Montana charges no fee to change the registered agent — the April 15 LLC and corporation report is waived until you are late, and the dissolution clocks are not the same

What Montana actually requires

MCA 35-7-105 is how Montana names the agent. A registered agent filing must state the name of the represented entity’s commercial registered agent. If the entity does not have a commercial registered agent, the filing states the name and address of the noncommercial registered agent. The appointment is an affirmation by the represented entity that the agent has consented to serve. That is the consent. It is not a Florida-style acceptance filed as its own record. The same section says the Secretary of State shall notify the registered agent of filings that contain the agent’s name. That list must be available for at least 14 calendar days, and it must state the type of filing and the name of the entity. We print that 14-day list. We do not invent a longer one.

MCA 35-7-102 is the word list. A commercial registered agent is an individual or a domestic or foreign entity listed under MCA 35-7-106. A noncommercial registered agent is a person that is not on that list and that is an individual or a domestic or foreign entity serving in this state as the agent for service of process of an entity. A registered agent means either of those two. MCA 35-7-106 says an individual or a domestic or foreign entity may become listed by filing a commercial registered agent listing statement. The statement says the person is in the business of serving as a commercial registered agent in this state, and it states the address of a place of business in this state where process may be delivered. The listing takes effect on filing. The fee page we opened does not print a separate commercial-listing dollar. MCA 35-7-103 says the Secretary of State sets fees by rule and does not print that dollar either. We do not invent a listing price. Montana does not run a Nevada-style ten-company commercial-agent register. The commercial bar here is the listing itself.

The Secretary of State’s Business Services help center says that if you are filing a corporation, an LLC, a limited partnership, or an LLLP, a registered agent is required. The same help pages say you can be your own registered agent, or you can appoint a Montana resident or a registered-agent service, and the agent must have a physical Montana address. They also say a noncommercial registered agent is primarily an individual who is their own agent, and that you choose that path if you prefer an individual, a small provider, or to serve as your own registered agent. MCA 35-7-102 lets a noncommercial agent be an individual or a domestic or foreign entity. It does not print North Dakota’s sentence that a business may not serve as its own registered agent. We do not print that ban here. An owner with a physical Montana address may serve. The old LLC section that used to spell out the agent, MCA 35-8-105, is repealed. We do not revive it.

A corporation has its own “shall” sentence. MCA 35-14-501 says each corporation shall continuously maintain in this state a registered office and a registered agent in compliance with Title 35, chapter 7. In that part, “corporation” means both a domestic corporation and a registered foreign corporation. The live LLC chapter does not reprint that “shall” sentence, because MCA 35-8-105 is repealed. The live LLC duty is the one in MCA 35-8-209: fail for 60 days to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this state, and the Secretary of State may dissolve the company. The annual report in MCA 35-8-208 must set forth the information required by MCA 35-7-105. That is the agent line on the report. It is still not the job of taking court papers.

MCA 35-7-104 is the street rule. Whenever this chapter requires a filing to state an address, except the resignation notice’s address for the person who will get the agent’s own notice, the filing must state an actual street address or rural route box number in this state, and a mailing address in this state if it is different. A rural route box can be the street line. A separate mailing line may differ. A post office box alone is not an actual street address. The help center’s shorter sentence is “a physical Montana address,” and one help line says the agent must have a physical and mailing address in Montana. We print the statute’s two lines and the help center’s shorter lines. We do not invent a ban that erases the rural route box, and we do not invent a ban on a mailing address that is different. Northwest’s Montana page says “No P.O. Boxes” and that the agent must be present during business hours. Bizee’s Montana page says a P.O. box does not satisfy the requirement and talks about normal business hours, generally Monday through Friday. LegalZoom’s Montana article says a physical street address, not a P.O. box. ZenBusiness’s Montana page quotes the street-or-rural-route sentence and then adds that the agent must be present during all normal business hours. MCA 35-7-114 does not post Florida-style clock windows. We print the vendors’ hours sentences as vendor copy. We do not treat a company 9-to-5 line as MCA 35-7-104.

