Montana LLC status check

What keeps a Montana LLC or corporation in good standing, what happens if a filing is missed, and how to check your status yourself. Taken from the official rules published by Montana Secretary of State, Business Services Division.

Check your Montana status

On the state’s own site: open the official business search (Montana Secretary of State, Business Services Division). Search your exact registered name and read the status field.

Statuses you may see there include: Involuntary Dissolution, Expired.

The way a lender sees it: a lender’s system doesn’t just read your status — it matches your exact legal name, your filing, your domain and your email against each other. Run the same checks below.

Free check: what a lender’s system sees

Standing in Montana, exact legal-name match, time in business, domain age, website and business email. No account, no card, under a minute.

Legal business name

Entity type

Or open the full check.

What Montana requires to stay in good standing

	LLC	Corporation
Filing	Annual Report	Annual Report
How often	Annual	Annual
When it’s due	Filed between January 1 and April 15 each year, starting the year after the LLC is organized (MCA 35-8-208).	Due by April 15 each year (the SOS states reports are due by April 15 for LLCs and profit corporations).
State fee	The SOS fee page lists the annual report as WAIVED if filed by April 15 and $35 if filed after April 15. The SOS has described the waiver year by year (2025 was the second year in a row), so it could change.	The SOS fee page lists the annual report as WAIVED if filed by April 15 and $35 if filed after April 15. The waiver could change from year to year.

The fee waiver covers reports filed January 1 to April 15. The SOS has announced it one year at a time, so the base fee could return; the official fee schedule PDF could not be read. statusTerms lists only the two statuses the SOS help center defines; it is not a complete list. Filing overdue reports alone does not reinstate a business; a Reinstatement Application is also required.

Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it

If a filing is missed

The SOS fee page lists $35 for a report filed after April 15. An entity that misses filings or fees can be placed in Involuntary Dissolution, which the SOS defines as administratively dissolved for missed filings and fees or for not keeping a registered agent. The official timeline was not found.

Getting back in good standing

Reinstatement — state fee LLC: $35 plus $35 for each delinquent annual report. Profit corporation: $30 plus $35 for each delinquent annual report.. Domestic LLCs and corporations can reinstate within 5 years of the dissolution date. They must file all missing annual reports plus a Reinstatement Application. Most also need a Title 15 tax certificate from the Department of Revenue (not needed for single-member LLCs not taxed as corporations). Foreign entities must requalify instead.

Why lenders check this before anyone reads your application

An automated know-your-business check compares what you put on an application against the state’s record. A status that isn’t active and in good standing, or a legal name that differs from your filing by a comma or a suffix, is a common silent reason for a decline.

Fixing your status costs nothing beyond the state’s own fees; you don’t need to pay anyone to do it for you.

Common questions

When is the Montana LLC Annual Report due?

Filed between January 1 and April 15 each year, starting the year after the LLC is organized (MCA 35-8-208). The state fee is The SOS fee page lists the annual report as WAIVED if filed by April 15 and $35 if filed after April 15. The SOS has described the waiver year by year (2025 was the second year in a row), so it could change..

How do I reinstate a Montana LLC?

Montana calls it Reinstatement. The state fee is LLC: $35 plus $35 for each delinquent annual report. Profit corporation: $30 plus $35 for each delinquent annual report.. Domestic LLCs and corporations can reinstate within 5 years of the dissolution date. They must file all missing annual reports plus a Reinstatement Application. Most also need a Title 15 tax certificate from the Department of Revenue (not needed for single-member LLCs not taxed as corporations). Foreign entities must requalify instead.

What happens if I miss the Montana filing deadline?

How do I check if my Montana LLC is in good standing?

Search your exact registered name on Montana Secretary of State, Business Services Division's business entity search (https://biz.sosmt.gov/search/business) and read the status field. To see what a lender's verification system sees - status, exact legal-name match, domain and business email - run Peak Discounters' free fundability check.

Sources

Fees and deadlines change. Always confirm on Montana Secretary of State, Business Services Division’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.

See something wrong or out of date? Email info@peakdiscounters.com and we’ll correct it and re-date the page.

In good standing? Start the clock on your credit file.

Peak Discounters is a business supply store that reports your account to Experian Business. $49 a year, refunded in full if we don’t approve you, and credited back once your orders total $250 — on supplies you were buying anyway. It renews automatically each year at the then-current annual fee unless you cancel before the renewal date.

Apply for a Net-30 Account

Approval is subject to business verification. See what we can’t promise.