Texas

Foreign registration · Form 301

Wyoming Corporation Foreign Registration in Texas

To do business in Texas, a corporation formed in Wyoming registers there on Form 301, with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Texas may ask for Wyoming's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Texas Secretary of State from your Wyoming records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Wyoming and Texas each ask for

	Wyoming formed here	Texas registering here
Document	Wyoming Certificate of Good Standing	Form 301, Application for Registration of a Foreign For-Profit Corporation
State fee	No fee	$767.13 at order (filing fee $750 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Wyoming: online as an instant PDF with a certificate ID anyone can validate	Filed with Texas
Required expedite		$50 at order (Texas Express)
Faster options		next-day $500, same-day $750
Office	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division	Texas Secretary of State
Official page	wyobiz.wyo.gov	sos.state.tx.us
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $60, every year	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year
Due	First day of the corporation's anniversary month	May 15 each year
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Required expedite processing: typically 2 to 3 business days
Agent	Your Wyoming registered agent	Our Texas registered agent

From Wyoming to Texas, step by step

We prepare and file Form 301
It names us as your Texas registered agent, with your Wyoming name and formation date. If Texas wants the Wyoming certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Wyoming corporation is registered with Texas.

Your Wyoming name and Texas's rules

Texas accepts your Wyoming name if it includes corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. If Texas's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Wyoming company. We check your exact Wyoming name against Texas's records before filing.

Your Texas agent and the Wyoming one

Wyoming and Texas both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Wyoming; ours takes Texas's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Texas and Wyoming

Each year your corporation files Wyoming's Annual Report ($60) and Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Wyoming plus Texas comes to $209 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Wyoming to Texas

An LLC formed in Wyoming files Form 304 with Texas ($767.13 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Wyoming's Annual Report ($61.44) and Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report. See the LLC filing.

The other way: Texas into Wyoming

A corporation formed in Texas that registers with Wyoming files Wyoming's registration (no form number) with $150 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Wyoming to Texas

Does my Wyoming company need to register in Texas?

Yes, once a Wyoming business operates there; Texas registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Texas calls it registration for Wyoming corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Texas registration cost?

$1,016.13 at checkout, including the $50 required expedite; Texas may also want Wyoming's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Texas registration take?

Typically 2 to 3 business days with Texas's required expedite, plus time for Wyoming's certificate if Texas asks for it. Faster state options: next-day $500, same-day $750.

What are the yearly costs for Wyoming and Texas?

$209 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Wyoming and nothing to Texas for the yearly reports.

Does Texas require a registered agent?

Yes: the Wyoming registered agent stays, and ours covers Texas for year one.

Will Texas accept my Wyoming name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Wyoming name at home. Texas names must include corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new Texas corporation instead?

Yes, but Wyoming keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee), and the original keeps Wyoming's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Texas later?

Wyoming companies leave by filing Form 608; until then, Texas's report stays due alongside Wyoming's filings.

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