MCA 35-7-108 is how the company changes the line. The entity files a statement of change with the Secretary of State. The statement is signed on behalf of the entity. It states the name of the entity and the information that is to be in effect. Interest holders or governors need not approve it. The appointment in that statement is an affirmation that the agent consented. The statement takes effect on filing. As an alternative, the entity may amend its most recent registered agent filing in the manner the other Montana law provides for amending that filing. The fee page prices that statement at NO FEE under corporations, under limited liability companies, and under associations and cooperatives. The limited-partnership table prices “Change Of Agent And/Or Address” at no fee. MCA 35-7-103 does not print those words or a dollar. We print the statute’s silence and the fee page’s “NO FEE.” We do not invent a third change dollar. ZenBusiness’s Montana page, last updated October 22, 2025, says Montana doesn’t charge a fee for the statement of change, and that filing the change on the annual report before April 15 is also no fee for an LLC or a corporation. The no-fee change matches the fee page. The same page says that after April 15 the annual-report fee is $15. The fee page says $35 after April 15. We print both. We do not invent a winner. The same ZenBusiness page also says “Changing your registered agent in Florida.” That sentence is not a Montana rule. Northwest’s Montana page says they will file the change of agent form for you. That is Northwest’s service. The page does not print the state’s no-fee line. Bizee’s Montana page describes a statement of change and does not print “no fee.” LegalZoom’s Montana article, updated April 30, 2026, says they will take care of the paperwork if you change to their service, and that they will pay the fees. The fee page prices the change at no fee. LegalZoom does not print a Montana change dollar. We do not invent one.

MCA 35-7-111 is how an agent steps down. The agent files a statement of resignation that names the entity, names the agent, says the agent resigns, and names the person to whom the agent will send notice. The statement takes effect on the earlier of the 31st day after the day it is filed or the appointment of a new registered agent. The agent shall promptly give the entity notice of the filing date. When the resignation takes effect, the agent ceases to have responsibility for matter tendered to it as agent. A contractual right between the entity and the agent is a different paper. The agent may resign whether or not the entity is in good standing. The fee page does not list a resignation row. ZenBusiness prints the 31-day sentence. That sentence matches MCA 35-7-111. We do not invent a resignation dollar the fee page did not print.

MCA 35-7-114 is the job, in the statute’s own short list. The only duties under this chapter of a registered agent that has complied with the chapter are to forward to the entity, at the address the entity most recently supplied, any process, notice, or demand served on the agent; to provide the notices this chapter requires; and to keep the agent’s own information current. A noncommercial agent keeps the information in the entity’s most recent registered agent filing. A commercial agent keeps the information on its listing. Forwarding court papers is the job. A scan of a catalog is not on that list.

The annual report is a different paper. Say it once so the $35 does not get mixed up with the agent’s job. MCA 35-8-208 says a limited liability company, or a foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business here, delivers an annual report to the Secretary of State. The report sets out the name and the jurisdiction, the information required by MCA 35-7-105, the business mailing address of the principal office, and the managers or the members, depending on who manages the company. A professional LLC also files a statement of qualification with each licensing authority before April 15. That licensing paper is not this Secretary of State report. The information is current as of the date the report is executed. The first report is delivered between January 1 and April 15 of the year after the calendar year of organization or of authority to transact business. Later reports are delivered between January 1 and April 15. MCA 35-14-1621 uses the same January 1 to April 15 window for a domestic corporation and for a foreign corporation registered here. The corporation report sets out the street and mailing address of the registered office and the name of the registered agent at that office. If a corporation’s report is missing required information, the corrected report must be filed by April 15 to be considered timely. These are annual reports. They are not biennial reports. Iowa’s odd-year report and Kansas’s even-or-odd Information Report are different states. We do not import them.

