurate must cause amendment or, when appropriate, file a statement
of correction.

Treat restatement as a separate statutory filing

A Wyoming restatement is designated as such in its heading. It states the
present company name, the initial articles filing date, and the changes it makes
to the latest articles. Section 17-29-202 does not say that every later change
may be hidden inside an unlabeled consolidation.

The current Secretary forms index lists the ordinary LLC amendment form but no
separate ordinary LLC restatement form. Section 17-29-210 fixes the amendment
fee at $60 and authorizes cost-based fees for services without another fixed
fee. Obtain the current restatement format and fee from the Secretary before
submitting that route.

Apply name rules and internal authority separately

W.S. § 17-29-108 provides several LLC designator options. The name must remain
consistent with the purpose in the articles, cannot imply organization under the
corporation acts, cannot be the same as or deceptively similar to a registered
Wyoming trademark or service mark, and must meet the incorporated
distinguishability rule.

Section 17-29-202 does not prescribe one amendment-specific vote. Under
§ 17-29-110, the operating agreement governs management and voting rights unless
the Act supplies the rule. Section 17-29-407 also lets the articles or operating
agreement alter its management defaults. Otherwise, a member majority resolves
member-managed ordinary-course differences and all members approve an outside-
course act. Managers control manager-managed ordinary matters, with manager
majority resolving differences, while all members approve outside-course acts.
Classify the actual amendment; an authorized signature does not itself prove the
required internal decision.

Complete and mail the current amendment form

The current LLC-Amendment form asks for the exact company name and exact original
filing date as they appear in the Secretary's records, the article number or
numbers being amended, and the full amended text. It also asks for the authorized
signer's name and title plus contact information and an email address for filing
evidence and notices.

Under §§ 17-29-203, 17-29-207, and 17-29-210, a company-authorized person or agent
may sign, and an individual signer affirms accuracy under penalty of perjury.
The current form requires a $60 check or money order, directs the filer to mail
the package to the Cheyenne address printed on the form, and says it cannot be
accepted by email.

Distinguish filing effectiveness from processing time

Sections 17-29-202 and 17-29-205 make an amendment or restatement effective when
delivered for filing, subject to the filing and effective-time rules. Section
17-16-123 makes an accepted document effective when received, at a later time on
the filing date stated in the document, or on a delayed effective date and time
no later than the 90th day after filing. A delayed date without a time takes
effect at close of business.

The form's “up to 15 business days” is a processing estimate, not the legal
effective-time rule. The form has no separate delayed-effective-date field, so a
company seeking delay should confirm the acceptable record format with the
Secretary. If the Secretary refuses filing, § 17-29-205 requires return within
15 days with a brief written explanation.

Keep correction, agent, annual-report, and trade-name routes separate

W.S. § 17-29-206 reserves a statement of correction for information that was
inaccurate when filed or a defective signature. The statement identifies the
record and filing date, explains and corrects the defect, cannot state a delayed
date, and generally relates back except against adversely affected prior
reliance. The current correction form costs $60 and, like the amendment form, is
mailed and not emailed.

A registered-agent or office change uses W.S. § 17-28-102 and the separate
Appointment of New Registered Agent and Office form. It requires the new agent's
written consent and currently costs $5. The annual report under § 17-29-209
instead reports Wyoming capital, property, assets, and the principal-office
address.

Operating under another name without changing the legal LLC name uses the
separate trade-name route permitted by § 17-29-108(b). The current trade-name
application costs $100, must be notarized, requires prior use in Wyoming, and
requires an entity applicant to be registered and in good standing.

What trips people up

The approval and signature questions are different. The paper form's authorized
signature does not establish whether the articles, operating agreement, members,
or managers supplied the required authority.

The effective date is also not the day staff finish processing. The statutes tie
effectiveness to delivery/receipt for an accepted record, subject to a valid
stated time or delayed date, while the form separately estimates processing.

Finally, amendment acceptance does not establish ongoing existence by itself.
Section 17-29-208 makes the certificate of existence speak separately to paid
fees, the most recent annual report, and administrative dissolution. Save the
filed copy and receipt and update internal and outside records separately.

Common questions

Is amendment optional for a Wyoming legal-name change?

No. W.S. § 17-29-202(a)(i) says the articles “shall be amended” when the LLC name
changes.

Does the current amendment form allow email submission?

No. The Secretary's form says to mail it with payment and expressly says it
cannot be accepted by email.

Can the filing use a future date six months away?

No. W.S. § 17-16-123 caps a delayed effective date at the 90th day after filing.

Is a trade name the same as changing the LLC's legal name?

No. Section 17-29-108 preserves a separate trade-name route. The current trade-
name form requires prior Wyoming use, notarization, and a $100 filing fee; the
legal-name change remains an articles amendment.

Statutes and sources

• W.S. §§ 17-29-102, 17-29-108, 17-29-110, 17-29-112, 17-29-201 through
  17-29-210, 17-29-407; 17-28-102; and 17-16-123 — amendment, restatement,
  name, approval, signer, delivery, effectiveness, rejection, correction,
  existence, annual report, fees, and agent change. Official current Title 17
  PDF: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title17.pdf (accessed 2026-08-21).
• Wyoming Secretary of State, Forms and Publications — current ordinary-LLC,
  registered-agent, and trade-name form index:
  https://sos.wyo.gov/forms/default.aspx (accessed 2026-08-21).
• Wyoming Secretary of State, LLC Amendment to Articles of Organization —
  current paper form, contents, signer, $60 fee, and mail-only route:
  https://sos.wyo.gov/Forms/Business/LLC/LLC-Amendment.pdf (accessed
  2026-08-21).
• Wyoming Secretary of State, LLC Statement of Correction — current $60 paper
  correction form:
  https://sos.wyo.gov/Forms/Business/LLC/LLC-StatementCorrection.pdf (accessed
  2026-08-21).
• Wyoming Secretary of State, Appointment of New Registered Agent and Office —
  current $5 separate agent-change filing:
  https://sos.wyo.gov/Forms/RA/AppointmentofNewRA.pdf (accessed 2026-08-21).
• Wyoming Secretary of State, Application for Registration of Trade Name —
  current $100 notarized trade-name route:
  https://sos.wyo.gov/Forms/Business/TN/TN-RegistrationApplication.pdf
  (accessed 2026-08-21).