Foreign registration · no form number

Illinois Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

Montana registers a corporation from Illinois as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for Illinois's Certificate of Good Standing ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Illinois records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Illinois and Montana each ask for

	Illinois formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Illinois Certificate of Good Standing	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$70 at order
How it is handled	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed online with Montana
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	ilsos.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05), $75, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year	April 15
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Illinois to Montana, step by step

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

Will your Illinois name work for Montana?

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

Your Montana agent and the Illinois one

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

Staying in good standing in Illinois and Montana

Each year your corporation files Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Illinois plus Montana comes to $224 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to Montana

An LLC formed in Illinois files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Illinois's Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) ($75) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

Questions Illinois owners ask about Montana

Does my Illinois company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Montana registration cost?

$269 at checkout; Montana may also want Illinois's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and Montana?

$224 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to Illinois and nothing to Montana for the yearly reports.

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

Yes, but Illinois keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Montana's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05).

How do I get an Illinois certificate of good standing?

Illinois issues the Certificate of Good Standing online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link ($25).

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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