The dollars for that report sit on the fee page, not in MCA 35-8-208 or MCA 35-14-1621. Under corporations, “Annual Report – Prior To April 15th” is WAIVED, and “Annual Report – After April 15th” is $35.00. Under limited liability companies, the same pair is waived before April 15 and $35 after. Under associations and cooperatives, “Annual Report – Prior To April 15th” is $20.00, and after April 15 it is $35. The Secretary’s news page says there is no fee to file the annual report through April 15. It says Secretary Jacobsen waived the annual report filing fee for all Montana businesses that file by April 15, 2026. It says she has waived that fee each year beginning in 2024, and that she announced the 2027 annual report filing fee will be waived. The home page repeats the 2026 waiver for filings between January 1 and April 15, 2026. We print the fee table’s waived LLC and corporation rows, the fee table’s $20 association row, and the news page’s “all Montana businesses” sentence, including 2027. We do not invent a winner. Bizee’s Montana page notes an articles fee of $35 and an annual report due April 15. The fee page prices domestic articles of organization at $35, and domestic profit articles of incorporation at $35. The April 15 date matches the statute. Bizee does not print “waived” or $35 for the report. ZenBusiness prints no fee before April 15 for an LLC or a corporation, as of 2025, and then prints $15 after April 15. The on-time sentence can match the fee table. The $15 does not match the fee table’s $35. LegalZoom’s article prints formation dollars that match the fee page: domestic LLC articles $35, foreign LLC certificate of authority $70, domestic profit articles $35, foreign profit registration $70, and nonprofit articles $20. It does not print the waived report or the $35 late report. We print those vendor sentences next to the fee page. We do not invent a report dollar a page did not print.

The dissolution clocks are the part that is not the same for an LLC and a corporation. MCA 35-8-209 says a domestic limited liability company may be dissolved involuntarily by order of the Secretary of State if it has failed for 60 days after a change of its registered agent to file a statement of the change, or has failed for 60 days to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this state, or has failed for 140 days to file its annual report within the time required by law, or has failed to remit fees required by law. Fraud and abuse of authority are separate grounds that go through a district court. We print the 60-day agent grounds and the 140-day report ground. We do not shorten 140 days to the corporation’s 120. MCA 35-8-912 says an LLC dissolved under that section may apply for reinstatement within 5 years after the effective date. The application says the assets have not been liquidated and that a majority of the members authorized it. The company submits a Department of Revenue certificate that Title 15 taxes have been paid, unless the LLC has only one member and has not elected to be taxed as a corporation, and it submits all annual reports not yet filed. The Secretary of State may not order a reinstatement if 5 years have elapsed since the date of dissolution. When reinstatement happens, it relates back, and the company is considered to have been an existing legal entity from the original organization. The fee page prices LLC reinstatement at $35.00 plus an additional $35.00 a year for each year of delinquent annual reports. The statute does not print that dollar. We print the fee page’s dollar. We do not invent a shorter cure.

MCA 35-14-1420 is the corporation list. The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding if the corporation does not pay fees, interest, or penalties within 60 days after they are due; does not deliver its annual report within 120 days after it is due; is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 60 days or more; has not notified the Secretary of State within 60 days that the agent or the office changed, that the agent resigned, or that the office was discontinued; or if the period of duration in the articles expires. MCA 35-14-1421 is what happens next, and it is not the LLC procedure. On or before September 1 of each year, the Secretary of State compiles a list of corporations for which a ground exists and serves written notice. Unless the ground is fixed within 90 days after delivery or publication of the notice, the Secretary of State dissolves the corporation and the corporation forfeits its right to carry on business in the state. Administrative dissolution does not terminate the authority of the registered agent. MCA 35-14-1422 says a corporation administratively dissolved may apply for reinstatement within 5 years. The application must include a Department of Revenue certificate that Title 15 taxes have been paid. The corporation statute does not print the LLC’s single-member exception. It also says the filing fee is set by the Secretary of State under section 2-15-405. The fee page prints the dollars: a profit corporation’s reinstatement is $30.00 plus $35.00 a year for each year of delinquent annual reports, and a nonprofit corporation’s reinstatement is $10.00 plus $35.00 a year. When corporation reinstatement is effective, it relates back, and the corporation resumes business as if the dissolution had never occurred. Bizee’s Montana page says there is no grace period and that the state can suspend the LLC. MCA 35-8-209 prints 60 days and 140 days, and it says dissolved involuntarily. It does not print “no grace period,” and it does not print “suspension.” LegalZoom’s article says dissolution if the business does not appoint a new agent within 60 days. That 60-day sentence can match the agent ground. It does not print the 140-day LLC report clock or the corporation’s 120 days plus 90 days. We print those vendor sentences. We do not invent a winner.

