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A Wyoming LLC that needs to register in Indiana

A Wyoming LLC pays nothing for the Wyoming certificate and $105 online to register in Indiana, which makes $165 for the first year once Wyoming's own minimum charge of $60 is counted. After that the recurring costs are Wyoming's yearly charge and Indiana's $31 report, which falls every second year.

Wyoming beside Indiana

Point	Wyoming	Indiana
Entry step	None; the LLC is already formed	Foreign Registration Statement, $105 online
Good standing proof	No charge	Must be issued within 60 days of filing
Yearly charge	From $60	Report every second year, $31
Agent	A Wyoming address	A street address in Indiana

Free, but not a spare

Wyoming issues its certificate of good standing without charge. That makes it tempting to hold one in reserve, which does not work: Indiana's window is 60 days from the issue date, and the certificate has to show the company in good order. Check Wyoming standing first, then request the certificate near the end of your preparation.

Filling in the statement from Wyoming records

Use the Wyoming name exactly as the certificate shows it and the Wyoming formation date. The jurisdiction is Wyoming, and the principal office is wherever the business operates. A Wyoming agent will not do for Indiana, which needs one with a street address in the state. Wyoming LLCs are managed by members or by managers according to the operating agreement, and the statement asks only whether managers are provided for.

Privacy and the public record

Registrations in Indiana are public, and the business entity report states the principal office and agent. Since the start of this year a business that operates entirely remotely can keep a residential principal office off the public record. If that fits your company, tell us at ordering. Whether to restructure for privacy depends on your facts; a Wyoming business lawyer can tell you.

The costs that follow registration

Wyoming's charge starts at $60 and recurs. Indiana's report is $31 every second year, so the report averages roughly half of its fee a year. A change of Indiana agent costs nothing, an amendment for a name change is $20, and leaving costs $20. Missing the report matters: the office sends no fewer than four reminders before acting on an overdue report, and after five months of an overdue report the business is administratively dissolved.

The first year, added up

A Wyoming company at the minimum pays $105 to Indiana and $60 at home, with the Wyoming certificate free, for $165. That is before our charge and any paid agent.

A Wyoming LLC in Indianapolis

Say a one-member Wyoming LLC lands work with an Indianapolis firm. The owner checks Wyoming standing, persuades a local acquaintance to act as agent, fills in the statement and then asks Wyoming for the free certificate. Filing on INBiz costs $105. Year two brings only the Wyoming charge, from $60; Indiana does not ask for anything again until the report month, two years after registering.

Two calendars side by side

Date	Obligation	Cost
Each Wyoming anniversary	Report to Wyoming and license tax	$60 or more
Indiana report month	Business entity report, every second year	$31
Within thirty days of a new agent address	Indiana statement of change	Free

Why Wyoming companies end up here

Once the company buys a building, hires a crew or signs one contract after another in Indiana, it needs the registration. Indiana asks for a single payment and a short report every second year, and it leaves the Wyoming entity and its yearly charge undisturbed.

One-member companies

If the company has a single owner, the owner signs and answers the question about managers. Registrations are public, so decide in advance which mailing details you are happy to publish. A commercial mail receiving agency address can be used for some filings, but the new rules make the company disclose that fact on the filing.

Reading the file once more before sending

The Wyoming name in the statement matches the certificate exactly.
The Wyoming formation date is copied from the record.
The agent has an Indiana street address and has said yes.
The managers answer follows the operating agreement.
The certificate was requested close enough to filing to stay inside the window.

Registering a Wyoming LLC in Indiana

Check Wyoming standing
No overdue filings.
Find the Indiana agent
A person or firm located in Indiana.
Complete the statement
Wyoming name, formation date and managers.
Request the free certificate
Close to the filing date.
File on INBiz
$105.
Diary both calendars
Wyoming's anniversary and Indiana's report month.

Wyoming questions

Does Indiana discount a Wyoming company?

No. Indiana asks $105 online of any for-profit foreign entity.

Is there a Wyoming fee for the good standing certificate?

None. Wyoming provides it free of charge.

Can a Wyoming agent act in Indiana?

Only if it has a street address in Indiana and is allowed to serve under the Code.

Our charge and Indiana's

Register in Indiana

The Foreign Registration Statement (State Form 56369), completed from your answers
A check that your home-state certificate falls inside Indiana's window before the filing goes in
An Indiana registered agent: ours, or the one you use now
The filing sent to the state and the registration record returned to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

Indiana

$199

+ $105 Indiana fee, filed online

The state fee is its own line at checkout. Indiana prices a paper filing higher than an online one. $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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Ready to register in Indiana?

Tell us where the company was formed and we take it from there.