183.0117(1)(b) (b) The name of the agent.
183.0117(1)(c) (c) That the agent resigns from serving as registered agent for the company or foreign company.
183.0117(1)(d) (d) The address of the company or foreign company to which the agent will send the notice required by sub. (3).
183.0117(2) (2)The resignation under sub. (1) is effective and, if applicable, the registered office is discontinued on the earlier of the following:
183.0117(2)(a) (a) Sixty days after the department receives the statement of resignation for filing.
183.0117(2)(b) (b) The date on which the appointment of a successor registered agent is effective.
183.0117(3) (3)A registered agent promptly shall furnish to the limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company notice in a record of the date on which a statement of resignation was filed.
183.0117(4) (4)When a statement of resignation takes effect, the registered agent ceases to have responsibility under this chapter for any matter thereafter tendered to it as agent for the limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company. The resignation does not affect any contractual rights the company or foreign company has against the agent or that the agent has against the company or foreign company.
183.0117(5) (5)A registered agent may resign with respect to a limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company whether or not the company or foreign company is in good standing.
183.0117 History History: 2021 a. 258.
183.0118 183.0118 Change of name or address by registered agent.
183.0118(1)(1)If the name or e-mail address of a registered agent changes or if the street address of a registered agent's office changes, the registered agent may change the name or e-mail address of the registered agent or street address of the registered office of any limited liability company or foreign limited liability company for which he, she, or it is the registered agent. To make the change under this subsection, the registered agent shall notify the company or foreign company in writing of the change and deliver to the department for filing a statement of change that recites that the company or foreign company has been notified of the change and states all of the following:
183.0118(1)(a) (a) The name of the limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company represented by the registered agent.
183.0118(1)(b) (b) The name, e-mail address, and street address of the agent as currently shown in the records of the department for the company or foreign company.
183.0118(1)(c) (c) Any new name, new e-mail address, or new street address of the agent.
183.0118(2) (2)A registered agent promptly shall furnish notice to the represented limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company of the filing by the department of the statement of change and the changes made by the statement.
183.0118 History History: 2021 a. 258.
183.0119 183.0119 Service of process, notice, or demand.
183.0119(1)(1)A limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company may be served with any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law by serving its registered agent. The department may serve any written notice required or authorized under this chapter by e-mailing it to the registered agent's e-mail address on file with the department, and such notice shall be effective as provided in s. 183.0103 (5).
183.0119(2) (2)Except as provided in sub. (3), if a limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company had no registered agent, or its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the company or foreign company may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by similar commercial delivery service, addressed to the company or foreign company at its principal office, as shown on records of the department on the date of sending. Service is perfected under this subsection at the earliest of the following:
183.0119(2)(a) (a) The date the company or foreign company receives the mail or delivery by the commercial delivery service.
183.0119(2)(b) (b) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the company or foreign company.
183.0119(2)(c) (c) Five days after it is deposited in the U.S. mail, or with the commercial delivery service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage or payment.
183.0119(3) (3)If process, notice, or demand in an action cannot be served on a limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company pursuant to sub. (1) or (2), service may be made by handing a copy to the individual in charge of any regular place of business or activity of the company or foreign company if the individual served is not a plaintiff in the action. If the address of the company's or foreign company's principal office cannot be determined from the records of the department, the company or foreign company may be served by publishing a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the community where the company's or foreign company's principal office or registered office, as most recently designated in the records of the department, is located.
183.0119(4) (4)Service of process, notice, or demand on a registered agent must be in a written record.
183.0119(5) (5)Service of process, notice, or demand may be made by other means under law other than this chapter.
183.0119 History History: 2021 a. 258.
183.0120 183.0120 Delivery of record.
183.0120(1)(1)Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, permissible means of delivery of a record include delivery by hand, mail, conventional commercial practice, and electronic transmission.
183.0120(2) (2)Delivery to the department is effective only when a record is received by the department.
183.0120 History History: 2021 a. 258.
183.0122 183.0122 Filing fees; certified copies.
183.0122(1)(1)Subject to sub. (2) (a), the department may collect a fee for filing, or providing a certified copy of, a record under this chapter. The department may charge a fee for providing a certified copy of any record, or for filing any record not identified in sub. (2) (a), pursuant to a rule promulgated under this subsection or s. 182.01 (4).
183.0122(2)(a)(a) Except as provided under pars. (c) and (d), the department shall collect the following fees when the records described in this paragraph are delivered to the department for filing:
183.0122(2)(a)1. 1. Articles of organization, $130.
183.0122(2)(a)2. 2. Application for use of indistinguishable name, $10.
183.0122(2)(a)3. 3. Application for reserved name, $15.
183.0122(2)(a)4. 4. Application for renewal of reserved name, $15.
183.0122(2)(a)5. 5. Notice of transfer of reserved name, $10.
183.0122(2)(a)6. 6. Application for registered name, $50.
183.0122(2)(a)7. 7. Application for renewal of registered name, $50.