MCA 35-7-113 says the registered agent is an agent of the represented entity authorized to receive service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the entity. If an entity that filed a registered agent filing no longer has a registered agent, or if the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served in accordance with any applicable judicial rules and procedures. Service on a registered agent must be in the form of a written document. Service may also be perfected by any other means prescribed by law other than this chapter. We do not invent a path that makes the Secretary of State the substitute agent. That sentence is not in MCA 35-7-113. We do not invent Florida-style 10-to-noon and 2-to-4 windows.

The public lookup sits on the business search. Confirm the live line on the business search before you treat a marketing city as current. The help center says you open the entity and read the registered agent’s name and address on the record. The commercial list is a different list, at biz.sosmt.gov/lists. Headquarters is not the registered office. The Secretary of State’s Helena contacts are not a vendor suite.

The contact page prints the mail address as Montana Capitol Building, Room 260, P.O. Box 202801, Helena, MT 59620-2801. The general line is 406-444-2034. Business and UCC services are 406-444-3665 and sosbusiness@mt.gov. Those lines are Secretary of State contacts. They are not a vendor’s registered office. Montana does not post Florida-style 10-to-noon and 2-to-4 windows. We do not treat a company 9-to-5 line as MCA 35-7-114.

Cited prices, retrieved September 23, 2026

We print what the company’s official registered-agent page said on the retrieval date. No company publishes a different Montana registered-agent price from the national card, except where we note a Montana-page sentence. We do not invent a renewal.

