Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Secretary of State › Sub-Agency 0023 - Registered Offices and Agents Act › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Bona fide law enforcement agency" means
				a law enforcement agency, foreign or domestic, that is investigating a
				potential criminal violation by a business entity or a registered
				agent.
(b) "Business address" means
				the physical street address of the communications contact person.
(c) "Business entity" means a corporation,
				limited liability company, limited partnership, registered limited liability
				partnership, limited liability limited partnership, or statutory trust or
				statutory foundation, whether for profit or nonprofit, or any other business
				type that is required to register with the secretary of state.
(d) "Business office" means registered office
				as defined by
				W.S.
				17-28-101(a)(i) and these
				rules.
(e) "Commercial Registered
				Agent" or "CRA" means a registered agent which serves for more than ten (10)
				entities, or a registered agent which serves as a registered agent for an
				entity which is itself a Commercial Registered Agent.
(f) "Consent form" means a form prescribed by
				the secretary of state, which is required to be filed with the secretary of
				state, upon which a business entity verifies that it has elected to file the
				required records pursuant to
				W.S.
				17-28-107(b).
(g) "Contract creating an agency
				relationship" see "written agreement creating an agency
				relationship."
(h) "Court ordered
				subpoena" means a validly issued subpoena from a court of competent
				jurisdiction. A "court ordered subpoena" does not mean a subpoena issued by an
				attorney, as allowed by court rules.
(i) "Delinquent awaiting administrative
				dissolution" means the status of a business entity when its registered agent
				has resigned and no successor has been appointed to represent the business
				entity.
(j) "Domestic entity" means
				a business entity formed in Wyoming.
(k) "Each violation" means each instance
				where the Act is violated by a registered agent per each business entity
				represented. As applied, if a registered agent represents five (5) entities and
				violates the Act in the same way for each entity, each violation would equate
				to five (5) separate violations of the Act.
(l) "Entity" or "entities" means business
				entity or business entities.
(m)
				"Foreign" means an entity not formed under Wyoming law.
(n) "Mailing address" means an address where
				mail is received and it may be separate from the physical street address. The
				mailing address may be a post office box.
(o) "Natural person" means an individual who
				is not a business entity, association, or other legal or commercial
				entity.
(p) "Notice of resignation"
				means the notice that a registered agent sends to the business entities they
				represent to inform those entities that they are resigning.
(q) "Physical location" means the physical
				street location of the registered office, which is not a post office box or a
				drop box.
(r) "Physical street
				address" or "street address" means physical street location of the registered
				office, which is not a post office box or a drop box.
(s) "Place of business" as referenced in W.S.
				W.S.
				17-28-101 means any location that has a
				street address in Wyoming, which is not a post office box or a drop
				box.
(t) "Principal office" means
				the principal place of business for the entity, regardless of location, and
				which may be, but does not need to be, a registered office.
(u) "Record" means any information as defined
				by
				W.S.
				17-28-107 and 108.
(v) "Registered agent" means an individual or
				business entity as defined by W.S.
				W.S.
				17-28-101(a)(ii). Each
				registered agent shall have only one name and registered office address on file
				with the secretary of state.
(w)
				"Registered office" means an address that may be the same as any of its places
				of business but shall be located at a street address in Wyoming which shall be
				a physical location where the business entity's registered agent, or a natural
				person who has an agency relationship with the registered agent, can accept
				service of process as provided in W.S. 17-28104 and is physically present at
				that location, which is not a post office box or drop box.
(x) "Sign" or "signature" includes any
				manual, facsimile, conformed or electronic signature.
(y) "Statement of resignation" means a
				statement of resignation filed with the secretary of state.
(z) "Thirty days" means thirty (30) calendar
				days.
(aa) "Thirty-five days" means
				thirty-five (35) calendar days.
(bb) "Written agreement creating an agency
				relationship" means any written document that establishes or grants authority
				to one or more natural persons or to one or more particular positions, such as
				a receptionist, to accept service of process for the registered agent for the
				entities served by that registered agent. Such document may be, but is not
				limited to, a contract, a letter agreement, or a clause within an employment
				contract. A single document may serve as authorization for each natural person
				representing the registered agent without listing each natural person
				individually.