Foreign registration · no form number

North Dakota Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

Montana registers a corporation from North Dakota as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for North Dakota's Certificate of Good Standing ($20). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your North Dakota records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What North Dakota and Montana each ask for

	North Dakota formed here	Montana registering here
Document	North Dakota Certificate of Good Standing	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$20	$70 at order
How it is handled	North Dakota: online	Filed online with Montana
Office	North Dakota Secretary of State	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	firststop.sos.nd.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	August 1	April 15
Late yearly filing	$20 late fee	$15 late fee
Agent	Your North Dakota registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From North Dakota to Montana, step by step

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

Will your North Dakota name work for Montana?

We check your exact North Dakota name against Montana's records before filing.

Your Montana agent and the North Dakota one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and North Dakota

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

LLC or corporation, North Dakota to Montana

An LLC formed in North Dakota files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come North Dakota's Annual Report ($50) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Montana into North Dakota

A corporation formed in Montana that registers with North Dakota files North Dakota's registration (no form number) with $145 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: North Dakota to Montana

Does my North Dakota company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for North Dakota and Montana?

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

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

What does a Montana company file to register in North Dakota?

It files North Dakota's registration with $145 in state fees.

How do I get a North Dakota certificate of good standing?

North Dakota issues the Certificate of Good Standing online ($20).

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