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Montana online filing state
Montana now forms an LLC online with the state. This $9.99 packet is a preparation worksheet and supporting file set — not a substitute for the current online filing — plus support and lifetime updates if the packet changes.
Use this packet to gather the information Montana asks for, then complete the current online filing on the official site.
Montana no longer publishes a paper articles of organization for new formations. File on the official state portal linked below.
The download helps you assemble names, addresses, registered-agent facts, and management choices before you file.
The state filing creates the LLC. Banks, members, and later disputes usually require a separate operating agreement.
This state packet includes 2 documents in print-ready PDF format. Labels describe each file's role, not the internal filename.
Articles vs operating agreement
Montana currently accepts new LLC formations online. This page is not selling a current paper substitute for that official portal.
The download is a preparation packet: supporting files and a worksheet so you can gather the facts the state asks for, then file on the official site.
An operating agreement is a different document. It usually is not filed with the state, but banks and members often require one.
Need the internal rulebook too? After you file, most customers also download a member-managed or manager-managed operating agreement for Montana.
Researched filing overview
Montana forms a domestic LLC with Articles of Organization for Domestic Limited Liability Company under Mont. Code Ann. § 35-8-202. Filing is online only through the Secretary of State’s Business Filing Portal — the state publishes no accepted paper blank. The $35 state fee is paid separately; optional expedited processing is $20 for 24-hour or $100 for 1-hour service. A series LLC adds $50 for each series member named.
This packet pairs the Secretary of State’s official Business Start-Up Resources guide — the state’s own roadmap to registration, tax, licensing, and agency contacts — with a shared federal EIN worksheet, so you can prepare the answers the portal interview asks: the LLC name, principal office, registered agent with a physical Montana address, and management structure. Professional LLCs use the same online workflow with a PLLC designator.
What happens before, during, and after the state filing. This product is the public formation document, not a filing service.
Choose a distinguishable Montana name with an LLC designator and a registered agent under Montana’s Model Registered Agents Act — a commercial agent, or a noncommercial agent who is a Montana resident or an authorized entity. The registered office must be a physical Montana address. The appointment requires the agent’s consent, but no separate signed consent form is filed.
Montana forms LLCs online only through the Secretary of State’s Business Filing Portal; the state publishes no accepted paper Articles of Organization blank. The $35 state fee is paid separately, with optional 24-hour processing for $20 or 1-hour processing for $100. A series LLC adds $50 for each series member named. A professional LLC uses the same online workflow with a PLLC designator. This product does not file for you.
Montana requires an annual report due April 15 — the state waives the fee when you file before April 15 and charges $35 after. Reports file through the business portal. Adopt a written operating agreement. An EIN is separate.
This section is the packet’s formation guide for Montana, including any checklist and statute text stored with the product. It is meant to be read on the page, not trapped in a preview window.
Quick answer
It also comes complete with instructions and filing information for creating a LLC in the State of Montana.
It also comes complete with instructions and filing information for creating a LLC in the State of Montana. The version below is different from the document you would actually receive.
Ready to download the Montana packet? Checkout delivers the formation files immediately. The operating agreement is a separate product if you need ownership and management rules.
Get the Montana Packet — $9.99If you are not 100 percent satisfied after purchase, contact us for a full refund. Lifetime updates apply if we replace this packet. This guarantee is about the product and support, not a promise that a particular filing will be accepted.
No. The articles of organization is the public filing that creates the LLC. An operating agreement is a separate internal contract that sets ownership, voting, profit splits, and management. Most customers need both.
No current paper articles of organization is published for new Montana formations. Montana accepts this filing online. This packet is a preparation and support set, not the online portal itself.
When the state publishes a free official form, that blank is still free on the government site. This product packages the current form we carry, any companion files listed on this page, email support, and lifetime updates if we replace the packet. It is not a filing service and it does not pay the state’s filing fee.
This packet currently includes 2 documents in print-ready PDF format. The list on this page is the customer-facing inventory.
Montana generally does not file the operating agreement with these articles, but banks, lenders, and multi-member LLCs almost always want one. Choose member-managed if every owner will run the company, or manager-managed if appointed managers will run it.
No. ILRG provides self-help forms and information. You complete the documents and file them with the state, or use the official online portal where that is required. Consult a licensed attorney for tax elections, professional-license entities, or unusual ownership structures.
No. Montana directs new LLC formations to the online Business Filing Portal and publishes no accepted paper blank. This packet’s official startup guide prepares you for that online filing.
Every Montana LLC files an annual report due April 15. The state waives the fee when you file before April 15 and charges $35 after that date. Reports are filed through the business portal.