Annual reports · Montana
File Your Montana Annual Report Online
Montana's Annual Report is filed online with the Montana Secretary of State at biz.sosmt.gov. It is due April 15 each year, and the state adds a $35 penalty when it is late. We prepare it from your company's details and submit it to the state for you, so it is done before the deadline and off your list.
Have it filed for you
One short form. We check your details against Montana's record and file it.
File My Montana Annual ReportMontana Annual Report at a Glance
- Filing
- Annual Report
- Filed with
- Montana Secretary of State
- Where online
- biz.sosmt.gov (account required)
- State fee (LLC)
- No state fee online
- Due
- April 15 each year
- Filing window
- January 1 to April 15 each year
- Next deadline
- April 15, 2027
- Frequency
- Every year
- State late penalty
- $35, added by the state after April 15
- If you miss it
- Montana keeps taking the late report, with the $35 penalty, through December 31 of the report year. The on-time report is free for 2026 and 2027; one filed after April 15 costs $35, and an LLC that stops filing is involuntarily dissolved.
The 2026 Annual Report was due April 15, 2026; Montana still takes it with the state's $35 penalty through December 31, 2026. The 2027 window opens January 1, 2027 and closes April 15, 2027.
Updated November 1, 2026. The fee, the deadline and the penalty above are Montana's own, from the state's published schedule and statute, and the penalty is paid to the state, not to us. Every state's report is listed on the annual report directory.
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What the Montana Form Asks
Montana takes the Annual Report online at biz.sosmt.gov, behind an account login. It is run by the Montana Secretary of State, the office that keeps the company's record.
The Annual Report confirms what the state has on file for the LLC: the principal office and mailing address, the registered agent and registered office, and the managers or members (some states' screens say governors, officials or principals). Anything that changed since the last filing is updated on it, and an authorized person signs it electronically before the state fee is paid.
Formed this year?
An LLC formed in 2026 owes no Annual Report for 2026; its first is the 2027 report, due April 15, 2027.
Have ready before you start
- The company's exact legal name as Montana registered it
- Its Montana file or entity number, from the state's record or the formation approval
- The principal office street address and the mailing address, if different
- The registered agent's name and Montana street address
- The names and addresses of the managers or members on record
- The name and title of the person signing, and a card for the state fee
Our order form asks for the same items, in the same order the Montana screens do.
Montana Annual Report Dates
| Formed | First Annual Report due | After that |
|---|---|---|
| Formed in 2025 | April 15, 2026 | 2027, then every year |
| Formed in 2026 | April 15, 2027 | 2028, then every year |
| Formed in 2027 | April 15, 2028 | 2029, then every year |
How to File It Yourself
1. Open the Montana filing site
The Annual Report is filed with the Montana Secretary of State at biz.sosmt.gov. It asks you to sign in or create an account first. Montana takes it January 1 to April 15.
2. Find your company
Look it up by its Montana file or entity number, the number on the company's Montana record, not by name alone. Two companies can have near-identical names, and a report filed under the wrong number files the wrong company's report.
3. Confirm or update the details
The principal office and mailing address, the registered agent and registered office, and the managers or members on record. Anything that changed since the last filing goes in now; a new registered agent is a separate change filing in Montana.
4. Sign and pay the state
Sign as an authorized person and submit; Montana charges no fee for it online. Save the confirmation; it is your proof of filing until the state's record shows the report.
Rather skip the state's site? We file it for you, and the state's confirmation comes to your inbox. To file it yourself, start at the Montana filing site.
| File it yourself | Have it filed | |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Your own login on biz.sosmt.gov | Our filer's account; nothing is created in your name |
| Finding the company | You enter the Montana file or entity number | We look up the record and match it to your order |
| The details | You retype the addresses, the agent and the managers or members on the state's screens | You confirm them once on our form; we check them against the Montana record before filing |
| Signing | An authorized person signs electronically | You authorize the filing at checkout and name the signer; the state's signature line is completed the way the state allows |
| State fee | Paid to the state by card at the end | Paid to the state on your behalf and itemized on the order review step |
| Timing | Any time the window is open (January 1 to April 15) | Order any time; a report the state is not taking yet is held and filed the day the window opens |
| Confirmation | Shown on screen; save it yourself | The state's confirmation is emailed to you and kept on your order page |
| Registered agent change | A separate change filing with the Montana Secretary of State | Chosen on the order form; we file the change with the report order |
- Registered agent and registered office
- The person or company at a Montana street address that receives lawsuits and state notices for the LLC; a post office box does not qualify, and the agent's address is public.
- Principal office and mailing address
- Where the business is run, and the address the state should write to if that differs; both appear on the public record.
