Foreign registration · no form number

Maine Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

To do business in Montana, a corporation formed in Maine registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for Maine's Certificate of Existence ($30). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Maine records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Maine and Montana each ask for

	Maine formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Maine Certificate of Existence	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$30	$70 at order
How it is handled	Maine: online, downloaded from the company's information summary page	Filed online with Montana
Office	Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	apps3.web.maine.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $85, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	June 1	April 15
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$15 late fee
Agent	Your Maine registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Maine to Montana, step by step

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

Will your Maine name work for Montana?

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

Your Montana agent and the Maine one

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

Staying in good standing in Maine and Montana

Each year your corporation files Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maine plus Montana comes to $234 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Maine to Montana

An LLC formed in Maine files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Montana company in Maine

A corporation formed in Montana that registers with Maine files Form MBCA-12 with $250 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. See that filing.

Common questions: Maine to Montana

Does my Maine company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for Maine and Montana?

$234 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $85 to Maine and nothing to Montana for the yearly reports.

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

What does a Montana company file to register in Maine?

It files Form MBCA-12 with $250 in state fees and a $50 required expedite.

How do I get a Maine certificate of good standing?

Maine issues the Certificate of Existence online, downloaded from the company's information summary page ($30).

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