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Louisiana Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

A corporation formed in Louisiana that wants to do business in Montana files an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for Louisiana's Certificate of Good Standing ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Louisiana records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Louisiana and Montana each ask for

	Louisiana formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Louisiana Certificate of Good Standing	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$70 at order
How it is handled	Louisiana: online or by mail	Filed online with Montana
Office	Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.la.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $30, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	On or before the anniversary of the date of incorporation	April 15
Agent	Your Louisiana registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

How Louisiana companies register with Montana

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

Your Louisiana name and Montana's rules

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

Your Montana agent and the Louisiana one

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

Staying in good standing in Louisiana and Montana

Each year your corporation files Louisiana's Annual Report ($30) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Louisiana plus Montana comes to $179 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Louisiana to Montana

An LLC formed in Louisiana files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Louisiana's Annual Report ($40) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Montana into Louisiana

A corporation formed in Montana that registers with Louisiana files Form 326 with $160 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Louisiana owners ask about Montana

Does my Louisiana company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for Louisiana and Montana?

$179 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $30 to Louisiana and nothing to Montana for the yearly reports.

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

What does a Montana company file to register in Louisiana?

It files Form 326 with $160 in state fees.

How do I get a Louisiana certificate of good standing?

Louisiana issues the Certificate of Good Standing online or by mail ($25).

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