LLC domestication moves an existing LLC's legal home from one state to another while keeping the same entity, EIN, bank accounts, and history intact. This Anonymousllc.co reference explains how domestication works, which states allow it, how it differs from dissolving-and-reforming and from foreign qualification, and how redomiciling into Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, or Nevada makes an existing LLC private. Primary-source citations are linked throughout.
LLC domestication - also called conversion, redomiciliation, or continuance - is a statutory process that moves an existing LLC's legal home from one state to another while keeping the same entity, EIN, bank accounts, contracts, and operating history. The LLC is not dissolved and re-formed; it continues as one uninterrupted legal person. Domestication requires both states to permit it: the departing state must allow domestication out, and the destination state must allow domestication in. Anonymousllc.co handles redomiciliation into Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, or Nevada and confirms both states' rules before quoting.
Owners who want to move an LLC to a more favorable state without losing its EIN, banking, or contract history should domesticate rather than dissolve and re-form. This suits founders moving an existing LLC into an anonymous state for privacy, owners relocating to a lower annual-fee state, and non-residents consolidating into Wyoming or New Mexico. Domestication preserves the LLC's age and standing, which banks and payment processors weigh at review. Anonymousllc.co's intake confirms both the departing state's exit rules and the destination state's entry rules before it quotes the work.
Domestication runs in three moves: the members adopt a plan of domestication, the LLC files Articles of Domestication (or a Certificate of Conversion) with the destination state's Secretary of State, and the LLC files the departing state's exit document where that state requires one. The destination state issues a new charter reflecting the LLC as a domestic entity. The operating agreement is restated to match the new state's LLC Act. The EIN, bank accounts, and existing contracts carry over unchanged. Anonymousllc.co prepares each document and coordinates the filings in both states.
Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and Nevada each allow LLCs to domesticate in under their LLC Acts (Wyoming Title 17 Ch. 29, Delaware 6 Del. C. Ch. 18, Nevada NRS Ch. 86, New Mexico NMSA § 53-19). The departing state must also permit domestication out - not every state does. Where a departing state prohibits domestication, the fallback is a dissolve-and-reform, which starts a new entity and a new EIN. Anonymousllc.co checks the departing state's statute first and recommends the path that preserves the most history.
Yes - the LLC keeps its existing EIN, bank accounts, and contract history through domestication because the entity survives the move. It is not dissolved, so the IRS record, banking relationships, and payment-processor accounts continue without a new application. This is the core advantage over dissolving and re-forming, which forces a new EIN ($99 through Anonymousllc.co), new bank applications, and a reset of the entity's age. IRS Publication 3402 governs how the continuing LLC is taxed after the move.
Domestication moves the LLC's home state and keeps one entity; dissolve-and-reform creates a brand-new entity with a new EIN; foreign qualification registers your existing LLC to operate in a second state without changing its home. Each solves a different problem. Use domestication to change the legal home permanently. Use foreign qualification to operate in another state while keeping the original home. Use dissolve-and-reform only when the departing state blocks domestication. Because the entity survives domestication, its formation date, age, and standing carry over - the continuous history banks and payment processors weigh - which a dissolve-and-reform would reset. Anonymousllc.co maps the right option at intake.
Yes. Redomiciling into Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, or Nevada moves the LLC onto records that do not list members or managers. The registered agent appears publicly; the owners do not. Anonymousllc.co provides the formation-state registered agent at $100/year. Domestication does not erase the LLC's prior public filings in the departing state, but going forward the anonymous state's records govern. Owners seeking a clean privacy footprint pair domestication with the anonymous state's registered-agent service.
Anonymousllc.co's flat formation pricing is Anonymous LLC $397 all-in, Wyoming $397, New Mexico $347, Delaware $407, Nevada $722, EIN $99, ITIN $299, BOI initial filing $150, and registered agent $100/year. Domestication state filing fees are set by each Secretary of State and are separate. Most domestications complete in 5-10 business days end-to-end once both states' documents are prepared. Non-residents run the entire process by document upload, adding time only where a departing state requires mailed originals.
No. Domestication keeps the LLC's federal tax status unchanged because the entity and its EIN survive the move. A single-member disregarded LLC stays disregarded, a partnership-taxed multi-member LLC keeps that treatment, and any S-corp or C-corp election continues in place. The move changes the LLC's state of formation, not its IRS classification. IRS Publication 3402 governs how the continuing LLC is taxed after domestication. Anonymousllc.co confirms the tax status carries over and flags any new state-level filing in the destination state.
Yes. The destination state requires a registered agent with a physical street address in that state, so redomiciling into Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, or Nevada means appointing a registered agent there. Anonymousllc.co provides the destination-state registered agent at $100/year. The registered agent's name and address appear on the destination state's public record; the members and managers do not. The departing state's registered agent is released once the exit document is filed. Anonymousllc.co sets up the new agent as part of the domestication.
The common domestication mistakes are assuming the departing state allows domestication out, applying for a new EIN when the existing one carries over, skipping the restatement of the operating agreement to the new state's LLC Act, and failing to file the departing state's exit document - which leaves the old registration active and accruing fees. Each error either resets history that domestication was meant to preserve or leaves a dangling obligation in the old state. Anonymousllc.co's checklist confirms both states' requirements before filing.
Anonymousllc.co runs domestication over WhatsApp: it confirms the departing state's exit rules, drafts the plan of domestication, files Articles of Domestication with the destination state, files the departing state's exit document, and restates the operating agreement. The intake opens with a one-page scope and quote. The existing EIN and banking carry over; no new IRS application is filed. Non-residents complete the entire redomiciliation by document upload with no US visit.
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