Foreign registration · no form number

Georgia LLC Foreign Registration in Montana

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

Georgia and Montana side by side

	Georgia formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Georgia Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$70 at order
How it is handled	Georgia: online as a PDF, processed immediately with no expedite fee	Filed online with Montana
Office	Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	ecorp.sos.ga.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Registration, $60, every year	Annual Report, $20, every year
Due	April 1	April 15
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$15 late fee
Agent	Your Georgia registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

How Georgia companies register with Montana

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

Will your Georgia name work for Montana?

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

Your Montana agent and the Georgia one

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

Staying in good standing in Georgia and Montana

Each year your LLC files Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Georgia plus Montana comes to $229 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Georgia to Montana

A corporation formed in Georgia files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same). After that come Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Montana company in Georgia

An LLC formed in Montana that registers with Georgia files Form CD 241 with $235 in state fees; no Montana certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Georgia owners ask about Montana

Does my Georgia company need to register in Montana?

Yes, once a Georgia 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 Georgia.

Do I need Georgia's certificate of good standing?

No, Montana takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Georgia and Montana?

$229 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Georgia and $20 to Montana for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Montana?

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

Can I form a new Montana LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Montana later?

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

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