Foreign registration · Form 40

Montana Corporation Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

To do business in New Hampshire, a corporation formed in Montana registers there on Form 40, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire may ask for Montana's Certificate of Existence ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division using your Montana records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Montana and New Hampshire side by side

	Montana formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Montana Certificate of Existence	Form 40, Application for Certificate of Authority for Profit Foreign Corporation
State fee	$5	$102 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Montana: online	Filed with New Hampshire
Office	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	biz.sosmt.gov	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	April 15	April 1
Late yearly filing	$15 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Montana registered agent	Our New Hampshire registered agent

From Montana to New Hampshire, step by step

We prepare and file Form 40
It lists us as your New Hampshire registered agent, next to your Montana name and formation date. If New Hampshire wants the Montana certificate, it is ordered first. Once New Hampshire approves it, the Montana company can do business there.

Will your Montana name work for New Hampshire?

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

Agents: New Hampshire and Montana

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

Yearly filings: New Hampshire and Montana

Each year your corporation files Montana's Annual Report (no fee) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Montana plus New Hampshire comes to $249 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Montana to New Hampshire

An LLC formed in Montana files Form FLLC-1 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Montana's Annual Report ($20) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). See the LLC filing.

Registering a New Hampshire company in Montana

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

Questions Montana owners ask about New Hampshire

Does my Montana company need to register in New Hampshire?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: New Hampshire issues one to Montana corporations once the form is approved.

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

$301 at checkout; New Hampshire may also want Montana's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Montana and New Hampshire?

$249 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Montana and $100 to New Hampshire for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

A Montana company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new New Hampshire corporation instead?

Yes, but Montana keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100), and the original keeps Montana's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Montana companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal of a For-Profit Foreign Corporation; until then, New Hampshire's report stays due alongside Montana's filings.

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