Wis. Stat. § 183.0114
Registration of name
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Current — January 1, 2021
As of January 1, 2017
(1) Except as provided under sub. (3) , the department shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered for filing, or, under pars. (e) and (f) , the telephone applications are made:
(a) Except as provided in sub. (2m) , articles of organization, $130.
(b) Application for use of indistinguishable name, $10.
(c) Written application for reserved name, $15.
(d) Written application for renewal of reserved name, $15.
(e) Telephone application for reserved name, $30.
(f) Telephone application for renewal of reserved name, $30.
(g) Notice of transfer of reserved name, $10.
(h) Application for registered name, $50.
(i) Application for renewal of registered name, $50.
(j) Subject to sub. (2) (b) , a domestic limited liability company's or foreign limited liability company's statement of change of registered office, $10.
(k) Agent's statement of change of registered office, $10 for each affected domestic limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, except that if simultaneous filings are made the filing is reduced to $1 for each domestic limited liability company or foreign limited liability company in excess of 200.
(L) Agent's statement of resignation, $10.
(m) Amendment to articles of organization, $40.
(mp) A certificate of conversion filed under s. 183.1207 (5) , $150.
(n) Articles of merger, $150.
(o) Articles of dissolution, $20.
(p) Foreign limited liability company's application for certificate of registration, $100.
(q) Foreign limited liability company's application for amended certificate of registration, $40.
(r) Foreign limited liability company's application for certificate of withdrawal, $40.
(s) Articles of correction, $40.
(t) Request for certificate or statement of status, the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (b) .
(u) Processing in an expeditious manner a document required or permitted to be filed under this chapter, or preparing in an expeditious manner a certificate or statement of status, the fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d) .
(v) Annual report of a domestic limited liability company, $25.
(w) Annual report of a foreign limited liability company, $65.
(2) The department may not collect a fee for any of the following:
(a) Providing a confirmation of status by telephone.
(b) Filing a domestic limited liability company's or a foreign limited liability company's statement of change of registered office if the only change is to an address and all of the following apply:
1. The new address is the result of a change in the way a county, city, village or town or the U.S. postal service describes the physical location of the registered office.
2. A copy of the notice indicating the new address is submitted with the statement.
3. The physical location of the registered office has not changed.
(c) Filing a certificate of revocation of registration to transact business.
(2m)
(a) In this subsection, “student entrepreneur" means a student to whom all of the following apply:
1. The student is enrolled in a postsecondary institution in this state.
2. The student is an organizer of a limited liability company or will be a member of the limited liability company upon its formation, and the limited liability company is being formed as a business start-up.
3. The student is at least 18 years of age.
(b) The department may not collect a fee for filing articles of organization if all of the following apply:
1. All members of the limited liability company, upon its formation, are student entrepreneurs.
2. If the limited liability company is formed by any organizer who will not become a member of the limited liability company upon its formation, all such organizers of the limited liability company are student entrepreneurs.
(3) The department, by rule, may specify a larger fee for filing documents described in sub. (1) in paper format.
(1) A foreign limited liability company not registered to do business in this state under subch. IX may register its name, or a fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 183.0906 , if the name is distinguishable on the records of the department from the names that are not available under s. 183.0112 .
(2) To register its name or a fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 183.0906 , a foreign limited liability company must deliver to the department for filing an application stating the company's name, the jurisdiction and date of its formation, and any fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 183.0906 . If the department finds that the name applied for is available, the department shall register the name for the applicant's exclusive use.
(3) The registration of a name under this section expires annually on December 31.
(4) A foreign limited liability company whose name registration is effective may renew the registration by delivering to the department for filing, between October 31 and December 31 of each year that the registration is in effect, a renewal application that complies with this section. When filed, the renewal application renews the registration for the next year.
(5) A foreign limited liability company whose name registration is effective may register as a foreign limited liability company under the registered name or consent in a signed record to the use of that name by another person that is not an individual.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.