Foreign registration · no form number

Oregon Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

Montana registers a corporation from Oregon as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for Oregon's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Oregon records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Oregon and Montana side by side

	Oregon formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Oregon Certificate of Existence	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$70 at order
How it is handled	Oregon: online within minutes; paper requests take about 5 to 10 business days	Filed online with Montana
Office	Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.oregon.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $100, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	Anniversary of incorporation, every year	April 15
Agent	Your Oregon registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Oregon to Montana, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Montana registered agent, next to your Oregon name and formation date. If Montana wants the Oregon certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Oregon corporation is registered with Montana.

Will your Oregon name work for Montana?

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

Your Montana agent and the Oregon one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and Oregon

Each year your corporation files Oregon's Annual Report ($100) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Oregon plus Montana comes to $249 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Oregon to Montana

An LLC formed in Oregon files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Oregon's Annual Report ($100) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Montana company in Oregon

A corporation formed in Montana that registers with Oregon files Form 50 with $275 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Oregon to Montana

Does my Oregon company need to register in Montana?

Yes, once an Oregon business operates there; Montana registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Montana registration cost?

$269 at checkout; Montana may also want Oregon's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Oregon and Montana?

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

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

What does a Montana company file to register in Oregon?

It files Form 50 with $275 in state fees.

How do I get an Oregon certificate of good standing?

Oregon issues the Certificate of Existence online within minutes; paper requests take about 5 to 10 business days ($10).

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