• Northwest Registered Agent: official page: “$125 Per Year.” Same price in year two on the national card. Five or more states is $100 a year per state. Retrieved September 23, 2026 from northwestregisteredagent.com/registered-agent and the Montana product page. The Montana page says they collect the first year’s fee up front and send an invoice about a year later. First year free only if you form through them. We do not treat that bundle as the standalone price. The Montana page says they scan documents from their office in downtown Whitefish, Montana, and that scans are same-day. It does not print a street. The same company also sells extra mail scans and unlimited mail forwarding. Those extras are a different product. We do not grade those extras as the registered-agent job. The same page says they will file the change of agent form for you. That is their service. The fee page prices the statement of change at no fee. We do not invent a Northwest state-fee dollar the registered-agent page did not print. The same page says the agent must list a physical address and be present during business hours, and it says “No P.O. Boxes.” That clock and that box sentence are Northwest copy. MCA 35-7-104 allows a street or a rural route box, and a mailing address if it is different. We do not treat Northwest’s hours line as MCA 35-7-114.
• Bizee: official registered-agent page: free first year with formation; standalone $149/year; year two $149/year. Retrieved September 23, 2026 from bizee.com/business-management/registered-agent and the Montana product page. That Montana page notes a filing fee of $35 for articles of organization and an annual report due April 15. The fee page prices domestic articles of organization at $35. MCA 35-8-208 puts the report between January 1 and April 15. We print those matching sentences. The same page does not print the no-fee change, the waived on-time report, or the $35 late report. It says there is no grace period and that the state can suspend the company. MCA 35-8-209 prints 60 days and 140 days, and it says dissolved involuntarily. After a free first year with formation, the official card says the agent service is $149 a year. The same page says Bizee owns offices in all 50 states. It names no Montana street. The same page talks about normal business hours. That is Bizee copy. We print those vendor sentences. We do not invent a Montana-only price from a missing dollar.
• LegalZoom: official overview retrieved September 23, 2026: “$249/year.” The footnote says the service auto-renews at the purchase rate until you cancel, and the renewal rate is subject to change. The purchase price is for a first-time registered-agent customer. We do not invent a year-two number LegalZoom did not print. Retrieved from legalzoom.com/…/registered-agent-overview.html and the Montana article, updated April 30, 2026. The article says their Billings office is open during normal business hours. It does not print a street. It prints formation fees of $35, $70, and $20 that match the fee page. It says dissolution can follow if you do not appoint a new agent within 60 days. That 60-day sentence can match the agent ground. It does not print the 140-day LLC report clock. It says they will pay the fees to change the agent. The fee page prices that change at no fee. The article does not print a change dollar. That Billings clock is LegalZoom copy. We print those vendor sentences. We do not invent a higher year-two number.
• ZenBusiness: official pricing help page: $99 plus state fees for the first year, and renewal at $199 a year. Retrieved September 23, 2026 from the pricing help page and the Montana page. The Montana page was last updated October 22, 2025. It does not print $99 or $199. It talks about $100 to a few hundred dollars a year as a market range. That range is not a ZenBusiness price. It notes that the statement of change has no fee, and that a resignation stays in place for 31 days unless a replacement is appointed sooner. Those two sentences match the fee page and MCA 35-7-111. It says the annual report before April 15 has no fee for an LLC or a corporation, and that after April 15 the fee is $15. The fee page says waived before April 15 and $35 after. We print both. The page publishes no ZenBusiness street. It prints Secretary of State contacts at P.O. Box 202801, Helena. Those lines are the office. They are not ZenBusiness. The national page says they currently do not offer registered-agent service to PLLCs or nonprofits. That is their national exclusion, not a Montana statute. We keep the $99 and $199 card. We do not invent a Montana-only price.

A change of registered agent is a separate Secretary of State filing. The fee page prices it at no fee. MCA 35-7-103 does not print a dollar. ZenBusiness prints no fee. Northwest says their filing service covers the change and does not print the state line. Bizee does not print “no fee.” LegalZoom says they will pay the fees and does not print a dollar. The annual report can list the agent. It is still not the registered-agent job. The waived on-time report, and the $35 late report, are not this change.

Who publishes a Montana street

A city is not a registered office. We print only the streets the companies publish for registered-agent use. We do not invent the rest. Confirm the live name and street on the business search before you file. Headquarters is not the registered office. The Secretary of State’s Helena contacts are not vendor suites. The commercial-agent list says those companies filed a listing. It is not an endorsement.

• Northwest. The Montana product page says they scan documents from their office in downtown Whitefish, Montana. It does not print a street or a suite. The Secretary of State’s commercial registered agent list, read on September 23, 2026, includes a line named NORTHWEST REGISTERED AGENT LLC with the email support@northwestregisteredagent.com and a link to the Montana product page. The report we opened does not pair that name with one clean street. We do not pick Whitefish or Missoula from a scrambled line, and we do not invent a suite the product page did not print. Northwest also sells extra mail scans. Those extras are a different product. The city is vendor-claimed. Use the business search for the name on your own filing.
• Bizee. Claims owned offices in all 50 states. The official registered-agent page names no Montana street. The live Montana product page names no Montana street. The contact page lists 17350 State Highway 249, Suite 220, Houston, TX 77064 as headquarters. That address is not a Montana registered-agent street.
• LegalZoom. The Montana article says the Billings office is open during normal business hours. It does not print a street. The commercial-agent list includes UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC. with the email ramanagement@legalzoom.com. The report we opened does not pair that name with one clean street. We do not invent 1925 Grand Avenue, and we do not pick Billings or Helena. We do not treat a LegalZoom virtual-mail street as the registered-agent street.
• ZenBusiness. The Montana registered-agent page publishes no ZenBusiness street or city. It prints Secretary of State office contacts. Those lines are the office. They are not ZenBusiness. We do not treat P.O. Box 202801 or the Capitol as their suite. ZenBusiness does not appear on the commercial-agent list we opened.

