MT registered agent
Registered agent service in Montana. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Montana company must appoint a registered agent at a street address in the state. What follows is the statute, quoted where it matters, and our position on it, which is brief.
The statutory requirement in Montana
Requirement
The Montana code provides:
"Noncommercial registered agent" means a person that is not listed as a commercial registered agent under 35-7-106 and that is an individual or a domestic or foreign entity that serves in this state as the agent for service of process of an entity. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-7-102(13), 35-7-104; MCA 35-14-501(1)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
If a corporation does not have a registered agent or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary at the corporation's principal office. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-14-504(2)-(3); see also MCA 35-7-113(2)
Enforcement in Montana
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under 35-14-1421 to dissolve a corporation administratively if: ... (3) the corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 60 days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-14-1420(3)-(4); procedure at 35-14-1421
Administrative dissolution by the state
... or (ii) has failed for 60 days to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this state; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-8-209(1)(a); procedure at 35-8-914
Revocation of foreign authority
The secretary of state may terminate the registration of a registered foreign corporation in the manner provided in subsections (2) and (3) if: ... (c) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 60 days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCA 35-14-1511(1)(c)-(d); see also MCA 35-8-1011(2)-(3) (foreign LLCs)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
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)
The Montana annual report, which you may also decline
Annual report, limited liability company
Montana files the annual report without charge. Decline it regardless.
... April 15th WAIVED / Annual Report After April 15th $35.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: MT SOS Business Services Filing Fees - Limited Liability Companies, Both Domestic & Foreign Filings
Annual report, corporation
Montana files the annual report without charge. Decline it regardless.
... April 15th WAIVED / Annual Report - After April 15th $35.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: MT SOS Business Services Filing Fees - Corporations, Both Domestic & Foreign Filings
Our position
We decline. At this price you may have expected otherwise.
Statutory text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, verified against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are amended. This page is not.