Georgia Foreign Registration / From Wyoming
Taking a Wyoming LLC into Georgia
Form CD 241 puts a Wyoming LLC on Georgia's books for $235. After that two bills recur each year, Wyoming's $60 minimum and Georgia's $60 annual registration, $120 in all. In the registration year the figure is $295, counting Georgia's fee and Wyoming's minimum.
Wyoming and Georgia side by side
| Topic | Wyoming | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Entry filing | Already formed | Form CD 241, $235 |
| Home-state certificate | Free online | Not filed with an LLC application |
| Yearly charge | $60 minimum | $60 registration |
| When | On the Wyoming schedule | January 1 to April 1 |
| Agent | A Wyoming agent | A Georgia street address |
What changes for a Wyoming LLC
Home stays as it is. The LLC holds on to its Wyoming agent and minimum, and gains a Georgia agent, a Georgia filing and a spring deadline here. Item 4 takes the principal place of business, which need not be Wyoming or Georgia. The Georgia filing does not ask for the Wyoming articles or an operating agreement.
Nothing to order from Wyoming
Because Georgia does not ask a foreign LLC for a home-state certificate, the free Wyoming good standing certificate is not part of the filing. It remains useful for a bank or a lender, and costs nothing to download. The saving is small, but it removes one step from a route where the thirty-day clock is the main pressure.
Filling in the form from a Wyoming record
Item 3 takes the Wyoming name, Wyoming as the jurisdiction, the formation date and the period of duration. Item 5 needs a Georgia agent. Item 6 gives the person who actually manages the business, and item 7 the address where records are kept, which can be wherever the LLC keeps them. Item 1 carries the Georgia start date and the penalty note. Sign as a person authorized under Wyoming law.
The yearly figure
Wyoming's $60 plus Georgia's $60 makes $120 a year in state charges. The registration year adds the $235 certificate of authority in place of Georgia's annual registration, since the first annual registration falls in the year after. The figures leave out both agents and our price.
Calendars to keep
| What | Wyoming | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Charge | $60 minimum | $60 |
| When | On the Wyoming schedule | By April 1 |
| If missed | Set by Wyoming | $25; revocation risk |
Registering a Wyoming LLC in Georgia
Note the start date
The first day of business in Georgia.
Choose the agent
A Georgia street address, not a mail drop.
Prepare the facts
Home details, principal office, manager and records address.
File Form CD 241
$235 online or by mail.
Diary the spring filing
January 1 to April 1, from the year after.
A year in two states
| When | Georgia | Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 to April 1 | Annual registration, $60 | On the Wyoming schedule |
| After April 1 | $25 late fee | Set by Wyoming |
| Any time | Notices to the principal office and agent | $60 minimum on its own schedule |
What Georgia does not ask a Wyoming LLC for
Form CD 241 does not request the Wyoming articles of organization or an operating agreement. It asks for the name, the formation date and duration, the addresses, the agent and one managing person. The home details come from the Wyoming record, which you can pull for free. Keep the Wyoming papers handy for a bank, as support rather than as part of the filing.
Privacy and the Georgia record
Form CD 241 wants the name and address of whoever runs the business day to day, plus a filing person with an email. The FAQ separately says that Georgia lists only the registered agent for an LLC, and that members and managers are not listed. Item 6 is where a person is named, so decide who that is before you sign.
Where the Georgia work often comes from
A Wyoming LLC has the same thirty days as any foreign LLC, counted from the first day of Georgia business. Whether the LLC is transacting business is covered on the thirty-day rule page. Registering carries a yearly commitment, so set the dates and the numbers side by side. A filing after April 1 adds $25 to the annual registration, and online approval generally takes about 7 business days.
If the Wyoming LLC is run from another state
Item 4 of the form takes the principal place of business, and the form has a state line for it. A Wyoming LLC run from Texas or Florida can say so. The registered agent is the only item that has to be in Georgia.
What Wyoming owners ask
Must I attach a Wyoming certificate?
No. An LLC application does not call for one.
Can my Wyoming agent also serve in Georgia?
Only if it satisfies Georgia's agent rules, including a Georgia street address.
Does registering here reduce the Wyoming charge?
No. Wyoming's minimum is the same wherever else the LLC works.
Our price, then the Georgia fee
Register in Georgia
Georgia$199
+ $235 Georgia fee
- Form CD 241, prepared from your answers
- The thirty-day clock checked against your start date
- Our office as your Georgia agent, or the one you choose
- Your annual registration window, marked
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Our price and the Georgia fee are separate lines 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.
Georgia Secretary of State sources
- Georgia Secretary of State, Form CD 241, Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company (PDF)
- Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division filing fees and expedited processing (PDF)
- Georgia Secretary of State, how to file an annual registration
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division fee schedule
- Georgia Secretary of State, how to guide: register a foreign entity
Working in Georgia already?
Tell us the day it started. We file before the penalty window opens, or tell you plainly if it already has.