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Registering a Wyoming-formed LLC in Ohio

In year one a Wyoming LLC pays $159 across the two states: $99 to Ohio and the $60 Wyoming report minimum, after which only the Wyoming figure repeats. Ohio asks for no home certificate, so nothing is ordered from Wyoming.

Wyoming and Ohio side by side

Item	Wyoming	Ohio
Recurring charge	$60 report minimum	Nothing
Certificate	No charge online	Not asked for
Original filing	Already formed	$99 registration
Agent	Wyoming registered agent	Ohio statutory agent

Why Wyoming companies register in Ohio

A Wyoming LLC that opens an Ohio location, hires staff or runs a repeat business in the state needs to be on Ohio's register as well. The Ohio filing is a registration, and the Wyoming formation stays where it is.

Form 617 for a Wyoming LLC

Enter the Wyoming name exactly, name Wyoming as the jurisdiction of formation, and add an Ohio statutory agent with a signed acceptance. The company's Wyoming agent does not substitute. An authorized person signs and the cover sheet carries an email address. If the Wyoming name does not meet Ohio's naming rule or is not distinguishable from an Ohio record, adopt an assumed name first.

The certificate you do not need

Wyoming's online good standing certificate costs $0, and many states ask for one. Ohio does not: the statute lists what an LLC's registration states and a home-state certificate is not on the list. A Wyoming corporation is different and needs a certificate dated within 90 days.

Year-one budget for a Wyoming LLC working in Ohio

Item	Payee	Cost
Registration	Ohio	$99
Annual report minimum	Wyoming	$60
Home certificate	Not needed	No charge
Total in year one	Both states	$159

A Delaware LLC pays $499 in its first year across both states, the difference being the home tax.

Choosing the signer and the date

A Wyoming LLC can have any person it authorizes sign Form 617, whether a member, a manager or an officer of the company, and a typed name counts as the signature. The filing can take effect on receipt or at a later start up to 90 days away, which suits a company that wants Ohio authority to start on the day a lease begins.

A Wyoming series LLC

A Wyoming LLC that has series adds the series statements to the Ohio filing, saying whether a series' debts are enforceable against that series only. An ordinary Wyoming LLC leaves them out.

Reading the Ohio record afterward

After approval, Ohio's record shows the company's name, Wyoming as its home, and the statutory agent. That record is public, so a landlord, a bank or a customer can look up whether the company is authorized to work in Ohio.

Wyoming upkeep stays with Wyoming

Wyoming charges an annual minimum of $60. Ohio does not touch it. Registering in Ohio does not change the Wyoming annual report, and a Wyoming LLC that lets its Wyoming standing lapse has a problem at home that the Ohio registration does not solve.

The agents in two states

An Ohio registration needs an Ohio statutory agent with an address that qualifies as a usual place of business. If that agent lapses and no update is filed, Ohio cancels the registration after notice and 30 days, and reinstatement within 2 years costs $25.

Customers as the only Ohio tie

A Wyoming LLC whose only Ohio link is customers who place orders that a seller outside Ohio accepts is in the part of the statute that lists order-taking and interstate commerce as not transacting business. The list does not decide what other Ohio laws require, and a Wyoming company with sizable Ohio sales but no presence should hear a business lawyer's view.

Corporate and nonprofit entities from Wyoming

A Wyoming corporation files Form 530A for $99 and a nonprofit pays $99. Both route through the corporation page. A corporation's application is sworn before a notary.

Registering a Wyoming LLC in Ohio

Copy the Wyoming name
Take it exactly from the Wyoming formation record.
Pick the Ohio agent
An Ohio individual or company that will take delivery of legal papers at a street address.
Collect the acceptance
The agent signs it.
Type and sign Form 617
An authorized person signs; add an email address.
File
Pay $99 to Ohio, online or by mail.

Wyoming LLC questions

Does Ohio accept a Wyoming certificate?

It does not ask an LLC for one.

Can my Wyoming agent serve in Ohio?

Only if it has an Ohio address and is authorized to operate there.

Is Ohio's record public?

Yes.

Does registering in Ohio change my Wyoming annual report?

No. Wyoming keeps its own schedule.

Does Ohio need to see my Wyoming formation documents?

Nothing beyond the name and the Wyoming jurisdiction is asked on Form 617.

Do I need two agents?

Yes. The Wyoming agent stays on the Wyoming record and the Ohio statutory agent goes on Form 617.

Our fee and Ohio's

Register in Ohio

Form 617 typed from what you tell us
The statutory agent paperwork finished, whether the agent is ours or yours
The name checked against Ohio's naming rule before the form goes in
The approved registration handed back to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

Ohio

$199

+ $99 Ohio fee

Ohio's fee is $99. It is listed apart from our own. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

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