Foreign registration · no form number

Idaho Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

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

What Idaho and Montana each ask for

	Idaho formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Idaho Certificate of Existence	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$70 at order
How it is handled	Idaho: online or by mail	Filed online with Montana
Office	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sosbiz.idaho.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	April 15
Agent	Your Idaho registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Idaho to Montana, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Montana registered agent, next to your Idaho name and formation date. If Montana wants the Idaho certificate, it is ordered first. Once Montana approves it, the Idaho company can do business there.

Will your Idaho name work for Montana?

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

Agents: Montana and Idaho

Idaho and Montana both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Idaho; ours takes Montana's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Montana and Idaho

Each year your corporation files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Idaho plus Montana comes to $149 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Idaho to Montana

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

Registering a Montana company in Idaho

A corporation formed in Montana that registers with Idaho files Idaho's registration (no form number) with $103.50 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Idaho to Montana

Does my Idaho company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Montana registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for Idaho and Montana?

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

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

What does a Montana company file to register in Idaho?

It files Idaho's registration with $103.50 in state fees.

How do I get an Idaho certificate of good standing?

Idaho issues the Certificate of Existence online or by mail ($10).

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