MT registered agent
Montana registered agent service, $5 a year
Montana requires every corporation and LLC on its books to keep a registered agent at a real address in the state. Here is what Montana law says about who that agent has to be and where it has to be.
What Montana requires of a registered agent
The requirement
In the words of the Montana code:
"Noncommercial registered agent" means a person that is not listed ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-7-102(13), 35-7-104; MCA 35-14-501(1)
How we comply
We don't.
What Montana does to your company when we don't
Here is what the state does to an entity that has no agent, or whose agent is us.
Administrative dissolution
The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under 35-14-1421 to dissolve a corporation administratively if: ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-14-1420(3)-(4); procedure at 35-14-1421
Administrative dissolution
A domestic limited liability company may be dissolved involuntarily ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-8-209(1)(a); procedure at 35-8-914
Revocation (foreign entities)
The secretary of state may terminate the registration of a registered foreign corporation in the manner provided in subsections (2) and (3) if: ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-14-1511(1)(c)-(d); see also MCA 35-8-1011(2)-(3) (foreign LLCs)
The bill to come back
Reinstatement fee
A corporation administratively dissolved under 35-14-1421 may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement within 5 years after the effective date of dissolution. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-14-1422(1)-(2); see also MCA 35-8-912 (LLCs)
What happens to the lawsuit you never saw
Substituted service
If a corporation does not have a registered agent or the agent ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-14-504(2)-(3); see also MCA 35-7-113(2)
One more thing to skip: the Montana annual report
Annual report fee, LLC
Montana charges nothing to file the annual report. You could skip it anyway, for practice.
Annual Report 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 fee, corporation
Montana charges nothing to file the annual report. You could skip it anyway, for practice.
Annual Report - Prior To April 15th WAIVED / Annual Report - ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: MT SOS Business Services Filing Fees - Corporations, Both Domestic & Foreign Filings
Statutory text as captured by incFACTS (retrieved 2026-08-01, verified word-for-word against the state code 2026-08-10). Laws change. The statute governs; this page does not.