The $100 Wyoming Articles of Organization Fee

The $100 Wyoming Articles of Organization Fee

Articles of Organization carry a $100 Wyoming Secretary of State fee on the competitor and state lines collected in the 2026-08-24 memo. Inc Authority writes it as a hard stop: the Wyoming Secretary of State charges $100. Northwest writes "filing Articles of Organization with the Wyoming Secretary of State for $100." Bizee writes "Filing fee $100" on its Wyoming LLC page. Those are their restatements of a state line. They are not a Fortress invoice.

A filing desk treats $100 as the price of one form: the Articles. Other money on a competitor page is a different object. Online card footnotes are a different object. A later annual-report minimum is a different object. A Fortress packet on /pricing is a different object.

What the $100 pays, on those pages

The $100 line those pages quote is the domestic LLC Articles filing. It is the fee that travels with the form to the Secretary of State. Inc Authority says it "cannot be waived." Bizee says it is "passed directly to the Wyoming Secretary of State" on their fees page. Read those as competitor sentences about a state cashier, not as Fortress marketing.

The form still has to be complete. A paid fee does not repair a name that fails the distinguishable-name test. A paid fee does not supply a missing registered-agent street address. A paid fee does not replace an organizer signature. Northwest's page even flags that the filing fee is non-refundable if the name does not work. That is their warning. Confirm refund behavior on the live state instructions before you submit.

Card footnotes are not the $100

Northwest's online footnote is "+ $4 credit card fee if you file online." Bizee's online footnote is "plus 2.4% credit card processing fee, minimum $1, when filing online." Those footnotes sit on the channel, not on the SOS Articles line. Mail packets, on those pages, keep the $100 and drop the card footnote.

A filing desk records both numbers when it compares a WyoBiz session to a mail packet. It does not fold the card footnote into a fake "$104 state fee" brand line unless the live state page says that is how the cashier posts it. This draft keeps $100 as the memo's SOS Articles figure and leaves the card lines labeled as competitor footnotes.

What the $100 does not prepay

The $100 does not prepay the annual-report / license-tax minimum those same pages quote as $60. It does not prepay a WYIFS sales-tax license those pages quote as $60. It does not prepay a name reservation those pages quote as a separate $60 / 120-day mail form. It does not prepay a Fortress path.

Inc Authority's cost table is useful as a competitor map of that split: Articles $100 mandatory, name search $0, name reservation optional $60, sales-tax license $60 only if it applies, annual report $60 minimum later. Use the table as a list of forms. Do not use it as a Fortress SKU sheet.

If a Fortress number appears, it appears on /pricing as a live commercial packet, not as a state cashier line.

How a filing desk pays the line

Collect the name-search result, the agent block, the addresses, the management choice, and the organizer signature first. Then open the cashier step. Pay the $100 SOS line through the channel you chose. Save the receipt with the submitted form. The receipt is a record that the fee moved. It is not an acceptance stamp.

If a provider collects the $100 "at cost," that is their billing story. Bizee uses that phrase on its fees page. Inc Authority uses "you pay only the $100 state fee" as their formation-plan story. Quote those as their stories. A Fortress packet, if you want one, is a separate commercial path on /pricing and is not a rewrite of the SOS line.

What Fortress will and will not say

Fortress files, forms, and submits. This draft will not call the $100 a Fortress discount. It will not call the $100 a prepaid bundle. It will not promise that payment equals acceptance. It will not promise a result after the cashier step.

What it will say: the memo's competitor and state lines quote $100 for Wyoming Articles. Card footnotes are channel lines. Later $60 lines are later forms. Live Fortress paths sit on /pricing.

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