- Managers or members
- Who runs the LLC. The Annual Report lists them, usually with a business address for each, and some state screens call them governors, officials or principals.
- Montana file or entity number
- The number Montana gave the company when it was formed. It is on the approved formation document and on the state's business search, and it is how the filing finds the right record.
- Good standing, dissolution and reinstatement
- Good standing is the status a company keeps by filing on time. Administrative dissolution (some states say revocation or forfeiture) is what the state does to one that stops filing, and reinstatement is the filing that brings it back, with the missed reports and fees.
What Goes Wrong on the Montana Annual Report
- Filing an Annual Report for the year the LLC was formed: a company formed in 2026 owes its first in 2027, and the state is not waiting for one before that.
- Filing before the window opens on January 1: Montana does not take the new report year before then.
- Looking the company up by name instead of its Montana file or entity number: two companies can carry near-identical names, and the report then updates the wrong record.
- Trying to change the registered agent on the Annual Report: Montana takes the agent change as its own filing, before or after the report.
- Waiting too long: Montana keeps taking the late report, with the $35 penalty, through December 31 of the report year. The on-time report is free for 2026 and 2027; one filed after April 15 costs $35, and an LLC that stops filing is involuntarily dissolved.
After you file
biz.sosmt.gov shows a confirmation and sends a receipt to the filer's email; keep it with the company's records, because it is the proof of filing until the Montana Secretary of State posts the Annual Report to the public record. Once posted, the company's status on the Montana business search stays active, which is what a bank, a lender, a landlord or a licensing board checks before it opens an account, extends credit or renews a license. A certificate of status or good standing, where one of them asks for paper proof, is a separate document the state issues on request. The next thing the Montana business registry expects is the next Annual Report, a year later; taxes and licenses run on their own calendars with other agencies.
Changing Your Registered Agent
Montana's Annual Report confirms the registered agent on record but does not replace it. A new agent is its own change-of-agent filing with the Montana Secretary of State, filed before or after the report.
Registered agent service through America LLC Filing
Our registered agent partner's Montana address goes on the public record instead of yours, and legal and state mail is scanned and forwarded the same business day. We file Montana's change-of-agent form for you with the report order. Choose it on the order form.
File my report and switch my agent →How our registered agent service worksMontana Annual Report: Questions
Can I file the Montana Annual Report online?+
Yes. Montana takes it online through the Montana Secretary of State (biz.sosmt.gov), after you sign in or create an account. If you would rather not, we file it for you: one short form with your company's details, and we submit it to the state.
When is the Montana Annual Report due?+
April 15 each year. Montana takes it January 1 to April 15. The next deadline is April 15, 2027. Order any time: if Montana is not accepting the report yet, we hold it and file it the day the state opens.
What if I missed the Montana deadline?+
The state's late penalty is $35, added by the state after April 15. Montana keeps taking the late report, with the $35 penalty, through December 31 of the report year. The on-time report is free for 2026 and 2027; one filed after April 15 costs $35, and an LLC that stops filing is involuntarily dissolved. We file late reports while the state still takes them; the state's penalty, where there is one, is paid to the state with its fee.
Is the Montana Annual Report every year?+
Every year. The deadline is April 15, and it does not move with the calendar: a weekend or holiday deadline is still the deadline unless Montana says otherwise, so file ahead of it.
My LLC was formed this year. Do I file an Annual Report?+
Not this year. An LLC formed in 2026 owes no Annual Report for 2026; its first is the 2027 report, due April 15, 2027. A report filed for the formation year is not required, and the state's system will either refuse it or treat it as next year's.
What do I need to file it?+
The company's exact legal name and its Montana file or entity number, the principal and mailing address, the registered agent on record, and the managers or members. We ask for the same on our order form, so nothing is missing when we file.
Do I need an account on biz.sosmt.gov?+
Yes. The Montana filing site asks you to sign in or register before it opens the Annual Report When we file for you, our filer's account is used and nothing is created in your name.
Can I change my Montana registered agent at the same time?+
Yes. Montana takes the agent change as its own filing, separate from the Annual Report; choose our registered agent service on our order form and we file that change for you with the report order, so our partner's Montana address replaces yours on the record.
Is America LLC Filing the Montana state office?+
No. America LLC Filing is a private filing service, not a government agency and not a law firm, and it is not affiliated with Montana. The state's fee is the same whether you file at biz.sosmt.gov yourself or we file for you.
Annual reports in nearby states
- Idaho: Annual Report, due the last day of your anniversary month each year
- North Dakota: Annual Report, due November 15 each year
- South Dakota: Annual Report, due the first day of your anniversary month each year
- Wyoming: Annual Report, due the first day of your anniversary month each year
Get Your Montana Annual Report Filed
One short form. Filed with the state, confirmation by email.
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