Vermont Foreign Registration / Wyoming-formed LLCs

A Wyoming LLC registers in Vermont

A Wyoming LLC spends $155 on the Vermont application, and Wyoming's certificate costs $0, so the application comes to $155. With Vermont's first report the total is $325, and Wyoming's $60 annual minimum is billed on its own.

Wyoming and Vermont compared

Point	Wyoming (home)	Vermont
Certificate	$0	No older than 90 days at filing
Fee to register	None; the LLC already exists	$155
Each year	$60 minimum	$170 report
Agent	A Wyoming agent	A Vermont agent for service

The Vermont application for a Wyoming LLC

Wyoming is entered as the law under which the company exists. The designated office is whatever Vermont address you provide, and the agent for service of process has a Vermont presence.

Wyoming's certificate

Wyoming lists its certificate at $0. Vermont's requirement is a certificate of existence or a document of similar import, authenticated by the official who keeps company records where the company was formed, dated not earlier than 90 days before the application is filed, and one that ages out is replaced at Wyoming's price.

Yearly costs side by side

Vermont's report is $170. Wyoming's annual minimum is $60. In year one, with the application and the certificate, the three together come to $385.

Separate agents in separate states

The agent that serves the company in Wyoming does not serve it in Vermont. Vermont wants its own agent for service of process, who is an individual resident of Vermont or a business organization that has a place of business in Vermont and is authorized to conduct business there.

Registering late

For a Wyoming LLC with Vermont work behind it, the meter has been running at $50 a day, to $10,000 in a year, with fees due added. See the penalty page for sums.

Five years, both states

Item	Amount
Vermont side (application, certificate, five reports)	$1,005
Wyoming minimum for five years	$300
Both states together	$1,305

The Vermont figure includes the Wyoming certificate, which costs nothing.

What costs nothing in Wyoming

Wyoming lists its certificate at $0, which makes the Vermont application the only fee at registration time. The first annual bill from each state then arrives on its own calendar.

What stays in Wyoming

Registering in Vermont leaves the company's Wyoming character alone. By the statute, the law of the state or country where the company is organized governs its organization, its internal affairs and the liability of its members and managers, and Vermont may not deny a certificate because that law differs from its own. Likewise, a certificate does not authorize the company to engage in any business or exercise any power that a Vermont LLC may not engage in or exercise. The operating agreement keeps its Wyoming terms.

The order of work for a Wyoming company

Begin with the Vermont name database and the Vermont agent. After that, write the application. Obtain the Wyoming certificate at the last moment so its date sits within 90 days of filing, and send it up with the application and the $155 fee.

Dates for the Wyoming side

Vermont's report falls due within 3 months after the fiscal year ends. Wyoming bills its own annual minimum separately, so the two obligations sit on separate calendars.

If the Wyoming certificate ages out

Should the Wyoming certificate be over 90 days old by filing day, a new one costs $0 from Wyoming. Ordering it last keeps the window from becoming a concern.

The designated office

Vermont also wants a designated office. Use a Vermont address of the agent or the business; Wyoming's registered office cannot stand in for it.

A worked example

A two-member Wyoming LLC sells furniture online and keeps a warehouse in Rutland. It appoints a Rutland agent, obtains a Wyoming certificate at $0 and files for $155. Twelve months later the company owes the $170 Vermont report and Wyoming's $60 minimum, which puts the first-year bill at $385.

Leaving

When the Wyoming LLC is done with Vermont it files a Certificate of Cancellation at $25. The cancellation page has the details. Cancelling does not end the authority of the Secretary of State to accept service of process on the company for claims arising from business it transacted in Vermont.

How a Wyoming LLC gets Vermont authority

Choose the Vermont agent
A Vermont resident or business.
Check the Vermont name
Use an alternate name if needed.
Order the Wyoming certificate
At $0.
File online
With the $155 fee.

Wyoming LLC questions

Does Vermont accept a Wyoming certificate?

Yes, provided it carries a date within 90 days of the day you file.

Does Vermont charge the Wyoming LLC every year?

Yes, $170.

Must the LLC have a Vermont agent?

Yes.

What do both states cost over five years?

$1,305, counting Wyoming's minimum.

Does a Wyoming LLC need a Vermont designated office?

Yes. The application gives the address of its initial designated office.

What does five years cost on the Vermont side?

$1,005, with the Wyoming certificate.

What is Wyoming's yearly minimum?

$60.

What does Wyoming charge for the certificate?

$0.

What you pay

Register in Vermont

Your Vermont application, drafted from a short questionnaire
Your home certificate, ordered so its date is still good on filing day
A Vermont agent for service of process, from us or of your own choosing
The certificate of authority Vermont issues, sent on to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

Vermont

$199

+ $155 Vermont fee

$155 is Vermont's fee for an LLC. Other entity types pay different amounts; the cost page lists them. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Sources

Working in Vermont already?

Order today and the filing goes in before more days pile up on the penalty meter.