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Foreign registration · no form number

Minnesota LLC Foreign Registration in Montana

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

What Minnesota and Montana each ask for

	Minnesota formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$70 at order
How it is handled	Minnesota: online, issued as soon as it is paid for and kept in the online account for 90 days	Filed online with Montana
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.mn.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $20, every year
Due	December 31	April 15
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Minnesota to Montana, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Montana registered agent, next to your Minnesota name and formation date. No Minnesota paperwork holds up the Montana filing. Once Montana approves it, the Minnesota company can do business there.

Will your Minnesota name work for Montana?

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

Agents: Montana and Minnesota

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

Staying in good standing in Minnesota and Montana

Each year your LLC files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Minnesota plus Montana comes to $169 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Montana

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

The other way: Montana into Minnesota

An LLC formed in Montana that registers with Minnesota files Minnesota's registration (no form number) with $205 in state fees; no Montana certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Minnesota owners ask about Montana

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Montana?

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

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

$269 at checkout, with nothing to pay Minnesota.

Do I need Minnesota's certificate of good standing?

No, Montana takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Montana?

$169 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $20 to Montana for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Montana?

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

Can I form a new Montana LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Montana later?

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

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