Foreign registration · no form number

Wyoming Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

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

Wyoming vs Montana: the paperwork

	Wyoming formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Wyoming Certificate of Good Standing	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$70 at order
How it is handled	Wyoming: online as an instant PDF with a certificate ID anyone can validate	Filed online with Montana
Office	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	wyobiz.wyo.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $60, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	First day of the corporation's anniversary month	April 15
Agent	Your Wyoming registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Wyoming to Montana, step by step

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

Will your Wyoming name work for Montana?

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

Your Montana agent and the Wyoming one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and Wyoming

Each year your corporation files Wyoming's Annual Report ($60) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Wyoming plus Montana comes to $209 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Wyoming to Montana

An LLC formed in Wyoming files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Wyoming's Annual Report ($61.44) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Montana company in Wyoming

A corporation formed in Montana that registers with Wyoming files Wyoming's registration (no form number) with $150 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Wyoming owners ask about Montana

Does my Wyoming company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Montana registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for Wyoming and Montana?

$209 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Wyoming and nothing to Montana for the yearly reports.

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

What does a Montana company file to register in Wyoming?

It files Wyoming's registration with $150 in state fees.

How do I get a Wyoming certificate of good standing?

Wyoming issues the Certificate of Good Standing online as an instant PDF with a certificate ID anyone can validate (free).

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