Q: How to Reinstate a Business

${youtube}<a href="lxfLB5ZEwFs">How to Reinstate Your Montana Business</a> To Reinstate a Business: Montana (domestic) corporations and LLCs are eligible for reinstatement within 5 years of their dissolution date. Out-of-state (foreign) entity types are not eligible to reinstate and must requalify. Most domestic business registrations require a Title 15 Certificate from the MT Department of Revenue to be reinstated. Request the certificate through the Department of Revenue's <a href="https://tap.dor.mt.gov/_/?Link=TaxCert">Transaction Portal</a>. (A certificate is not required for single-member LLCs not taxed as corporations.) Once you have your Title 15 certificate, please follow the steps below. Note that you must file all missing annual reports AND a reinstatement application to return the registration to an active status. File your annual reports <ol> <li>Visit the online filing portal at <a href="https://biz.sosmt.gov/">https://biz.sosmt.gov/</a></li> <li>Sign in to the site with your username and password. (If you don’t have an account, click the login button and you’ll see where you can create one.)</li> <li>Once signed in, search for the business registration using the “Search” in the left-side menu.</li> <li>Click on the business name in the results list, and find a panel on the right side of the screen.</li> <li>Click the “File Annual Report” button, follow the steps, and make the payment ($35) to file each missing annual report. Complete the reinstatement</li> <li>When the annual reports are completed for all previ</li> </ol>

Q: How do I find my Articles of Organization?

Access the online filing portal at <a href="https://biz.sosmt.gov/">biz.sosmt.gov</a>, search for your business, click on the business name in the results list, go to the right-side panel at the bottom to view filings, and download the document. Articles and original registration documents are labeled as “Initial Filing.”

Question 1

Request for Business Documents and Certificates

Accepted Answer

Principal Extract & Search Reports To Request Business Certificates or Certified Copies of Business Documents:

Please access the online filing portal at https://biz.sosmt.gov/
Click “Login” and sign into the site with your username and password. (If you don’t have an account, click the “login” button, then “create an account.”)
Search for the business by name or folder ID.
In search results, click on the business name to open the record.
On the right, click “Request Information.” On the Request Details page, select “Certified Copies of Documents” or the business certificate you would like to request.
- The fee is $10 for all document copies.
Pay with credit/debit card, or e-check. Obtain Business Principal Extract Report

This will return all principals related to a specific business

Access the online portal here
Search for and select the business name
Click Request Information and follow the steps
Submit payment
Download the report Obtain Principal Search Report

This will return specific principals associated to any business

Access the online portal here
Click on Forms
Click on the Request Business Information tab
Select Principal Search
Enter the required principal information
Submit payment
Download the report

Question 2

How do I file my annual report?

Accepted Answer

What is an “annual report?” Annual reports are required for all limited liability companies (LLCs) and corporations (profit and nonprofit). The annual report filed with the Secretary of State’s office ensures your registration remains up to date and confirms that you are an active business in Montana. It is a renewal of your registration information, where you can update the business mailing address, registered agent, shares (if applicable), and principals of record. It is not a tax or earnings report.

The Secretary of State's Office will waive the fee for all annual reports filed between January 1st and April 15th.

If your business information has not changed, file a “no change” annual report using these steps:

Visit our online filing portal at biz.sosmt.gov
“Search” for your business.
Click on the business name in the results list.
On the right-side panel, click the “File Annual Report” button.
Review the information on the report.
To sign, read, and check each declaration box, and fill in all fields marked with a red asterisk. (You may need to scroll down to see all the fields.)
Click “File Online”

If you need to update your business information, file your annual report using these steps:

Visit our online filing portal at biz.sosmt.gov
Click “Login” and sign into the site with your username and password. (If you don’t have an account, click the “login” button, then “creat

Question 3

Currently have a registered Assumed Business Name (ABN/DBA) - Change to a Limited Liability Company (LLC)

Accepted Answer

Currently have a registered Assumed Business Name (ABN/DBA) - Change to an LLC

To change business structures from an Assumed Business Name to a Limited Liability Company, file a conversion to an LLC if the applicant on the registration is a partnership or an association.

In order to keep the same name, if the ABN applicant is an individual, cancel the ABN, then re-register as an LLC.

To Cancel an ABN:

Visit the online filing portal at https://biz.sosmt.gov/
Sign into the site with your username and password. (If you don’t have an account, click the login button and you’ll see where you can create one.)
Search for the business registration using the “Search” in the left-side menu.
Click on the business name in the results list, and find a panel on the right side of the screen.
Go to the Filing Actions button and choose to “Cancel an Assumed Business Name.”
The form will open; complete the application online. Please read all the instructions and be sure to complete every form item that has a red *asterisk. Click on the Question Mark icon to see more information about the fields on each page.
Once the application is completed, click the “FILE ONLINE” button to submit.
When the application is approved, the system will send an email. The email will also provide instructions on how to login to your account and download your confirmation documents. To Register a Limited Liability Company
Visit the online

Question 4

How to Reinstate a Business

Accepted Answer

${youtube}How to Reinstate Your Montana Business

To Reinstate a Business: Montana (domestic) corporations and LLCs are eligible for reinstatement within 5 years of their dissolution date. Out-of-state (foreign) entity types are not eligible to reinstate and must requalify. Most domestic business registrations require a Title 15 Certificate from the MT Department of Revenue to be reinstated. Request the certificate through the Department of Revenue's Transaction Portal. (A certificate is not required for single-member LLCs not taxed as corporations.) Once you have your Title 15 certificate, please follow the steps below. Note that you must file all missing annual reports AND a reinstatement application to return the registration to an active status.

File your annual reports

Visit the online filing portal at https://biz.sosmt.gov/
Sign in to the site with your username and password. (If you don’t have an account, click the login button and you’ll see where you can create one.)
Once signed in, search for the business registration using the “Search” in the left-side menu.
Click on the business name in the results list, and find a panel on the right side of the screen.
Click the “File Annual Report” button, follow the steps, and make the payment ($35) to file each missing annual report. Complete the reinstatement
When the annual reports are completed for all previ

Question 5

How do I find my Articles of Organization?

Accepted Answer

Access the online filing portal at biz.sosmt.gov, search for your business, click on the business name in the results list, go to the right-side panel at the bottom to view filings, and download the document. Articles and original registration documents are labeled as “Initial Filing.”

Question 6

How do I register a "Doing Business As" (DBA) name under my Limited Liability Company (LLC)?

Accepted Answer

Submit an Assumed Business Name application online at https://biz.sosmt.gov/forms/business, selecting your LLC as the applicant on the applicant details page. Note: In Montana, a 'Doing Business As' (DBA) name and an 'Assumed Business Name' (ABN) are the same thing. Both terms refer to a business name that is different from your LLC's legal name. When you register a DBA, you are officially filing an ABN with the Montana Secretary of State. So, submitting an Assumed Business Name application online means you are registering your DBA under your LLC. This allows your LLC to operate using a different name for marketing or branding purposes while keeping the legal protections of your LLC.

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