Wyoming § 17-23-111 - Failure to maintain registered agent or registered office or pay annual fee.
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§ 17-23-111. Failure to maintain registered agent or registered office or pay annual fee.
If any statutory trust has failed to comply with the provisions of W.S. 17-28-101 through 17-28-111 or has failed to pay the fee required by W.S. 17-23-117, it is transacting business within this state without authority and shall forfeit any franchises, rights or privileges acquired under the laws of this state. The forfeiture shall be made effective in the following manner. The secretary of state shall provide by first class mail or by electronic means a notice of its failure to comply. Unless compliance is made within sixty (60) days of mailing or electronic submission of the notice, the statutory trust shall be deemed defunct and to have forfeited its certificate of organization acquired under the laws of this state. Any defunct statutory trust may at any time within two (2) years after the forfeiture of its certificate, be revived and reinstated, by filing the necessary statement under this chapter and paying the prescribed fee, together with a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The statutory trust shall retain its registered name during the two (2) year reinstatement period.
Source: official Wyoming text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 17-23-111 ("Failure to maintain registered agent or registered office or pay annual fee.") is part of the Wyoming Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of Wyoming. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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