Foreign registration · no form number

Virginia Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

A corporation formed in Virginia that wants to do business in Montana files an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for Virginia's Certificate of Good Standing ($6). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Virginia records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Virginia and Montana side by side

	Virginia formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Good Standing	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$6	$70 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed online with Montana
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due		April 15
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$15 late fee
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

How Virginia companies register with Montana

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

Your Virginia name and Montana's rules

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

Your Montana agent and the Virginia one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and Virginia

Each year your corporation files Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Virginia plus Montana comes to $199 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to Montana

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

Common questions: Virginia to Montana

Does my Virginia company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Montana registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Montana?

$199 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to Virginia and nothing to Montana for the yearly reports.

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

How do I get a Virginia certificate of good standing?

Virginia issues the Certificate of Good Standing online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System ($6).

Is the filing the same for an LLC?

No: an LLC files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees).

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