17-29-210. Fees; annual fee.

(a) The secretary of state shall charge and collect fees from limited liability companies and foreign limited liability companies for:

(i) Filing the original articles of organization or issuing a certificate of authority for a foreign limited liability company, one hundred dollars ($100.00);

(ii) For amending the articles of organization, a filing fee of fifty dollars ($50.00);

(iii) An annual fee accompanying the report required in W.S. 17-29-209, due and payable on or before the date of the filing under W.S. 17-29-209;

(iv) Filing, service and copying fees for those services provided by his office for which a fee is not otherwise established. A fee shall not exceed the cost of providing the service.

(b) Except for articles of organization, any document to be filed with the secretary of state shall be signed by the member, members, manager, managers or other authorized individual as set forth in the operating agreement. A person signing a document, including the articles of organization, he knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.

(c) Any foreign limited liability company transacting business in this state without obtaining a certificate of authority as required by W.S. 17-16-1501 and 17-29-114 is subject to the penalties provided by W.S. 17-16-1502(d).