Foreign registration · no form number

Pennsylvania Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania that wants to do business in Montana files an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Pennsylvania records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Pennsylvania and Montana each ask for

	Pennsylvania formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$40	$70 at order
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed online with Montana
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	June 30	April 15
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Montana registered agent

From Pennsylvania to Montana, step by step

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

Will your Pennsylvania name work for Montana?

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

Agents: Montana and Pennsylvania

Montana calls it a registered agent; Pennsylvania says registered office. Your current registered office stays for Pennsylvania; ours takes Montana's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Montana and Pennsylvania

Each year your corporation files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Montana comes to $156 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Montana

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Montana company in Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Montana that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Montana certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Pennsylvania to Montana

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$269 at checkout; Montana may also want Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Montana?

$156 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and nothing to Montana for the yearly reports.

Does Montana require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Montana for year one.

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

What does a Montana company file to register in Pennsylvania?

It files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees.

How do I get a Pennsylvania certificate of good standing?

Pennsylvania issues the Subsistence Certificate online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form ($40).

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