Oklahoma requires none on the Articles of Organization — but the $25 Annual Certificate must be signed by, and names, a member or manager, and that filing is public on its public LLC filing. Oklahoma's Articles of Organization omit member and manager names, but the Annual Certificate must be signed by — and names — a member or manager every year, and that filing is public. A Wyoming holding LLC as member, with a manager rather than an individual signing the certificate, is what keeps Oklahoma's recurring filing from naming you. See our Wyoming holding company guide and full list of anonymous LLC states for more.
$100
Articles of Organization filing fee
Annual Certificate
Member/manager signature required and public each year
$25/yr
Annual Certificate due in anniversary month
§ 2034
Exclusive-remedy charging order, single-member included
Oklahoma is a state where the formation filing and the ongoing filing tell two different stories. The Articles of Organization ($100) require only a registered agent and a management-structure designation — no member or manager name. But the Annual Certificate, due every year in the LLC's anniversary month for $25, must be signed by a member or manager under 18 O.S. § 2055.2, and that signed certificate becomes a public record. So Oklahoma privacy has to be built around the recurring filing, not just the initial one — typically by naming a Wyoming holding LLC as member and having a manager, not the owner, sign each year's certificate. Oklahoma's charging-order statute (18 O.S. § 2034) is explicitly protective of single-member LLCs, with one real caveat: a federal bankruptcy trustee can potentially bypass that state-law protection in a forced bankruptcy proceeding.
Oklahoma's Articles of Organization (Form 0074, $100) ask only for the LLC's name, registered agent, and a member-managed/manager-managed designation under 18 O.S. § 2004 — no member or manager name at formation. That changes every year: 18 O.S. § 2055.2 requires the Annual Certificate ($25, due in the LLC's anniversary month) to be signed by a member or manager, and the completed certificate becomes a public record searchable through the Secretary of State's Business Entities Search. This makes Oklahoma one of the states where LLC ownership is genuinely public by default — a real trap for filers who assume standard LLC anonymity.
Because Oklahoma's Annual Certificate must carry a member or manager's signature every year — not just at formation — a Wyoming holding LLC needs to occupy that slot for the structure to hold up over time. Make the Wyoming LLC the member of the Oklahoma company, and have a manager (a formation service or attorney, not you) sign the Annual Certificate each year. Oklahoma's own asset-protection law is worth pairing with a Wyoming parent for a second reason: 18 O.S. § 2034 gives excellent explicit single-member charging-order language, but a federal bankruptcy trustee can potentially become a 'substituted member' of a single-member LLC and bypass that state-law protection entirely — a risk a Wyoming holding structure and careful planning can help address.
Whatever signs Oklahoma's Annual Certificate, beneficial owners of the Oklahoma LLC — and of any Wyoming holding LLC above it — must still be reported to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act, which is not open to public search.
18 O.S. § 2034 — sole and exclusive remedy, explicit single-member inclusion, subject to a federal bankruptcy caveat. 18 O.S. § 2034 makes the charging order the sole and exclusive remedy against a member's interest and states this applies 'whether the limited liability company has one member or more than one member' — explicit language in the same tier as Wyoming and North Dakota. The important caveat: because federal bankruptcy law controls what enters a bankruptcy estate, a trustee can potentially become a 'substituted member' of a single-member LLC and bypass Oklahoma's state-law protection entirely if a creditor forces an involuntary bankruptcy — a risk specific to single-member LLCs.
Oklahoma charges a $25 Annual Certificate due in the LLC's anniversary month — the same filing that requires a member or manager signature and becomes public. Oklahoma's corporate franchise tax was fully repealed for 2024 forward and never applied to LLCs. Pass-through income is taxed to members at Oklahoma's graduated rate, with a top marginal rate cut to 4.50% for 2026.
Note: Confirm the $100 formation fee and $25 Annual Certificate fee directly at sos.ok.gov. The bankruptcy-trustee 'substituted member' risk described above is a sophisticated, fact-specific issue — verify its current status with an attorney before relying on Oklahoma's charging-order statute as complete protection in a high-stakes situation.
Not on the Articles of Organization, which require only the registered agent and a management-structure designation. But 18 O.S. § 2055.2 requires the Annual Certificate — due every year in the LLC's anniversary month, $25 — to be signed by a member or manager, and that certificate is a public record once filed.
Name a Wyoming holding LLC as the member of the Oklahoma company, and have a manager — a formation service or attorney, not you personally — sign each year's Annual Certificate. That keeps the recurring public filing from naming an individual.
The statute is excellent on paper — 18 O.S. § 2034 explicitly extends exclusive-remedy protection to single-member LLCs. The real-world caveat is federal bankruptcy law: a trustee can potentially become a 'substituted member' of a single-member LLC in a forced bankruptcy, bypassing the state-law protection, which is worth discussing with an attorney if asset protection is a primary goal.
Bottom line: Oklahoma's Articles of Organization stay quiet on ownership, but the annually signed, publicly filed Annual Certificate is where a name surfaces — so a Wyoming holding LLC as member, with a manager signing the certificate, is what keeps the structure private year after year.