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Colorado LLC Foreign Registration in Montana

An LLC formed in Colorado that wants to do business in Montana files an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana asks nothing of Colorado here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Colorado records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Colorado and Montana each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$70 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with Montana
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.state.co.us	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $20, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	April 15
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$15 late fee
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

How Colorado companies register with Montana

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Montana registered agent, next to your Colorado name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Colorado first, so the Montana filing can go in right away. Once Montana approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

Your Colorado name and Montana's rules

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

Your Montana agent and the Colorado one

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Montana

Each year your LLC files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus Montana comes to $194 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Montana

A corporation formed in Colorado files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Montana company in Colorado

An LLC formed in Montana that registers with Colorado files Colorado's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees; no Montana certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Colorado owners ask about Montana

Does my Colorado company need to register in Montana?

Yes, once a Colorado business operates there; Montana does not count a one-off deal finished within 30 days.

How much does it cost to register a Colorado LLC in Montana?

$269 at checkout, with nothing to pay Colorado.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

No, Montana takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Montana?

$194 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $20 to Montana for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Montana?

A Colorado company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Montana can add a penalty of $5 a day, up to $1,000 a year.

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana LLC instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Montana's Annual Report ($20), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Montana later?

Colorado companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal (foreign limited liability company); until then, Montana's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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