Foreign registration · no form number

Washington LLC Foreign Registration in Montana

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

What Washington and Montana each ask for

	Washington formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Washington Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$20	$70 at order
How it is handled	Washington: online as an instant Express download, also emailed	Filed online with Montana
Office	Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	ccfs.sos.wa.gov	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $70, every year	Annual Report, $20, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	April 15
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$15 late fee
Agent	Your Washington registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

How Washington companies register with Montana

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Montana registered agent, next to your Washington name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Washington first, so the Montana filing can go in right away. Once Montana approves it, the Washington company can do business there.

Your Washington name and Montana's rules

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

Your Montana agent and the Washington one

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

Yearly filings: Montana and Washington

Each year your LLC files Washington's Annual Report ($70) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Washington plus Montana comes to $239 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Washington to Montana

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

Registering a Montana company in Washington

An LLC formed in Montana that registers with Washington files Washington's registration (no form number) with $200 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($5) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Washington owners ask about Montana

Does my Washington company need to register in Montana?

Yes, once a Washington 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 Washington.

Do I need Washington's certificate of good standing?

No, Montana takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Washington and Montana?

$239 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $70 to Washington and $20 to Montana for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Montana?

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

Can I form a new Montana LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Montana later?

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

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