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Foreign registration · no form number

Minnesota Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

A corporation formed in Minnesota that wants to do business in Montana files an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Minnesota records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Minnesota and Montana side by side

	Minnesota formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$70 at order
How it is handled	Minnesota: online, issued as soon as it is paid for and kept in the online account for 90 days	Filed online with Montana
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.mn.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	December 31	April 15
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Minnesota to Montana, step by step

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

Your Minnesota name and Montana's rules

We search Montana's records for Minnesota's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Montana agent and the Minnesota one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and Minnesota

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

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Montana

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

The other way: Montana into Minnesota

A corporation formed in Montana that registers with Minnesota files Minnesota's registration (no form number) with $220 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Minnesota to Montana

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Montana?

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

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

What does a Montana company file to register in Minnesota?

It files Minnesota's registration with $220 in state fees.

How do I get a Minnesota certificate of good standing?

Minnesota issues the Certificate of Good Standing online, issued as soon as it is paid for and kept in the online account for 90 days ($5).

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