183.0122(2)(a)8. 8. Statement of change of registered agent or registered office or registered agent's name, e-mail address, or street address under s. 183.0116 or 183.0118, $10.
183.0122(2)(a)9. 9. Statement of resignation of registered agent, $10.
183.0122(2)(a)10. 10. Amendment or restatement of articles of organization, $40.
183.0122(2)(a)11. 11. Articles of merger, conversion, interest exchange, or domestication, $150.
183.0122(2)(a)12. 12. Statement of dissolution or statement of termination, $20.
183.0122(2)(a)13. 13. Foreign registration statement, $100.
183.0122(2)(a)14. 14. Amendment of foreign registration statement, $40.
183.0122(2)(a)15. 15. Statement of withdrawal or cancellation of foreign registration or application for transfer of foreign registration, $40.
183.0122(2)(a)16. 16. Statement of correction, $40.
183.0122(2)(a)17. 17. Annual report of a domestic limited liability company, $25.
183.0122(2)(a)18. 18. Annual report of a foreign limited liability company, $65.
183.0122(2)(b) (b) In addition to the fees required under par. (a) or permitted under sub. (1), the department shall collect the expedited service fee established under s. 182.01 (4) (d) for processing in an expeditious manner a record required or permitted to be filed with the department under this chapter or for preparing in an expeditious manner a certificate of status or certificate of registration under s. 183.0211.
183.0122(2)(c) (c) The department may, by rule, specify a larger fee for filing records described in par. (a) in paper format.
183.0122(2)(d)1.1. In this paragraph, “ student entrepreneur" means a student to whom all of the following apply:
183.0122(2)(d)1.a. a. The student is enrolled in a postsecondary institution in this state.
183.0122(2)(d)1.b. b. The student is an organizer of a limited liability company or will be a member of the limited liability company upon its formation, and the limited liability company is being formed as a business start-up.
183.0122(2)(d)1.c. c. The student is at least 18 years of age.
183.0122(2)(d)2. 2. The department may not collect a fee for filing articles of organization if all of the following apply:
183.0122(2)(d)2.a. a. All members of the limited liability company, upon its formation, are student entrepreneurs.
183.0122(2)(d)2.b. b. If the limited liability company is formed by any organizer who will not become a member of the limited liability company upon its formation, all such organizers of the limited liability company are student entrepreneurs.
183.0122(3) (3)A certified copy of a record filed by the department is conclusive evidence that the original record is on file with the department.
183.0122(4) (4)A person may not sign a document with intent that it be delivered to the department for filing, or deliver a document or cause a document to be delivered to the department for filing, if the person knows that the document is false in any material respect at the time of its delivery. Whoever violates this subsection is guilty of a Class I felony.
183.0122 History History: 2021 a. 258.
subch. II of ch. 183 subchapter II
formation; articles of
organization and other filings
183.0201 183.0201 Formation of limited liability company; articles of organization.
183.0201(1)(1)One or more persons may act as organizers to form a limited liability company by signing and delivering to the department for filing articles of organization.
183.0201(2) (2)The articles of organization shall contain all of the following information:
183.0201(2)(a) (a) A statement that the limited liability company is organized under this chapter.
183.0201(2)(b) (b) The name of the limited liability company, which must comply with s. 183.0112.
183.0201(2)(c) (c) The street and mailing addresses of the company's principal office.
183.0201(2)(d) (d) The name and street and mailing and e-mail addresses of the initial registered agent of the limited liability company.
183.0201(2)(e) (e) The name and address of each organizer.
183.0201(2)(f) (f) If applicable, the delayed effective date and time of the articles of organization permitted under s. 183.0207.
183.0201(3) (3)The articles of organization may set forth other information, including any of the following:
183.0201(3)(a) (a) If management of the limited liability company is vested in one or more managers, a statement to that effect.
183.0201(3)(b) (b) Provisions not inconsistent with law regarding any of the following:
183.0201(3)(b)1. 1. The purpose or purposes for which the limited liability company is organized.
183.0201(3)(b)2. 2. Managing the business and regulating the affairs of the limited liability company.
183.0201(3)(b)3. 3. Defining, limiting, and regulating the powers of the limited liability company, its managers, and its members.
183.0201(3)(b)4. 4. A par value for transferable interests or classes or series of transferable interests.
183.0201(3)(c) (c) Any provision that, under this chapter, is required or permitted to be set forth in a written operating agreement.
183.0201(4) (4)All of the following rules apply:
183.0201(4)(a) (a) A limited liability company is formed when the articles of organization become effective under s. 183.0207.
183.0201(4)(b) (b) The department's filing of the articles of organization is conclusive proof that the limited liability company is organized and formed under this chapter.
183.0201(4)(c) (c) The status of a limited liability company as a limited liability company or as a foreign limited liability company registered to transact business in this state and the liability of any member of any such limited liability company is not adversely affected by errors or subsequent changes in any information stated in any filing made under this chapter.
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2021-22 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2023 Wis. Act 71 and through all Supreme Court and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on February 14, 2024. Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after February 14, 2024, are designated by NOTES. (Published 2-14-24)