Foreign registration · no form number

Connecticut LLC Foreign Registration in Montana

An LLC formed in Connecticut that wants to do business in Montana files an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana needs nothing from Connecticut: no Certificate of Legal Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Connecticut records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Connecticut and Montana each ask for

	Connecticut formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Connecticut Certificate of Legal Existence (not needed here)	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$50	$70 at order
How it is handled	Connecticut: online, with an express version, or by mail	Filed online with Montana
Office	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	business.ct.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $80, every year	Annual Report, $20, every year
Due	On or before March 31	April 15
Agent	Your Connecticut registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Connecticut to Montana, step by step

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

Your Connecticut name and Montana's rules

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

Your Montana agent and the Connecticut one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and Connecticut

Each year your LLC files Connecticut's Annual Report ($80) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Connecticut plus Montana comes to $249 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Connecticut to Montana

A corporation formed in Connecticut files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same). After that come Connecticut's Annual Report ($150) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Montana company in Connecticut

An LLC formed in Montana that registers with Connecticut files Connecticut's registration (no form number) with $120 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($5) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Connecticut to Montana

Does my Connecticut company need to register in Montana?

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

How much does the Montana registration cost?

$269 at checkout, with nothing to pay Connecticut.

Do I need Connecticut's certificate of good standing?

No, Montana takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Connecticut and Montana?

$249 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $80 to Connecticut and $20 to Montana for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Montana?

A Connecticut 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 Connecticut registered agent stays, and ours covers Montana for year one.

Can I form a new Montana LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Montana later?

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

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