Set up a Wyoming LLC that protects your assets and keeps your name off public records.
Based on: Your Name Doesn't Have To Be On Public Records - Here's The DIY Anonymous LLC by Toby Mathis Esq | Tax Planning & Asset Protection
What if anyone — an angry tenant, an ambulance-chasing attorney, or a stranger who just found your name online — could pull up a public record right now and see exactly what you own? That is not a hypothetical. It is happening every day to people who formed an LLC thinking they were protected, not realizing they built a treasure map instead of a safe.
Toby Mathis, an attorney with nearly 30 years of experience in tax planning and asset protection, breaks down exactly how this happens and what to do about it. Most people file an LLC online, pay the state fee, and assume the job is done. But if your name is listed as the member, the manager, the organizer, or the registered agent — and if your home address is attached to that filing — you have paperwork, not privacy. Opposing counsel can see it. Creditors can find it. And it signals that you have something worth chasing.
Imagine instead a structure where your name simply does not appear in any public-facing document. No treasure map. No spotlight. No open door. Your assets are in a virtual safe buried where no casual search can find them. That is what a properly formed Wyoming LLC can do for you — and Toby explains exactly why Wyoming is the right choice. Wyoming does not require the member or manager to be listed in the articles of organization at all. Your name is not replaced by a nominee. It is simply not there. Combined with Wyoming's charging order protection statute — which limits a creditor's remedy to a lien on distributions rather than control of your assets — this is one of the cleanest, lowest-cost privacy structures available anywhere in the country.
Toby has helped over 100,000 clients build these structures at Anderson Business Advisors. He is not selling a shortcut. He is sharing the exact framework his firm uses every day: form the right entity, in the right state, with the right documents, for the right assets, before there is ever a problem.
This checklist captures every actionable step from the video — from filing the Wyoming LLC correctly, to getting your EIN, to drafting a real operating agreement, to separating safe assets from risky ones. It tells you what to do, what to avoid, and where people make mistakes. If your name is sitting in a public record right now, this checklist is your starting point for fixing that. Use it to take back your privacy before someone else finds it first.
Every checklist item comes with actionable notes to guide you — things like "Don't forget to do this before you start," "Avoid this common mistake," or "Set a reminder for 30 days out." Nothing vague, just clear next steps.
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