Hiring a Business Lawyer in Wyoming
How to form an LLC in Wyoming, the state fees and yearly filings, how to check a lawyer's license, and the state bar's fee rules. We do not recommend or rank lawyers.
What a lawyer costs in Wyoming: fee rules
| If you disagree with a lawyer's bill | The Wyoming State Bar offers fee arbitration for fee disputes over $500 (disputes of $500 or less are not eligible). Generally you must file within one year after the later of the end of the lawyer-client relationship or the final bill; if the lawyer sues over the fee, you have 30 days after service of the required notice. Complete the Petition for Fee Arbitration and upload copies of bills and supporting documents. The bar sends it to the attorney, who has 21 days to respond; the Fee Arbitration Committee chair tries informal resolution, and if that fails within 30 days a panel holds a hearing and issues a written decision. |
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| If a lawyer takes your money | The Wyoming State Bar's Client Protection Fund reimburses clients who lose money or property through a lawyer's dishonest conduct (such as theft, embezzlement or conversion, including failure to refund advance fees), or when a lawyer dies or becomes incapacitated while holding client money, within a lawyer-client relationship. It does not cover negligence, business or investment losses, interest, or losses covered by insurance or bonds; awards are discretionary. The maximum is $15,000 per claimant per calendar year. File within four years after you knew or should have known of the dishonest conduct, using the notarized Statement of Claim (fill out online, then print, sign and mail) with proof of loss; a lawyer is not required. Questions: (307) 432-2104. |
Wyoming rules to know first
| How to form an LLC | Domestic LLCs can file Articles of Organization online through the Secretary of State's WyoBiz system or on a paper form. The Secretary of State says an online-filed company is active as soon as the online filing is completed; paper filings are processed in the order received, taking no longer than fifteen (15) business days. |
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| LLC filing fee | The Secretary of State's fee schedule (effective July 1st, 2026) lists Articles of Organization for an LLC at $100.00. Online card payments add a convenience fee. Optional expedited filing service costs $700.00 (next business day) or $1,400.00 (same business day). |
| Registered agent | Every Wyoming business entity needs a registered agent to accept service of process. The agent may be an individual resident of Wyoming or a business entity, with a physical Wyoming address that cannot be a P.O. box, drop box or mail forwarding service. The agent must sign a Consent to Appointment by Registered Agent. Appointing a new registered agent and office costs $5.00. |
| Annual report | Annual reports are due every year on the first day of the month in which the company was filed. With the report, an LLC pays an annual license tax of $60 or two-tenths of one mill on the dollar ($.0002), whichever is greater, based on the company's assets located and employed in Wyoming. Reports can be filed online. Reinstatement after dissolution for unpaid tax costs $100.00. |
| Operating agreement | Wyoming law defines an operating agreement as the agreement of all the members, including a sole member, whether oral, in a record, implied, or any combination. No requirement to file it with the Secretary of State was found. Source: W.S. 17-29-102(a)(xiv) |
| Closing an LLC | A Wyoming LLC files articles of dissolution with the Secretary of State. The fee schedule lists Amendment/Dissolution/Any Other Filing for LLCs at $60.00. |
Find and check a lawyer
| Lawyer referral service | The Wyoming State Bar runs a Lawyer Referral Service. Its Lawyer Referral Directory lists only attorneys who are part of the referral program and is searchable by practice area; you can also request a referral online. Wyoming State Bar phone: 307-632-9061. |
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| Check that the lawyer is licensed | The Wyoming State Bar's Member Directory lets you search all lawyers licensed in Wyoming. It is separate from the bar's Lawyer Referral Directory, which lists only attorneys in the referral program. |
| Check discipline history or file a complaint | Complaints about Wyoming lawyers go to the Wyoming State Bar's Office of Bar Counsel. Complete the Ethical Violations Complaint Form, sign and date it (complaints are sworn under penalty of perjury; anonymous complaints are not accepted), and mail the original with copies of supporting documents to Office of Bar Counsel, P.O. Box 109, Cheyenne, WY 82003-0109; questions (307) 432-2104. Bar Counsel looks at possible violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, such as missed deadlines, abandoning a case or mishandling client funds, but not the quality of a lawyer's advice or strategy alone, fee disputes (handled by fee arbitration) or rudeness. The lawyer receives a copy of the complaint; the complaint and investigation stay confidential unless a Formal Charge is filed, and you are notified before that happens. |
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Last verified against official sources: October 27, 2026.
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