Foreign registration · no form number

Montana Corporation Foreign Registration in North Dakota

North Dakota registers a corporation from Montana as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $145 in state fees. North Dakota may ask for Montana's Certificate of Existence ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State from your Montana records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Montana and North Dakota each ask for

	Montana formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	Montana Certificate of Existence	Foreign Business Corporation Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	$5	$145 at order
How it is handled	Montana: online	Filed online with North Dakota
Office	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	biz.sosmt.gov	sos.nd.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	April 15	May 15
Late yearly filing	$15 late fee	$20 late fee
Agent	Your Montana registered agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

How Montana companies register with North Dakota

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

Will your Montana name work for North Dakota?

North Dakota accepts your Montana name if it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. We search North Dakota's records for Montana's name on file before anything is filed.

Your North Dakota agent and the Montana one

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

Yearly filings: North Dakota and Montana

Each year your corporation files Montana's Annual Report (no fee) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Montana plus North Dakota comes to $174 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Montana to North Dakota

An LLC formed in Montana files its own registration with North Dakota ($135 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($5)). After that come Montana's Annual Report ($20) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a North Dakota company in Montana

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

Common questions: Montana to North Dakota

Does my Montana company need to register in North Dakota?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$344 at checkout; North Dakota may also want Montana's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Montana and North Dakota?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Montana and $25 to North Dakota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

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

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will North Dakota accept my Montana name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new North Dakota corporation instead?

Yes, but Montana keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files North Dakota's Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps Montana's Annual Report.

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