--- slug: llc-states-what-is-public title: "What each state publishes about an LLC’s people" kind: procedure status: published hash: f9f0fb43c000ca7f5d5302830f94aae647e5d714f7d3f2285eae198a4f1be1c3 created: 2026-10-09T09:41:11.068Z updated: 2026-10-09T11:22:43.963Z 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." tags: ["llc","privacy","wyoming","new-mexico","delaware","nevada"] above: [] below: [] adjacent: [] nested: [] --- # What each state publishes about an LLC’s people *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.* ## What is on the public record An “anonymous LLC” is not a legal category; it is a state whose filings do not name members or managers. The table reads each state’s statute or its own page. A cell says UNKNOWN when the page the build read does not state it. ```widget { "type": "table", "ref": "#facts.rows", "columns": [ { "key": "state", "label": "State" }, { "key": "formation_names", "label": "Formation filing names" }, { "key": "yearly_filing", "label": "Yearly filing" }, { "key": "formation_fee", "label": "Formation fee" }, { "key": "yearly_fee", "label": "Yearly cost" }, { "key": "source", "label": "Source" } ], "title": "Four states, by what their filings name", "note": "Order: the states whose filings name no person first; Nevada last, whose annual list names managers or managing members." } ``` ## The federal layer Since March 2025, FinCEN’s interim final rule exempts entities created in the United States, and their beneficial owners, from reporting beneficial ownership information to FinCEN. ```widget { "type": "json", "ref": "#facts.federal", "title": "Federal beneficial-ownership reporting" } ``` ## Limits ```widget { "type": "json", "ref": "#facts.limits", "title": "What a state filing does not hide" } ``` ## Facts ```json { "order": "rows in the order of how many public filings name a person: none first; Nevada last because its annual list names managers or managing members", "rows": [ { "state": "Wyoming", "formation_names": "the registered agent only (W.S. 17-29-201(b))", "yearly_filing": "an annual report (W.S. 17-29-209) with capital, property and assets; no member or manager named in the statute", "formation_fee": "$100.00 (W.S. 17-29-210(a)(i), read from the statute PDF; this page’s verifier cannot re-read a PDF)", "yearly_fee": "a license fee computed from capital, property and assets in Wyoming (W.S. 17-29-209; the e-filing page asks for the financial information that computes it); minimum UNKNOWN", "source": { "url": "https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/AnnualReport.aspx", "text": "Wyoming SOS e-filing, Annual Report; statute W.S. 17-29-201/209/210 (PDF)" } }, { "state": "New Mexico", "formation_names": "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_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))", "source": { "url": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/", "text": "New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services" } }, { "state": "Delaware", "formation_names": "the LLC’s name and the address of its registered office and the name and address of its registered agent (6 Del. C. § 18-201(a)); no member or manager is required on the certificate of formation", "yearly_filing": "no annual report; an annual tax instead (corp.delaware.gov)", "formation_fee": "$70.00 is the statute’s fee for filing a certificate of formation (6 Del. C. § 18-1105(a)(3)); the Division of Corporations’ fee schedule, which adds its own charges, is a PDF this page’s verifier cannot read", "yearly_fee": "$400.00 annual tax, due June 1; $200.00 penalty", "source": { "url": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c018/sc02/index.html", "text": "Delaware Code, Title 6, Chapter 18, § 18-201 and § 18-1105 (HTML); corp.delaware.gov for the annual tax" } }, { "state": "Nevada", "formation_names": "an initial list of managers, or of all managing members if there are no managers, with addresses (NRS 86.263)", "yearly_filing": "an annual list with the same information (NRS 86.263(2))", "formation_fee": "$75.00 for filing the original articles of organization (NRS 86.561(1)(a))", "yearly_fee": "$150 for the annual list (NRS 86.263)", "source": { "url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-086.html", "text": "Nevada Revised Statutes, chapter 86" } } ], "federal": { "rule": "FinCEN interim final rule, March 2025", "what": "entities created in the United States and their beneficial owners are exempt from reporting beneficial ownership information to FinCEN", "source": "https://www.fincen.gov/boi", "as_read": "2026-10-09" }, "limits": [ "A state filing is one database; tax returns and legal process (subpoenas) still reach owners.", "This page reads statutes and the states’ own pages; fees change by legislation. The date each page was read is the verify record below." ], "new_mexico_addresses_tried": [ { "url": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/", "status": "200 (read; no LLC fee or filing on the page)", "tried": "2026-10-09" }, { "url": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/", "status": "404", "tried": "2026-10-09" }, { "url": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/domestic-nm-limited-liability-company/", "status": "404", "tried": "2026-10-09" }, { "url": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/business-maintenance/", "status": "404", "tried": "2026-10-09" }, { "url": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/fees/", "status": "404", "tried": "2026-10-09" }, { "url": "https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/start-a-business/limited-liability-company/", "status": "404", "tried": "2026-10-09" }, { "url": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/item/4383/index.do", "status": "200 (a script shell; the statute text is not in the HTML)", "tried": "2026-10-09" }, { "url": "https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/BFS/online/Account", "status": "no answer (timed out)", "tried": "2026-10-09" } ] } ``` ## Sources 1. [Annual Report](https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/AnnualReport.aspx) — “current financial information necessary for the computation of the license tax” (sha256 f2dabf6ff2355201) 2. [NRS Chapter 86, Limited-Liability Companies (NRS 86.263)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-086.html) — “A list of its managers or, if there are no managers, all its managing members and their mailing or street addresses, either residence or business.” (sha256 7b2328bd658aef52) 3. [Franchise Taxes, LP/LLC/GP Tax](https://corp.delaware.gov/frtax/) — “Limited Liability Companies and General Partnerships formed in the State of Delaware do not file an Annual Report, they are required to pay an annual tax of $400.00” (sha256 42d53f544897af62) 4. [Beneficial Ownership Information](https://www.fincen.gov/boi) — “all entities created in the United States” (sha256 a0fabe922142e7b5) 5. [Business Services](https://www.sos.nm.gov/business-services/) — “Business Services” (sha256 df01973c2ce9dd88) 6. [NRS Chapter 86, § 86.561 Fees](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-086.html) — “Filing the original articles of organization, or for registration of a foreign company, $75” (sha256 25634d4ddb68c4c3) 7. [Delaware Code Title 6, Chapter 18, Subchapter II, § 18-201 Certificate of formation](https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c018/sc02/index.html) — “The address of the registered office and the name and address of the registered agent for service of process” (sha256 bcdac593c9572241) 8. [Delaware Code Title 6, Chapter 18, Subchapter XI, § 18-1105 Fees](https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c018/sc11/index.html) — “Upon the receipt for filing of a certificate of formation under § 18-201 of this title or a certificate of registered series under § 18-218 of this title, a fee in the amount of $70” (sha256 6e70a64d1c79ac80)