Foreign registration · no form number

Montana Corporation Foreign Registration in Connecticut

Connecticut registers a corporation from Montana as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $385 in state fees. Connecticut may ask for Montana's Certificate of Existence ($5). We file it with the Secretary of the State, Business Services Division from your Montana records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Montana and Connecticut each ask for

	Montana formed here	Connecticut registering here
Document	Montana Certificate of Existence	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$5	$385 at order
How it is handled	Montana: online	Filed online with Connecticut
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division
Official page	biz.sosmt.gov	business.ct.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $435, every year
Due	April 15	Anniversary date of registration in Connecticut
Agent	Your Montana registered agent	Our Connecticut registered agent

From Montana to Connecticut, step by step

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

Will your Montana name work for Connecticut?

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

Your Connecticut agent and the Montana one

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

Yearly filings: Connecticut and Montana

Each year your corporation files Montana's Annual Report (no fee) and Connecticut's Annual Report ($435). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Montana plus Connecticut comes to $584 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Montana to Connecticut

An LLC formed in Montana files its own registration with Connecticut ($120 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($5)). After that come Montana's Annual Report ($20) and Connecticut's Annual Report ($80). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Connecticut company in Montana

A corporation formed in Connecticut that registers with Montana files Montana's registration (no form number) with $70 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Montana owners ask about Connecticut

Does my Montana company need to register in Connecticut?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Connecticut registration cost?

$584 at checkout; Connecticut may also want Montana's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Montana and Connecticut?

$584 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Montana and $435 to Connecticut for the yearly reports.

Does Connecticut require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Connecticut corporation instead?

Yes, but Montana keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Connecticut's Annual Report ($150), and the original keeps Montana's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Connecticut later?

Montana companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Connecticut's report stays due alongside Montana's filings.

What does a Connecticut company file to register in Montana?

It files Montana's registration with $70 in state fees.

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