Wyoming § 17-19-1501 Authority to transact business required

Wyoming Statutes

§ 17-19-1501 — Authority to transact business required

Wyoming § 17-19-1501

Title 17Corporations, Partnerships and Associations

Ch. 19WYOMING NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT

Art. 15FOREIGN CORPORATIONS

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 17-19-1501 (2026).

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(a)A foreign corporation may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the secretary of state.

(b)The following activities, among others, do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of subsection

(a)of this section:

(i)Maintaining, defending or settling any proceeding;

(ii)Holding meetings of the board of directors or members or carrying on other activities concerning internal corporate affairs;

(iii)Maintaining bank accounts;

(iv)Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange and registration of memberships or securities or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those securities;

(v)Selling through independent contractors;

(vi)Soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or through employees or

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(a) A foreign corporation may not transact business in
this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the
secretary of state.
(b) The following activities, among others, do not
constitute transacting business within the meaning of subsection
(a) of this section:
(i) Maintaining, defending or settling any
proceeding;
(ii) Holding meetings of the board of directors or
members or carrying on other activities concerning internal
corporate affairs;
(iii) Maintaining bank accounts;
(iv) Maintaining offices or agencies for the
transfer, exchange and registration of memberships or securities
or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those
securities;
(v) Selling through independent contractors;
(vi) Soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail
or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders
require acceptance outside this state before they become
contracts;
(vii) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages,
and security interests in real or personal property;
(viii) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing
mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts;
(ix) Owning, without more, real or personal property;
(x) Conducting an isolated transaction that is
completed within thirty (30) days and that is not one in the
course of repeated transactions of a like nature;
(xi) Transacting business in interstate commerce.
(c) The list of activities in subsection (b) of this
section is not exhaustive.