If you are your own registered agent, the street on the public record is often your home. The help center says you may serve if the agent has a physical Montana address. MCA 35-7-104 says the filing states an actual street address or a rural route box, and a mailing address if it is different. A commercial mailbox is not that street line. If you hire a commercial registered agent, the agent line is that organization’s name, and the street on the filing still has to be a real Montana address, not a mail drop. Northwest’s product page names downtown Whitefish and prints no suite. Bizee publishes no Montana street. LegalZoom names Billings and prints no street. ZenBusiness publishes no ZenBusiness street. We label every published city vendor-claimed. Use the business search.

The no-fee change, the waived report, and the two clocks

Montana wants a registered agent. A commercial agent is listed. A noncommercial agent is an individual or an entity that is not listed, and the filing states that agent’s address. You can be your own agent if you have a physical Montana address. The statute does not print North Dakota’s ban on the company naming itself. The address is an actual street or a rural route box in Montana, plus a mailing address if it is different. Change the agent on a statement of change. MCA 35-7-103 does not print a dollar. The fee page prices that statement at no fee for an LLC and for a corporation. ZenBusiness prints no fee. Northwest’s filing service is their service and does not print the state line. Bizee does not print “no fee.” LegalZoom does not print a change dollar. Resignation ends on the 31st day, or sooner if a new agent is appointed. The fee page does not list a resignation fee. The LLC and the corporation each file an annual report between January 1 and April 15. On the fee page, that on-time report is waived, and a late report is $35. Associations and cooperatives still show $20 on time. The Secretary’s news page says the waiver covers all Montana businesses that file by April 15, 2026, and that 2027 will be waived. An LLC that waits 140 days on the report, or 60 days on the agent, may be dissolved. A corporation’s report clock is 120 days, and the September 1 notice then gives 90 days to cure. You can apply to put either one back within 5 years. The LLC reinstatement on the fee page is $35 plus $35 for each delinquent report year. A profit corporation is $30 plus $35 a year. A nonprofit is $10 plus $35 a year. The annual report lists the agent. It is not the job. Montana does not post a Florida-style 10-to-noon and 2-to-4 clock, and it does not run a Nevada-style ten-company commercial-agent register. Northwest’s product page claims downtown Whitefish and prints no street. LegalZoom claims Billings and prints no street. ZenBusiness publishes Secretary of State contacts, not a ZenBusiness suite. Bizee names no Montana street. Process Score has not been to those offices. We do not treat a company 9-to-5 line as MCA 35-7-114.

Service of process, not marketing mail

We grade scan-and-forward of service of process and official notices:

• Bizee: notifications by text and email; court papers mailed via FedEx with tracking; portal upload by employees. The Montana page talks about owned offices and does not print a Montana street. Contact-page support hours are Monday–Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. CST. Those are support hours, not registered-office hours.
• Northwest: “We scan every document you receive right where you receive it—in our office.” The Montana page adds same-day scans at the Whitefish office. Their extra mail-scan product is a different product. We do not grade those extras as a mailbox.
• LegalZoom: upload, email, and a postcard for urgent legal mail; they say they shred junk mail. The Montana article names Billings and no street. Junk-mail shredding is not the job we score. That clock is not the statute.
• ZenBusiness: scan and upload to a dashboard; email; overnight the original for urgent legal notices. Their own FAQ says you cannot use the agent address as your business address. Their national product currently excludes PLLCs and nonprofits; that is their exclusion, not a Montana statute. The Montana page prints Secretary of State contacts. Those lines are office copy. They are not MCA 35-7-105.

Home-address privacy

A commercial registered agent is how most Montana owners keep a home off the agent line. The Secretary of State still publishes the registered agent’s name and address, and it still publishes the managers or members the annual report requires. Privacy of the agent line is not privacy of every field. A Montana limited liability company and a Montana corporation must keep a registered agent. The company cannot leave that line blank, and it cannot use a post office box alone as that street. Confirm the live line on the business search.

