MT registered agent
Registered agent service in Montana, $37 per year, within tolerance
Montana expects each company on its register to keep a registered agent at a street address inside the state. The expectation is set out below in the state's own language. Our performance against it is rated further down. The rating has been consistent.
The Montana annual report, an average obligation
Annual report charge, LLC
Montana accepts the annual report at no charge. File it or do not. Either meets the standard we set.
... Prior To April 15th WAIVED / Annual Report After ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: MT SOS Business Services Filing Fees - Limited Liability Companies, Both Domestic & Foreign Filings
Annual report charge, corporation
Montana accepts the annual report at no charge. File it or do not. Either meets the standard we set.
... - Prior To April 15th WAIVED / Annual Report - After ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: MT SOS Business Services Filing Fees - Corporations, Both Domestic & Foreign Filings
Expectations set by Montana
Expectation
As set out in the Montana code:
... the filing must state: (1) an actual street address or rural route box number in this state; and (2) a mailing address in this state, if different from the address under subsection (1). ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-7-102(13), 35-7-104; MCA 35-14-501(1)
Performance against expectations
Does not meet. Consistently. We regard the consistency as the achievement.
Delivery of papers when the desk is unattended
Service by other means
... If process, notice, or demand cannot be served on a corporation pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) ... then the secretary of state is an agent of the corporation on whom process, notice, or demand may be served.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-14-504(2)-(3); see also MCA 35-7-113(2)
Corrective action available to Montana
Where an agent performs at our level, the state applies the following. Quoted from the code without adjustment, because adjusting it would take effort we have allocated elsewhere.
Dissolution, administrative
... (4) the secretary of state has not been notified within 60 days that the corporation's registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-14-1420(3)-(4); procedure at 35-14-1421
Dissolution, administrative
... By reason of the default, the limited liability company may be involuntarily dissolved by order of the secretary of state, thereby forfeiting its right to transact any business in this state.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-8-209(1)(a); procedure at 35-8-914
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... or (d) the secretary of state has not been notified within 60 days that the foreign corporation's registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-14-1511(1)(c)-(d); see also MCA 35-8-1011(2)-(3) (foreign LLCs)
Return to good standing, priced
Charge to return to good standing
... The corporation shall submit with its application for reinstatement: (a) a certificate from the department of revenue stating that all taxes imposed pursuant to Title 15 have been paid; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-14-1422(1)-(2); see also MCA 35-8-912 (LLCs)
Quoted statutory text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and re-checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are revised at their own pace. This page is revised at ours.