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MT Code § 35-2-807 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-807. Repealed

  35-2-807. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 67, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2367; amd. Sec. 45, Ch. 131, L. 1983.
MT Code § 35-2-808 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-808. Repealed

  35-2-808. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 68, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2368; amd. Sec. 46, Ch. 131, L. 1983.
MT Code § 35-2-809 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-809. Repealed

  35-2-809. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 69, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2369.
MT Code § 35-2-810 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-810. Repealed

  35-2-810. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 75, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2375; amd. Sec. 47, Ch. 131, L. 1983.
MT Code § 35-2-811 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-811. Repealed

  35-2-811. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 70, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2370.
MT Code § 35-2-812 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-812. Repealed

  35-2-812. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 71, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2371; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 131, L. 1983.
MT Code § 35-2-813 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-813. Repealed

  35-2-813. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 72, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2372.
MT Code § 35-2-814 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-814. Repealed

  35-2-814. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 73, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2373.
MT Code § 35-2-815 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-815. Repealed

  35-2-815. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 74, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2374.
MT Code § 35-2-816 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-816. Repealed

  35-2-816. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 76, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2376.
MT Code § 35-2-817 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-817. Repealed

  35-2-817. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 77, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2377; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 131, L. 1983.
MT Code § 35-2-818 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-818. Repealed

  35-2-818. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 78, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2378.
MT Code § 35-2-819 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-819. Repealed

  35-2-819. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 79, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2379; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 456, L. 1983.
MT Code § 35-2-820 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-820. Authority to transact business required

  35-2-820. Authority to transact business required. (1) A foreign corporation may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the secretary of state.   (2) The following activities, among others, do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of subsection (1):   (a) maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding;   (b) holding meetings of the board of directors or members or carrying on other activities concerning internal corporate affairs;   (c) maintaining bank accounts;   (d) maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of memberships or securities or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those securities;   (e) selling through independent contractors;   (f) soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts;   (g) creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, and security interests in real or personal property;   (h) securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts;   (i) owning real or personal property:   (i) that is acquired incident to activities described in subsection (2)(h) if the property is disposed of within 5 years after the date of acquisition; or   (ii) that does not produce income or is not used in the performance of a corporate function;   (j) conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within 30 days and that is not a transaction in the course of repeated transactions of a similar nature; or   (k) transacting business in interstate commerce.   (3) The list of activities in subsection (2) is not exhaustive.   History: En. Sec. 147, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-821 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-821. Consequences of transacting business without authority

  35-2-821. Consequences of transacting business without authority. (1) A foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority.   (2) The successor to a foreign corporation that transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority and the assignee of a cause of action arising out of that business may not maintain a proceeding on that cause of action in any court in this state until the foreign corporation or its successor obtains a certificate of authority.   (3) A court may stay a proceeding commenced by a foreign corporation, its successor, or its assignee until it determines whether the foreign corporation, its successor, or its assignee requires a certificate of authority. If it determines that a certificate is required, the court may further stay the proceeding until the foreign corporation, its successor, or its assignee obtains the certificate.   (4) A foreign corporation is liable for a civil penalty of $5 for each day, but not to exceed a total of $1,000 for each year, that it transacts business in this state without a certificate of authority. The attorney general may collect all penalties due under this subsection.   (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1) and (2), the failure of a foreign corporation to obtain a certificate of authority does not impair the validity of its corporate acts or prevent it from defending any proceeding in this state.   History: En. Sec. 148, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-822 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-822. Application for certificate of authority

