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  "summary": "Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware and Nevada: what the formation filing and the yearly filing name, what each costs, and the federal layer since 2025. Every value from a statute or the state’s own page; what the build did not read is UNKNOWN.",
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        "formation_names": "the registered agent only (W.S. 17-29-201(b))",
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          "url": "https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/AnnualReport.aspx",
          "text": "Wyoming SOS e-filing, Annual Report; statute W.S. 17-29-201/209/210 (PDF)"
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        "yearly_filing": "UNKNOWN (no official HTML page the verifier can read states it; tried 2026-10-09: https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/ → 200 (read; no LLC fee or filing on the page); https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/domestic-nm-limited-liability-company/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/business-maintenance/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/fees/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/limited-liability-company/ → 404; https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/item/4383/index.do → 200 (a script shell; the statute text is not in the HTML); https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/BFS/online/Account → no answer (timed out))",
        "formation_fee": "UNKNOWN (no official HTML page the verifier can read states it; tried 2026-10-09: https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/ → 200 (read; no LLC fee or filing on the page); https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/domestic-nm-limited-liability-company/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/business-maintenance/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/fees/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/limited-liability-company/ → 404; https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/item/4383/index.do → 200 (a script shell; the statute text is not in the HTML); https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/BFS/online/Account → no answer (timed out))",
        "yearly_fee": "UNKNOWN (no official HTML page the verifier can read states it; tried 2026-10-09: https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/ → 200 (read; no LLC fee or filing on the page); https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/domestic-nm-limited-liability-company/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/business-maintenance/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/fees/ → 404; https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/limited-liability-company/ → 404; https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/item/4383/index.do → 200 (a script shell; the statute text is not in the HTML); https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/BFS/online/Account → no answer (timed out))",
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        "yearly_fee": "$400.00 annual tax, due June 1; $200.00 penalty",
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      "what": "change pieces (set, merge, delete, append, insert, move); if-match is the hash",
      "method": "PATCH",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/api/jarticles/llc-states-what-is-public",
      "headers": {
        "x-sheets-key": "$(cat /Users/cyrusmassoumi/.misc-sheets-key)",
        "content-type": "application/json",
        "if-match": "<hash from the read>"
      },
      "body": {
        "ops": [
          {
            "op": "set",
            "path": "facts.example",
            "value": 1
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "what": "replace the whole object",
      "method": "PUT",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/api/jarticles/llc-states-what-is-public",
      "headers": {
        "x-sheets-key": "$(cat /Users/cyrusmassoumi/.misc-sheets-key)",
        "content-type": "application/json",
        "if-match": "<hash>"
      },
      "body": {
        "slug": "llc-states-what-is-public",
        "title": "…"
      }
    },
    {
      "what": "fetch every source, hash what came back and check the quote is in it",
      "method": "POST",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/api/jarticles/llc-states-what-is-public/verify",
      "headers": {
        "x-sheets-key": "$(cat /Users/cyrusmassoumi/.misc-sheets-key)",
        "content-type": "application/json"
      },
      "body": {}
    },
    {
      "what": "an Obsidian-style command",
      "method": "POST",
      "url": "https://miscsubjects.com/api/jarticles/cli",
      "headers": {
        "x-sheets-key": "$(cat /Users/cyrusmassoumi/.misc-sheets-key)",
        "content-type": "application/json"
      },
      "body": {
        "command": "backlinks",
        "file": "llc-states-what-is-public"
      }
    }
  ]
}