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Maintaining anonymity with your LLC in Wyoming

Posted by Clyde Hutchins | Mar 28, 2019 | 0 Comments

Maintaining anonymity with your LLC

Wyoming law provides some opportunities for anonymity when running a company. However, this anonymity is not absolute. Under Wyoming law, the registered agent of the company is compelled to obtain a list of the entity's directors, officers, limited liability company managers, managing partners, trustees or persons serving in a similar capacity. The registered agent is also obligated to obtain the name, physical address and business telephone number of a natural person who is authorized to receive communications from the registered agent. If the company comes under investigation, the registered agent will give that information directly over to the government.

What if you want to maintain anonymity from everyone, including the government, can you do that? The answer is yes. There is a legal loophole that will allow you to maintain your anonymity even in the face of government investigators and prosecutors. You can structure your company so that you maintain your anonymity no matter what.

There is a very important requirement though. You have to decide to go this route from the very start. If you have already formed your Wyoming company and are seeking to modify things to make it more confidential, it is probably too late. You have to start working on the confidentiality from the very beginning. It has to be built into the business plan.

If you need assistance setting up your Wyoming entity, please feel free to contact Harmony Law, LLC.

About the Author

Clyde Hutchins

Clyde Hutchins is the founder of Harmony Law. Mr. Hutchins started his legal career in Cheyenne, Wyoming as a law clerk for the district court judges. Mr. Hutchins then entered private practice with a Wyoming based litigation and business law firm. Later, Mr. Hutchins went to Alaska, where he was the chief litigator for a firm that engaged in bond law, corporate law, securities law, and municipal law. The State of Wyoming hired Mr. Hutchins from Alaska to represent the State of Wyoming in the national tobacco arbitration and act as its tobacco settlement attorney. While in that position, as a hobby, he developed an enforcement unit for consumer protection for Wyoming residents. Mr. Hutchins moved to Colorado in 2016 and founded Harmony Law, LLC. Harmony Law is primarily engaged in civil litigation. It is also a general practice firm in the areas of business law, estate planning, consumer law and family law. Harmony Law is active in all state and federal courts throughout Wyoming and Colorado.

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