  35-2-822. Application for certificate of authority. A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the secretary of state. The application must set forth:   (1) the name of the foreign corporation or, if its name is unavailable for use in this state, a corporate name that satisfies the requirements of 35-2-826;   (2) the name of the state, tribe, or country under whose law it is incorporated;   (3) the date of incorporation and period of duration;   (4) the business mailing address of its principal office;   (5) the information required by 35-7-105(1);   (6) the names and business mailing addresses of its current directors and officers;   (7) whether the foreign corporation has members;   (8) whether the foreign corporation, if it had been incorporated in this state, would be a public benefit corporation, mutual benefit corporation, or religious corporation;   (9) the purpose or purposes of the foreign corporation that it proposes to pursue in the transaction of business in this state; and   (10) a statement that the foreign corporation has complied with the organizational laws in the jurisdiction in which it is organized and that the foreign corporation exists in that jurisdiction.   History: En. Sec. 149, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 45, Ch. 240, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 26, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 42, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 280, L. 2015.
MT Code § 35-2-823 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-823. Amended certificate of authority

  35-2-823. Amended certificate of authority. (1) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall obtain an amended certificate of authority from the secretary of state if it changes:   (a) its corporate name;   (b) the period of its duration;   (c) any of the information required by 35-7-105(1);   (d) the state, tribe, or country of its incorporation; or   (e) its designation as a public benefit corporation, mutual benefit corporation, or religious corporation.   (2) The requirements of 35-2-822 for obtaining an original certificate of authority apply to obtaining an amended certificate under this section.   History: En. Sec. 150, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 46, Ch. 240, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 280, L. 2015.
MT Code § 35-2-824 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-824. Effect of certificate of authority

  35-2-824. Effect of certificate of authority. (1) A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign corporation to which it is issued the right to transact business in this state subject, however, to the right of the state to revoke the certificate as provided in this chapter.   (2) A foreign corporation with a valid certificate of authority has the same rights and enjoys the same privileges as a domestic corporation of a similar character and, except as otherwise provided by this chapter, is subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties, and liabilities now or later imposed on a domestic corporation of a similar character.   (3) This chapter does not authorize this state to regulate the organization or internal affairs of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state.   History: En. Sec. 151, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-825 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-825. reserved

  35-2-825 reserved.
MT Code § 35-2-827 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-827. Repealed

  35-2-827. Repealed. Secs. 68, 70, Ch. 240, L. 2007.   History: En. Sec. 153, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-828 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-828. Repealed

  35-2-828. Repealed. Secs. 68, 70, Ch. 240, L. 2007.   History: En. Sec. 154, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-829 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-829. Repealed

  35-2-829. Repealed. Secs. 68, 70, Ch. 240, L. 2007.   History: En. Sec. 155, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-830 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-830. Service of process on foreign corporations

  35-2-830. Service of process on foreign corporations. Service of process on a foreign corporation must be effected upon the persons and in the manner provided for by the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure.   History: En. Sec. 156, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-831 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-831. Withdrawal of foreign corporation

  35-2-831. Withdrawal of foreign corporation. (1) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may not withdraw from this state until it obtains a certificate of withdrawal from the secretary of state.   (2) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may apply for a certificate of withdrawal by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application must set forth:   (a) the name of the foreign corporation and the name of the state, tribe, or country under whose law it is incorporated;   (b) the fact that it is not transacting business in this state and that it surrenders its authority to transact business in this state;   (c) the fact that it revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and appoints the secretary of state as its agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time it was authorized to do business in this state;   (d) a mailing address to which the secretary of state may mail a copy of any process served on the secretary of state under subsection (2)(c); and   (e) a commitment to notify the secretary of state, in the future, of any change in the mailing address.   History: En. Sec. 157, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1289, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 280, L. 2015.
MT Code § 35-2-832 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-832. Grounds for revocation

  35-2-832. Grounds for revocation. (1) The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under 35-2-833 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if:   (a) the foreign corporation does not deliver the annual report to the secretary of state within 90 days after it is due;   (b) the foreign corporation does not pay within 90 days after they are due any franchise taxes or penalties imposed by this chapter or other law;   (c) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent in this state for 90 days or more;   (d) the foreign corporation does not inform the secretary of state by an appropriate filing that its registered agent has changed or resigned within 90 days of the change or resignation;   (e) an incorporator, director, officer, or agent of the foreign corporation signed a document that the person knew was false in any material respect, with the intent that the document be delivered to the secretary of state for filing; or   (f) the secretary of state receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state, tribe, or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated and the certificate states that the foreign corporation has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger.   (2) The attorney general may commence a proceeding under 35-2-833 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if:   (a) the corporation has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by law;   (b) the corporation is designated as a foreign public benefit corporation and its corporation assets in this state are being misapplied or wasted; or   (c) the corporation is designated as a foreign public benefit corporation and it is no longer able to carry out its purpose.   History: En. Sec. 158, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 47, Ch. 240, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 280, L. 2015.
MT Code § 35-2-833 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-833. Procedure for and effect of revocation

