Foreign registration · Form FA

Montana Corporation Foreign Registration in Kansas

To do business in Kansas, a corporation formed in Montana registers there on Form FA, with $115 in state fees. Kansas asks nothing of Montana here, not even the Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Montana records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What Montana and Kansas each ask for

	Montana formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	Montana Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	$5	$115 at order
How it is handled	Montana: online	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	biz.sosmt.gov	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Business Entity Information Report, fee set by the state, every two years
Due	April 15	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Agent	Your Montana registered agent	Our Kansas resident agent

How Montana companies register with Kansas

We prepare and file Form FA
It lists us as your Kansas resident agent, next to your Montana name and formation date. No Montana paperwork holds up the Kansas filing. Once Kansas approves it, the Montana company can do business there.

Will your Montana name work for Kansas?

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

Your Kansas agent and the Montana one

Kansas calls it a resident agent; Montana says registered agent. Kansas papers come to us; Montana's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Kansas and Montana

Montana wants the Annual Report every year (no fee); Kansas wants the Business Entity Information Report every two years. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Montana to Kansas

An LLC formed in Montana files Form FA with Kansas ($115 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Montana's Annual Report ($20) and Kansas's Information Report ($5). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Kansas into Montana

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

Questions Montana owners ask about Kansas

Does my Montana company need to register in Kansas?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Kansas calls it registration for Montana corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

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

$314 at checkout, with nothing to pay Montana.

Do I need Montana's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for Montana and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Montana's report (no fee) and Kansas's report (fee set by the state, every two years).

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Kansas corporation instead?

Yes, but Montana keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Kansas's Business Entity Information Report, and the original keeps Montana's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

Montana companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business; until then, Kansas's report stays due alongside Montana's filings.

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