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Foreign registration · no form number

Mississippi LLC Foreign Registration in Montana

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

Mississippi and Montana side by side

	Mississippi formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Mississippi Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$70 at order
How it is handled	Mississippi: online, available as soon as it is paid for	Filed online with Montana
Office	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.ms.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $20, every year
Due	April 15	April 15
Agent	Your Mississippi registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Mississippi to Montana, step by step

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

Your Mississippi name and Montana's rules

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

Your Montana agent and the Mississippi one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and Mississippi

Each year your LLC files Mississippi's Annual Report (no fee) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Mississippi plus Montana comes to $169 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Mississippi to Montana

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

The other way: Montana into Mississippi

An LLC formed in Montana that registers with Mississippi files Form F0200 with $250 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($5) dated within 180 days. See that filing.

Questions Mississippi owners ask about Montana

Does my Mississippi company need to register in Montana?

Yes, once a Mississippi 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 Mississippi.

Do I need Mississippi's certificate of good standing?

No, Montana takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Mississippi and Montana?

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

What if I don't register with Montana?

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

Can I form a new Montana LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Montana later?

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

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