Scorecards

What this page does not do

• It does not rank mailbox networks or virtual offices.
• It does not publish combined star ratings or a fake 4.8.
• It does not treat a company 9-to-5 line as MCA 35-7-114.
• It does not treat the April 15 annual report, or the waived fee, or the $35 late fee, as the registered-agent job. The report lists the agent. The job is taking court papers.
• It does not invent a change dollar. MCA 35-7-103 does not print one. The fee page prints NO FEE.
• It does not invent a resignation dollar. The fee page does not list one.
• It does not invent a commercial-listing dollar. The fee page we opened does not print one.
• It does not invent a Bizee or Northwest or LegalZoom change dollar the pages we used did not print. ZenBusiness’s no-fee sentence matches the fee page.
• It does not treat Northwest’s “we will file the change for you” as a state fee. That line is their service.
• It does not treat ZenBusiness’s $15 late-report sentence as the fee page’s $35. We print both.
• It does not treat ZenBusiness’s “$100 to a few hundred” range as ZenBusiness’s Montana price.
• It does not invent a winner between the fee table’s $20 association row and the news page’s waiver for all businesses.
• It does not treat the LLC’s 140-day report clock as the corporation’s 120-day clock, or skip the corporation’s 90-day cure.
• It does not invent a sentence that a Montana company may never be its own agent. That is a North Dakota rule. The help center says you can be your own agent. MCA 35-7-102 lets an individual or an entity serve as a noncommercial agent.
• It does not revive MCA 35-8-105. That section is repealed.
• It does not treat a Houston headquarters as a Montana street.
• It does not treat P.O. Box 202801, or the Capitol, as a vendor suite. Those contacts are the Secretary of State.
• It does not invent a Montana-only price a company did not print.
• It does not invent a LegalZoom or Northwest street the pages and the agent list did not pair.
• It does not treat a post office box alone as the street line. A rural route box can be that line. A mailing address may be different.
• It does not pretend a Montana limited liability company or corporation may skip the registered agent.
• It does not treat Northwest’s extra mail-scan product as the registered-agent job.
• It does not treat ZenBusiness’s exclusion of PLLCs and nonprofits as a Montana statute.
• It does not score Montana tax filings. A Department of Revenue certificate on reinstatement is not the registered-agent job.

