Foreign registration · no form number

New Hampshire Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

Montana registers a corporation from New Hampshire as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your New Hampshire records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What New Hampshire and Montana each ask for

	New Hampshire formed here	Montana registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$70 at order
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed online with Montana
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $100, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	April 1	April 15
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$15 late fee
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

How New Hampshire companies register with Montana

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

Your New Hampshire name and Montana's rules

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

Your Montana agent and the New Hampshire one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and New Hampshire

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

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to Montana

An LLC formed in New Hampshire files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Montana company in New Hampshire

A corporation formed in Montana that registers with New Hampshire files Form 40 with $102 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions New Hampshire owners ask about Montana

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and Montana?

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

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

What does a Montana company file to register in New Hampshire?

It files Form 40 with $102 in state fees.

How do I get a New Hampshire certificate of good standing?

New Hampshire issues the Certificate of Good Standing online ($5). It comes as a short form ($5) or a long form ($10).

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