Foreign registration · no form number

New Jersey LLC Foreign Registration in Montana

Montana registers an LLC from New Jersey as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana asks nothing of New Jersey here, not even the Standing Certificate. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your New Jersey records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What New Jersey and Montana each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	Montana registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate (not needed here)	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$50	$70 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed online with Montana
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	nj.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report, $20, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month each year	April 15
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

How New Jersey companies register with Montana

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Montana registered agent, with your New Jersey name and formation date. No New Jersey paperwork holds up the Montana filing. Once Montana approves it, the New Jersey company can do business there.

Your New Jersey name and Montana's rules

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

Your Montana agent and the New Jersey one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and New Jersey

Each year your LLC files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Jersey plus Montana comes to $244 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Montana

A corporation formed in New Jersey files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Montana company in New Jersey

An LLC formed in Montana that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($5). See that filing.

Questions New Jersey owners ask about Montana

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Montana?

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

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

$269 at checkout, with nothing to pay New Jersey.

Do I need New Jersey's certificate of good standing?

No, Montana takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Montana?

$244 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $20 to Montana for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Montana?

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

Can I form a new Montana LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Montana later?

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

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