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Foreign registration · no form number

Utah LLC Foreign Registration in Montana

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

What Utah and Montana each ask for

	Utah formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Utah Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$12	$70 at order
How it is handled	Utah: online, emailed automatically on payment	Filed online with Montana
Office	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	commerce.utah.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year	Annual Report, $20, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year	April 15
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$15 late fee
Agent	Your Utah registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Utah to Montana, step by step

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

Will your Utah name work for Montana?

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

Your Montana agent and the Utah one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and Utah

Each year your LLC files Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Utah plus Montana comes to $187 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Utah to Montana

A corporation formed in Utah files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same). After that come Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Montana company in Utah

An LLC formed in Montana that registers with Utah files Utah's registration (no form number) with $59 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($5) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Utah to Montana

Does my Utah company need to register in Montana?

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

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

$269 at checkout, with nothing to pay Utah.

Do I need Utah's certificate of good standing?

No, Montana takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Utah and Montana?

$187 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $18 to Utah and $20 to Montana for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Montana?

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

Can I form a new Montana LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Montana later?

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

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