Foreign registration · no form number

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

Montana registers a corporation from New Jersey as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your New Jersey records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What New Jersey and Montana each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	Montana registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$70 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed online with Montana
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	nj.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	April 15
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

How New Jersey companies register with Montana

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

Will your New Jersey name work for Montana?

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

Agents: Montana and New Jersey

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

Yearly filings: Montana and New Jersey

Each year your corporation files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Jersey plus Montana comes to $224 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Montana

An LLC formed in New Jersey files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Montana into New Jersey

A corporation formed in Montana that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($5). See that filing.

Common questions: New Jersey to Montana

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Montana registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Montana?

$224 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and nothing to Montana for the yearly reports.

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

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

It files New Jersey's registration with $100 in state fees, plus Montana's good standing certificate.

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

New Jersey issues the Standing Certificate online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person ($25).

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