Foreign registration · no form number

Georgia Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

To do business in Montana, a corporation formed in Georgia registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for Georgia's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Georgia records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Georgia and Montana each ask for

	Georgia formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Georgia Certificate of Existence	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$70 at order
How it is handled	Georgia: online as a PDF, processed immediately with no expedite fee	Filed online with Montana
Office	Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	ecorp.sos.ga.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Registration, $60, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	April 1	April 15
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$15 late fee
Agent	Your Georgia registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

How Georgia companies register with Montana

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Montana registered agent, next to your Georgia name and formation date. If Montana wants the Georgia certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Georgia corporation is registered with Montana.

Will your Georgia name work for Montana?

We check your exact Georgia name against Montana's records before filing.

Your Montana agent and the Georgia one

Georgia and Montana both call it a registered agent. Montana papers come to us; Georgia's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Montana and Georgia

Each year your corporation files Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Georgia plus Montana comes to $209 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Georgia to Montana

An LLC formed in Georgia files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Georgia to Montana

Does my Georgia company need to register in Montana?

Yes, once a Georgia business operates there; Montana registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Montana issues one to Georgia corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does it cost to register a Georgia corporation in Montana?

$269 at checkout; Montana may also want Georgia's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Georgia and Montana?

$209 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Georgia and nothing to Montana for the yearly reports.

Does Montana require a registered agent?

Yes: the Georgia registered agent stays, and ours covers Montana for year one.

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

Yes, but Georgia keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Montana's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps Georgia's Annual Registration.

How do I get a Georgia certificate of good standing?

Georgia issues the Certificate of Existence online as a PDF, processed immediately with no expedite fee ($10).

Is the filing the same for an LLC?

No: an LLC files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees).

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