Foreign registration · no form number

Pennsylvania LLC Foreign Registration in Montana

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

Pennsylvania and Montana side by side

	Pennsylvania formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate (not needed here)	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$40	$70 at order
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed online with Montana
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Annual Report, $20, every year
Due	September 30	April 15
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Montana registered agent

How Pennsylvania companies register with Montana

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Montana registered agent, next to your Pennsylvania name and formation date. No Pennsylvania paperwork holds up the Montana filing. After approval, your Pennsylvania LLC is registered with Montana.

Your Pennsylvania name and Montana's rules

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

Agents: Montana and Pennsylvania

Montana calls it a registered agent; Pennsylvania says registered office. Montana papers come to us; Pennsylvania's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Pennsylvania and Montana

Each year your LLC files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Montana comes to $176 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Montana

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Montana company in Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Montana that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Montana certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Pennsylvania to Montana

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Montana?

Yes, once a Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania.

Do I need Pennsylvania's certificate of good standing?

No, Montana takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Montana?

$176 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and $20 to Montana for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Montana?

A Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Montana for year one.

Can I form a new Montana LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Montana later?

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

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