Filing fees; certified copies
Wis. Stat. § 183.0122
in effect(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).
(2)
(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:
1. Articles of organization, $130.
2. Application for use of indistinguishable name, $10.
3. Application for reserved name, $15.
4. Application for renewal of reserved name, $15.
5. Notice of transfer of reserved name, $10.
6. Application for registered name, $50.
7. Application for renewal of registered name, $50.
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.
9. Statement of resignation of registered agent, $10.
10. Amendment or restatement of articles of organization, $40.
11. Articles of merger, conversion, interest exchange, or domestication, $150.
12. Statement of dissolution or statement of termination, $20.
13. Foreign registration statement, $100.
14. Amendment of foreign registration statement, $40.
15. Statement of withdrawal or cancellation of foreign registration or application for transfer of foreign registration, $40.
16. Statement of correction, $40.
17. Annual report of a domestic limited liability company, $25.
18. Annual report of a foreign limited liability company, $65.
(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.
(c) The department may, by rule, specify a larger fee for filing records described in par. (a) in paper format.
(d)
1. In this paragraph, “student entrepreneur” means a student to whom all of the following apply:
a. The student is enrolled in a postsecondary institution in this state, in a public, private, or tribal high school in this state, or in a home-based private educational program, as defined in s. 115.001 (3g).
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.
c. The student is at least 18 years of age.
2. The department may not collect a fee for filing articles of organization if all of the following apply:
a. All members of the limited liability company, upon its formation, are student entrepreneurs.
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.
(3) A certified copy of a record filed by the department is conclusive evidence that the original record is on file with the department.
(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.
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/183.0122Fetched: 10/7/2026