Oklahoma Certificate of Authority / Wyoming LLCs
A Wyoming LLC and its Oklahoma certificate of authority
A Wyoming LLC applying in Oklahoma pays $300 and nothing for the home certificate, which Wyoming issues online. The first year across both states comes to $360, counting Wyoming's $60 annual minimum, and Oklahoma's $25 certificate follows on the anniversary.
Wyoming and Oklahoma charges
| Charge | Wyoming | Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Already formed | $300 |
| Home paper | $0 | Original under 60 days old |
| Each year | $60 minimum | $25 certificate |
| Agent | Wyoming agent | Separate Oklahoma agent |
The free certificate
Wyoming issues its good standing certificate online at no charge. That removes cost but not the clock: Oklahoma's limit is 60 days counted from the certificate's printed date up to the filing, so pull it close to the filing, and pull a second copy if the first goes stale.
Filling in Form 0081
Item 1 is the Wyoming name, carrying an approved ending, or backed by a fictitious name statement when needed. Items 2 and 3 are Wyoming and the formation date. Item 4 gives an Oklahoma agent and street address, and the Wyoming agent cannot stand in. Item 6 can carry the Wyoming office address. Item 7 is a monitored email, because Oklahoma sends its yearly reminder only there.
First-year budget
| Item | Payee | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma registration | Oklahoma | $300 |
| Wyoming certificate | Wyoming | $0 |
| Wyoming annual minimum | Wyoming | $60 |
| Total | Both | $360 |
The first yearly certificate, a year after registration, adds $25.
Two calendars
Wyoming's annual report and Oklahoma's anniversary certificate are separate duties on separate dates. Missing the Oklahoma one by more than 60 days ends the Oklahoma registration, whatever Wyoming status looks like. The Oklahoma certificate costs $25 on each anniversary.
A Wyoming timeline
File the Wyoming annual report. Pull the free certificate in the week you file. Register in Oklahoma. Calendar the Oklahoma anniversary apart from the Wyoming date, and calendar the sixty-day grace period as a last-chance reminder.
Wyoming privacy and Oklahoma records
Oklahoma's form asks for no member or manager list, only the company, its agent, the home office and an email, so the filing discloses little.
A Wyoming company buying Oklahoma property
A Wyoming LLC buying a house to rent in Oklahoma is considered to be doing business there under the income-property rule. Register before closing so that the LLC can enforce its leases in court.
Checking the name before you order
Look up the Wyoming name against Oklahoma's register before you order the certificate. If it clashes, you will need a fictitious name statement, and it is better to know before the filing than after it comes back.
Rental property and Wyoming holding companies
If the LLC owns income-producing property in Oklahoma, it is considered to be doing business there and needs the registration. A Wyoming parent that only holds membership in an Oklahoma-active LLC is not itself doing business on that ground.
Wyoming costs that stay put
Wyoming's $60 annual minimum recurs whether or not the LLC does business in Oklahoma. A Wyoming LLC that stops working in Oklahoma can save the $25 yearly certificate by withdrawing for $100.
Preparing the Wyoming side first
Before ordering the Wyoming certificate, check the Wyoming report is filed, the agent is current, and the name on the record matches the name you will give Oklahoma. A mismatch between the Wyoming name and the Oklahoma form sends a filing back.
What Oklahoma holds for Wyoming LLCs
The filed application shows the company name, the formation state, the agent and the filing date. Wyoming's own record is separate, so keep both accurate.
Wyoming corporations and nonprofits
A Wyoming corporation uses Form 0012 and pays at least $300; a nonprofit pays $300. The corporation's existence proof can be no more than 6 months old at the filing. See the corporation form page.
Wyoming LLC to Oklahoma authority
Confirm Wyoming is current
The Wyoming report should be on file.
Pull the free certificate
As close to the filing date as you can.
Name an Oklahoma agent
With a street address.
Fill in and sign the application
With Wyoming as the home state.
File with the fee
$300 to Oklahoma.
Wyoming LLC questions
How do I pull the Wyoming certificate?
Online through the Wyoming Secretary of State business system, at no charge.
Does my Wyoming registered agent work for me in Oklahoma too?
Only if it is a qualified entity with an Oklahoma office.
Does Oklahoma require my Wyoming annual report?
No, but a current Wyoming record is what the certificate reflects.
Is a Wyoming corporation treated differently?
Yes. It files Form 0012 with proof of existence, not Form 0081.
Does Oklahoma accept an online Wyoming certificate?
It must be an original dated within sixty days; we date it against the limit.
Will my Wyoming agent do for Oklahoma?
Only when it is qualified in Oklahoma and keeps an office there.
Do the states share a due date?
No.
Our fee and Oklahoma's
Get your Oklahoma authority
Oklahoma
$199
$300 Oklahoma fee + $199
- The Oklahoma form for your entity, filled out from your answers
- A home-state certificate dated inside Oklahoma's 60-day limit for LLCs
- Oklahoma registered agent service from us, or your own pick
- Your Oklahoma certificate returned when issued
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Oklahoma's LLC fee is $300, shown 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.
Official sources
- Oklahoma Secretary of State, filing fees
- SOS Form 0083, procedures for registering a foreign LLC
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, fees of the Secretary of State for LLCs
- SOS Form 0081, application for registration of a foreign LLC
- SOS Form 0012, certificate of qualification of a foreign corporation
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, filing and other service fees
- Oklahoma Secretary of State, business forms
- Oklahoma LLC annual certificate form
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, annual certificate of an LLC
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division fee schedule
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC name
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC acts not constituting transacting business
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC necessity of registration
- SOS Form 0084, application for withdrawal of a foreign LLC
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC duties of the Secretary of State
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign corporations, qualification
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