LLC Registered-Agent and Registered-Office Requirements in Wyoming

At a glance

Requirements one by one

Governing law and terminology

Wyoming divides the rules between the Wyoming Limited Liability Company Act and the Registered Offices and Agents Act. Section 17-29-113 makes the registered-agent chapter apply to every LLC.

The registered office is the Wyoming physical location where service can be accepted. It may also be one of the LLC's places of business, but it is not the same thing as the company's mailing or principal-office address.

Continuous designation duty

Under § 17-29-113, each LLC must “have and continuously maintain” both a registered office and registered agent in Wyoming. The articles state the initial office's street address and the agent's name under § 17-29-201.

This remains an operating obligation. Losing either item starts the delinquency and forfeiture process rather than merely creating an annual-report correction.

Eligible individual

Under § 17-28-101(a)(ii)(A), an individual agent must be at least 18, reside in Wyoming, and keep a business office identical to the registered office. The provision does not add citizenship, professional-license, or separate ownership requirements.

A qualifying member, manager, owner, or employee may serve personally. The person's relationship to the LLC does not replace the age, residency, office, and presence requirements.

Eligible entity and self-service

A domestic business entity or foreign business entity authorized in Wyoming may serve. Its business office must be identical to the registered office, and it needs a written agency agreement with a natural person who can accept service.

The cited statute does not expressly exclude the represented LLC from the entity-agent category. An LLC relying on that route still must satisfy every entity-agent condition; naming an individual owner instead uses the separate resident-individual route.

Agents representing more than 10 entities must register as commercial agents under § 17-28-105. A person serving 10 or fewer generally falls within the statutory registration exemption.

Registered office, address, and hours

The office must be a Wyoming street address and physical location where the agent, or a natural person with an agency relationship to an entity agent, is physically present and can accept service. The Secretary's current guide says a P.O. box, drop box, mail-forwarding service, or UPS store is not a qualifying physical address. A P.O. box may be supplied only in addition to the street location on the official articles form.

The Secretary also states that the agent must be at the office during normal business hours, and § 17-28-106 requires a commercial-agent application to state those hours. The published materials do not convert that phrase into a specific statewide clock-time window. Section 17-28-101(e) separately requires both the LLC and agent to maintain an email address for Secretary service.

Consent and initial filing

The organizer signs and files the articles. Section 17-29-201(c) requires them to be accompanied by the registered agent's signed written consent. The agent also certifies compliance with §§ 17-28-101 to -111.

The official packet separately requires the organizer to consent on the LLC's behalf to electronic service in the limited no-agent or unservable-agent circumstances described in § 17-28-104(e). Online filers certify that they obtained and retained comparable written agent consent.

Change, resignation, and replacement

An LLC's statement of change identifies the existing and replacement office and agent, includes the new agent's executed written consent, certifies compliance, and supplies the agent email. An agent changing its own address or name notifies every represented entity in writing and files the corresponding updates under § 17-28-102.

Wyoming's resignation timing has two separate 30-day rules. Under § 17-28-103, the agent gives the LLC at least 30 days' notice before filing. The agency then ends on the filing date, not 30 days later. If no successor was appointed, the LLC must file a compliant replacement statement within 30 days after it received the resignation notice.

Agent duties and service

Under § 17-28-107, the agent must maintain the physical and email addresses, accept service, keep each represented entity's service-delivery address, and register commercially when the threshold applies. The agent also keeps specified key-person and communications-contact information at the office, plus the natural-person agency agreement for an entity agent.

If there is no agent or reasonable diligence cannot serve the agent, § 17-28-104 allows registered or certified mail to the LLC's principal office. Service is perfected on the earliest of receipt, the signed-return date, or day five after correct prepaid mailing. With the formation consent, the Secretary may instead use electronic service; that service is perfected when sent.

Lapse consequences and fallback service

When a resignation arrives without a successor, § 17-28-103 immediately makes the Secretary the service route and classifies the LLC as delinquent awaiting forfeiture. A replacement appointment ends that fallback.

Under § 17-29-705, the Secretary gives notice by first-class mail or electronically. If the LLC does not restore the agent and office within 60 days, it becomes defunct and forfeits its articles. It may seek reinstatement within two years by filing the necessary statement and paying the reinstatement fee plus the statutory $250 penalty. The current Secretary fee schedule lists $350 for an LLC reinstatement based on no registered agent.

What trips people up

Resignation is not effective 30 days after filing. The agent waits at least 30 days after notifying the LLC and then files; the appointment ends on that filing date. The LLC's separate replacement filing is due within 30 days after receipt of the resignation notice.

A mailing service is not the office. The physical location must support actual service and presence. A supplemental mailing address does not cure a P.O.-box-only, drop-box, forwarding-service, or UPS-store location.

The commercial threshold is about represented entities. Serving more than 10 triggers registration. It is not a rule that every paid agent or every lawyer or accountant automatically is a commercial registered agent.

The first delinquency label is not yet forfeiture. The resignation without a successor causes immediate delinquent classification, but § 17-29-705 still requires Secretary notice and a 60-day noncure before the LLC is defunct and its articles are forfeited.

Common questions

Can a Wyoming owner serve as the agent? Yes, if the owner personally is at least 18, resides in Wyoming, and maintains the qualifying Wyoming office. The owner title alone does not satisfy those conditions.

Does the registered agent sign the formation filing? The organizer signs the articles, and a separate written consent signed by the agent accompanies them. The official paper packet includes both signature blocks.

What company information does the agent keep? For an ordinary domestic LLC, the statute includes managers or comparable key persons, a natural-person communications contact, the service-delivery address, and any natural-person agency agreement used by an entity agent. The timing rule changes after the first annual report.

Does a missing agent stop service? No. Tracked mail to the principal office and consented electronic service through the Secretary remain available in the statutory circumstances.

Statutes and sources

• W.S. §§ 17-29-113 and 17-29-201 — continuous office/agent duty, initial articles, and signed agent consent. Current official Title 17 PDF accessed July 27, 2026.
• W.S. §§ 17-28-101 to -107 — qualifications, physical office, email, commercial threshold, changes, resignation, service, and record duties. Current official Title 17 PDF accessed July 27, 2026.
• W.S. § 17-29-705 — delinquency notice, 60-day cure, forfeiture, and two-year reinstatement. Current official Title 17 PDF accessed July 27, 2026.
• Wyoming Secretary of State registered-agent guide, definition page, LLC packet, and June 2026 fee schedule — current filing-office guidance and forms. Accessed July 27, 2026.