  35-2-833. Procedure for and effect of revocation. (1) The secretary of state, upon determining that one or more grounds exist under 35-2-832 for revocation of a certificate of authority, shall deliver to the foreign corporation written notice of that determination under 35-2-830.   (2) The attorney general, upon determining that one or more grounds exist under 35-2-832(2) for revocation of a certificate of authority, shall request the secretary of state to serve, and the secretary of state shall serve, the foreign corporation with written notice of that determination under 35-2-830.   (3) If the foreign corporation does not correct each ground for revocation or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the secretary of state or attorney general that each ground for revocation determined by the secretary of state or attorney general does not exist within 60 days after delivering the notice or after service of the notice is perfected under 35-2-830, the secretary of state may revoke the foreign corporation's certificate of authority by signing a certificate of revocation that states the ground or grounds for revocation and the effective date of the revocation. The secretary of state shall file the original of the certificate and deliver a copy to the foreign corporation.   (4) The authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state ceases on the date shown on the certificate revoking its certificate of authority.   (5) Revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the corporation.   History: En. Sec. 159, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 249, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 23, L. 2017.
MT Code § 35-2-834 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 8. Foreign Corporations|35-2-834. Appeal from revocation

  35-2-834. Appeal from revocation. (1) A foreign corporation may appeal the secretary of state's revocation of its certificate of authority to the district court for the first judicial district within 30 days after the service of the certificate of revocation is perfected under 35-2-830. The foreign corporation shall appeal by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its certificate of authority and the secretary of state's certificate of revocation.   (2) The court may summarily order the secretary of state to reinstate the certificate of authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate.   (3) The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.   History: En. Sec. 160, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-901 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 9. Annual Report -- Corporate Records|35-2-901. Repealed

  35-2-901. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 81, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2381; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 153, L. 1989.
MT Code § 35-2-902 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 9. Annual Report -- Corporate Records|35-2-902. Repealed

  35-2-902. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 82, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2382; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 78, L. 1979.
MT Code § 35-2-903 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 9. Annual Report -- Corporate Records|35-2-903. Repealed

  35-2-903. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 85, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2385.
MT Code § 35-2-904 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 9. Annual Report -- Corporate Records|35-2-904. Annual report for secretary of state

  35-2-904. Annual report for secretary of state. (1) Each domestic corporation and each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver to the secretary of state, for filing, an annual report on a form prescribed and furnished by the secretary of state that sets forth:   (a) the name of the corporation and the jurisdiction under whose law it is incorporated;   (b) the information required by 35-7-105(1);   (c) the business mailing address of its principal office, wherever located;   (d) the names and business mailing addresses of its directors and principal officers;   (e) a brief description of the nature of its activities; and   (f) whether or not it has members.   (2) The information in the annual report must be current on the date the annual report is executed on behalf of the corporation.   (3) The first annual report must be delivered to the secretary of state between January 1 and April 15 of the year following the calendar year in which a domestic corporation was incorporated or a foreign corporation was authorized to transact business. Subsequent annual reports must be delivered to the secretary of state between January 1 and April 15.   (4) If an annual report does not contain the information required by this section, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the reporting domestic or foreign corporation in writing and return the report to it for correction. If the report is corrected to contain the information required by this section and delivered to the secretary of state within 30 days after the effective date of notice, it is considered to be timely filed.   History: En. Sec. 168, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 240, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 26, L. 2011.
MT Code § 35-2-905 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 9. Annual Report -- Corporate Records|35-2-905. reserved

  35-2-905 reserved.