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Name requirements (Wyoming)

Under W.S. § 17-29-108, your DAO LLC name must:
  1. Include “LLC”, “L.L.C.”, or the full phrase “Limited Liability Company”
  2. Be distinguishable from all other Wyoming-registered business names
  3. Not contain prohibited words (bank, trust, insurance — unless specifically chartered)
  4. Include “DAO” or “DAO LLC” in the name if formed as a decentralized autonomous organization

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Distinguishability

“Distinguishable” under Wyoming law means more than just literal differences. The SOS considers:
  • Capitalization and punctuation (these do not distinguish)
  • Common words (“The”, “Inc”, “Company”)
  • Pluralization (usually does not distinguish)
  • Letter substitutions (e.g., replacing “O” with “0”)
Our availability check runs the full SOS distinguishability algorithm locally before submission. If a conflict is found, we return three alternative suggestions generated via lexical-distance search over filed entities.

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Reservation

Wyoming allows name reservations for 120 days via Form RA-1 ($50 fee). We typically skip reservation and proceed straight to filing — it takes minutes either way. Reserve only if you need to delay filing but want to lock the name.

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Example

orgs name check "Helios Research DAO LLC"
Response: 
{
  "name": "Helios Research DAO LLC",
  "available": true,
  "distinguishable_from": 1423,
  "similar": [
    { "name": "Helios Research Inc.", "state": "DE", "score": 0.74 },
    { "name": "Helios Lab LLC", "state": "WY", "score": 0.62 }
  ],
  "checked_at": "2026-04-12T14:22:07Z"
}