What a trust is for
A trust is a legal arrangement. A trustee holds property under written terms for beneficiaries. People use one to say who benefits, and on what conditions, without making that property the company’s operating account.
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A trust beside the company, not instead of it
Some people look at a trust when they want a written arrangement for who holds property and who benefits, next to a company that runs a business. Wyoming Digital LLC does not draft trusts or sell a do-it-yourself kit, and we can talk with you about forming the company only.
Not a substitute for an LLC
An LLC is a company created by a state filing, with members and a registered agent. A trust does not create that company, does not give you an agent, and does not replace the articles. You still need the entity if you need a company.
We do not draft it
We are not a law firm and we do not write trust documents. We do not sell a kit of trust forms. Questions about whether a trust fits, and how it should be written, are referred to a licensed lawyer.
Why people mention a trust and an LLC together
A limited liability company is the tool for creating a company: a name on the state record, owners, a registered agent, and a way to contract and open a bank account. A trust is a different tool. It is a private arrangement in which a trustee holds property for beneficiaries according to a written instrument. Some families talk about both because they want a company for the business or the title, and a separate writing about who should benefit from the ownership later. Putting those ideas in one sentence does not make them one product.
A trust is not a shortcut around forming the company. It does not file articles, it does not appoint a registered agent, and it does not give vendors a company to invoice. It is also not a promise that a particular asset is beyond a particular creditor. Whether any arrangement protects anything depends on the documents, the timing, the debts, and the state. Those are legal questions. We will not answer them, and we will not sketch a structure and call it protection.
What you can ask us, and what we refer out
We do not draft trusts, we do not review trust drafts, and we do not sell a do-it-yourself trust kit. If you want to know whether a trust belongs in your plan, what kind, who should be trustee, or how property should be retitled, that conversation belongs with a licensed lawyer who can take the facts. We will refer legal drafting questions out rather than guess. Please do not send us a form and ask us to complete it.
You can contact us about the formation side only. That means the limited liability company or the corporation: the state filing, the operating agreement or bylaws template, and the registered agent for the first year. The published package for that formation is $99 plus the state filing fee. If a lawyer has already told you the company should exist, we can prepare that filing while the lawyer handles the trust. Tell us the state, the entity type, and the company name. Leave the trust terms with your lawyer.
Questions
Can you set up an asset protection trust for me?
No. We do not draft trusts and we do not sell a kit you can fill in at home. Setting up a trust means legal documents and choices that depend on your facts, and that work is for a licensed lawyer. We will refer those questions out. If you want a company formed, contact us about that filing only.
If I have a trust, do I still need an LLC?
If you need a company, yes. A trust does not take the place of a state-filed limited liability company or corporation. The company is what we form. Whether your trust should own the membership interest, or whether you need a trust at all, is a question for your lawyer. We will not provide the steps to create or fund a trust.