Choosing among being the agent yourself, asking a lawyer, or hiring a commercial agent: DIY vs lawyer vs commercial. California’s scorecard is a different statute: California scorecard. Texas keeps the written consent with the company: Texas scorecard. Florida files the acceptance and posts a 10–noon / 2–4 clock: Florida scorecard. Delaware bans a virtual-only agent and sets the commercial bar above 50: Delaware scorecard. New York starts with the Secretary of State already on the agent line: New York scorecard. Nevada makes a commercial agent register at ten companies: Nevada scorecard. Wyoming bans UPS stores and virtual addresses as the registered office: Wyoming scorecard. Arizona makes the statutory-agent appointment wait on a signed acceptance: Arizona scorecard. Illinois gives you 60 days after your agent resigns, then you are not in good standing: Illinois scorecard. Ohio cancels the articles if you miss the 30-day statutory-agent notice: Ohio scorecard. Georgia wants the registered office at the same street as the agent: Georgia scorecard. Pennsylvania files a registered office, not a registered agent: Pennsylvania scorecard. New Jersey wants a street for your registered agent and will not take a P.O. Box alone: New Jersey scorecard. Colorado will not take a commercial mailbox or a P.O. Box as the registered-agent street: Colorado scorecard. North Carolina’s LLC annual report is $200 paper or $203 online by April 15. That filing is not the registered-agent job: North Carolina scorecard. Virginia’s LLC pays a $50 annual registration fee and files no annual report: Virginia scorecard. Washington files the agent’s prior consent and will not take a P.O. Box or a PMB as the street: Washington scorecard. Michigan’s statute names a resident agent and sends the filing to LARA: Michigan scorecard. Indiana’s live statute names a registered agent. Older Indiana law called the same job resident agent: Indiana scorecard. Massachusetts’s LLC statute names a resident agent. The $500 annual report cannot change that line: Massachusetts scorecard. Maryland’s statute names a resident agent and sends the filing to SDAT, not the Secretary of State: Maryland scorecard. Tennessee wants a registered office and a registered agent at the same street. The $300 LLC annual report is not that job: Tennessee scorecard. Minnesota wants a registered office. A Minnesota-formed company may name an agent. The free December 31 renewal is not that job: Minnesota scorecard. Wisconsin files the agent at DFI, not the Secretary of State. A P.O. Box, a mailbox service, or a telephone answering service is not the office: Wisconsin scorecard. Oregon’s street cannot be a commercial mail receiving agency, a mail-forwarding shop, or a virtual office. The $100 anniversary renewal is not the registered-agent job: Oregon scorecard. Missouri LLCs file no annual report with the Secretary of State. They still must keep a registered office and a registered agent: Missouri scorecard. Alabama’s street cannot be solely a mailbox service or a telephone answering service. The Business Privilege Tax return is a Department of Revenue paper: Alabama scorecard. South Carolina’s LLC statute names a designated office and an agent for service of process. Typical pass-through LLCs file no annual report with the Secretary of State: South Carolina scorecard. Arkansas’s LLC statute sends the job to the Model Registered Agents Act. The $150 franchise-tax paper is due May 1: Arkansas scorecard. Connecticut’s office is the Secretary of the State. Live form BUS-09 bans a P.O. Box on the business and residence street. The separate mailing line may be a P.O. Box: Connecticut scorecard. Utah’s office is the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. A P.O. Box is only allowed on the mailing line. The $18 annual report is due in the anniversary month: Utah scorecard. Mississippi’s office is the Secretary of State. The LLC statute sends the job to the Mississippi Registered Agents Act. The domestic LLC annual report is $0 and due April 15: Mississippi scorecard. Oklahoma’s LLC statute lets the company name itself as the agent. The $25 anniversary certificate is not that job: Oklahoma scorecard. Louisiana names the agent on a notarized Initial Report. The $30 anniversary annual report is still not that job: Louisiana scorecard. Iowa’s live statute names a registered agent with a place of business in this state. Changing the LLC agent on the live table is no fee. The $30 odd-year biennial report is still not that job: Iowa scorecard. Kentucky wants a registered office and a registered agent at the same street. Unless the agent signs the appointment, it waits on a written acceptance. The $15 June 30 annual report is still not that job: Kentucky scorecard. Nebraska’s LLC statute names an office and an agent for service of process. Changing the LLC agent on the live table is $25 online or $30 on paper. The $30 odd-year biennial report is still not that job: Nebraska scorecard. Kansas’s statute names a resident agent. Changing the agent is Form ROA at $30 online or $35 on paper. The $90 even-or-odd Information Report is still not that job: Kansas scorecard. Idaho’s anniversary-month annual report can change the registered agent if the agent line differs. The statute prices that report at no fee. The live change form’s paper surcharge is $20. The $100 commercial listing is still not that job: Idaho scorecard. New Mexico LLCs file no Secretary of State annual report. Staying without a registered agent for 30 days is how the state can revoke the company. The statute prices the LLC statement of change at $20: New Mexico scorecard. North Dakota will not let the company be its own registered agent. A statement of change is $10. A business LLC report, a farm report, and a corporation report are not the same day: North Dakota scorecard. New Hampshire bans a commercial mailbox, a virtual office, or a mail-forwarding service as the registered office. Form 10 is $15. Resignation ends after 31 days. Staying without an agent or office for 60 days is how the Secretary of State may dissolve the company. The April 1 $100 annual report is not that job: New Hampshire scorecard.