Louisiana Foreign Registration / Wyoming LLCs
Registering a Wyoming LLC in Louisiana
A Wyoming LLC registering in Louisiana pays $185 for Form 972, a $0 fee for the online Wyoming certificate and $35 for the first Louisiana report, beside Wyoming's $60 annual minimum: $280 in the first year. Wyoming's cheap certificate makes the home check easy; Louisiana's notary and agent steps are the harder part.
Wyoming and Louisiana side by side
| Item | Wyoming | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| What it asks for each year | $60 annual minimum | $35 annual report |
| Certificate | $0 online | Needed with the application, dated within 90 days |
| Application | Formed in Wyoming already | $185 on Form 972 |
| Agent | Wyoming agent already on file | A separate Louisiana agent is required |
The Wyoming certificate
The online Wyoming good standing certificate carries a fee of $0. That keeps the home-state cost at nothing, but Louisiana asks for an original signature and a date within 90 days, so we check the version you print when we prepare your filing.
Wyoming standing first
A certificate helps only when the LLC's home record is clean. Wyoming's annual minimum is $60, and the certificate speaks to standing. Bring Wyoming up to date, then order the certificate and file in Louisiana within days.
Putting the Wyoming facts on Form 972
Item 1 takes the Wyoming name, ending included, as the certificate shows it. Item 3 is the Wyoming formation date, with the duration blank unless the articles state one. Item 4 is the principal office, and a business address elsewhere goes in item 5 if it is the principal business office. Items 6 to 8 are the Louisiana establishment, office and agent. The members or managers go in item 10.
A Louisiana agent is separate from the Wyoming agent
The Wyoming registered agent is a Wyoming office. Louisiana needs its own, one of the three kinds on the agent page, with a Louisiana street address. A Wyoming agent service that is also authorized in Louisiana can serve as a company agent if it has filed the two-individual certificate; tell us who your agent is and we check.
The first-year total
$185 for the Louisiana application, $60 for Wyoming's yearly minimum and $35 for the first Louisiana report come to $280. A Wyoming certificate does not add to it. Our fee, an outside agent's charge and a rush tier are extra.
After the first year
After the first year the Louisiana report is $35 and Wyoming's minimum is $60. A change of Louisiana agent or office is a $30 statement on Form 346, and Wyoming's own filings keep to Wyoming's schedule.
Two calendars
Wyoming bills on its own cycle, and Louisiana's report falls on the anniversary of your authority. Do not assume they line up. When the grant arrives, add the Louisiana anniversary to the calendar next to Wyoming's due date.
What to do about the notary
Form 972 needs two sworn signatures, one by a member or manager and one by the agent. Both can be sworn at different appointments, but each block must be sworn. A manager who lives in another state can swear before a notary there; the Louisiana agent swears in Louisiana.
A worked example
A Wyoming LLC that runs an online store opens a small fulfillment space in Shreveport. It pays Wyoming's annual minimum, prints the online certificate, asks a Shreveport attorney to serve as agent and mails Form 972 with $185. It then notes the anniversary of its Louisiana authority for the annual report.
Registering a Wyoming LLC in Louisiana
Confirm Wyoming standing
Pay the $60 annual minimum if it is due.
Name a Louisiana agent
A resident, attorney or authorized company.
Obtain the Wyoming certificate
It carries a $0 fee online.
Complete and sign Form 972
Sworn before a notary, plus the agent block.
File with the fee
$185 to the Commercial Division.
Wyoming LLCs and the Louisiana business test
For a Wyoming LLC the question is the same as for any foreign LLC: does the company transact business in Louisiana, or does it only do things on the safe list such as taking orders accepted outside the state or conducting interstate commerce? The doing-business page lists the activities. A Wyoming address does not exempt an LLC from the test.
Keeping the Wyoming side tidy
A Wyoming LLC with a Louisiana registration has two filings to track every year, and each state can act on a lapse in its own way. Louisiana can revoke on a late annual report after sixty days' notice. Paying Wyoming on time and filing the Louisiana report on the anniversary keeps both records clean.
Wyoming-to-Louisiana questions
Is a Wyoming certificate part of the package?
Yes, one dated within 90 days of filing.
Can my Wyoming agent double as my Louisiana agent?
Only if it is authorized in Louisiana and meets the statute.
Does Louisiana charge more because I am a Wyoming LLC?
No. The fee is $185 for every home state.
Our fee and Louisiana's
Begin my Louisiana application
$199
+ $185 Louisiana fee
- Form 972 completed in duplicate for the member or manager to sign
- A review of your home-state certificate against the 90-day limit
- A Louisiana registered agent and office that meet the statute, ours or yours, with the agent's notarized acceptance
- The package filed in Baton Rouge, then your grant of authority sent back
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Louisiana's $185 is shown as its own line at checkout. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Sources
- Louisiana Secretary of State, forms and fee schedule
- Louisiana Secretary of State fee schedule effective 10/1/26
- La. R.S. 12:1345, application for certificate of authority
- Louisiana Form 972, application of a foreign limited liability company
- La. R.S. 12:1350.1, annual report
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division fee schedule
- Louisiana Form 326, application of a foreign corporation for certificate of authority
- La. R.S. 12:1350, registered agent and registered office
- La. R.S. 12:1353, revocation or suspension of certificate of authority
- La. R.S. 12:313, revocation of a foreign corporation certificate
Louisiana paperwork, assembled for you
Give us the details and we prepare the form, the acceptance and the cover sheet.