Reinstate an LLC in Montana: thirty-five dollars, inside five years.
The company lapsed, the state acted, and now the way back runs through the Secretary of State: the application for reinstatement, $35 plus $30 per back report, plus the catch-up the state expects. Montana allows five years back from its December revocations, remote owners often burn two just noticing. Here is the whole comeback, in order, and how to make sure there is never a second one.
The reinstatement prepared and filed with the state, back filings caught up, so the company returns with clean standing.
Four facts cover the whole system
The filing that restores a lapsed company to the record: the application for reinstatement, $35 plus $30 per back report, with the Secretary of State, alongside whatever the state requires caught up. Standing returns when it is accepted; the company continues rather than starting over. We prepare and file it →
Montana’s December waves take lapsed companies involuntarily, and the state allows five years to come back: $35 plus the missed reports at $30 each. For the remote-owner structures Montana hosts, the deadline hides easily, the notice goes to an agent, the owner lives two states away, and years pass unnoticed.
The missed annual reports at $30 each, alongside the $35 application, filed inside the five-year window from the involuntary revocation, remote owners should confirm the revocation date first, it often predates their awareness.
The state side starts at $35 plus $30 per back report for the application for reinstatement, plus the back filings and their fees. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
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Four steps back, and one that keeps you back
Montana’s comeback runs in sequence: confirm the status, cure the cause, catch up the filings, then the application for reinstatement for $35 plus $30 per back report with the Secretary of State. The window matters here, five years from the involuntary revocation, then the door closes and only a new entity remains. Done in order, standing returns and the record moves on.
Where you stand decides what you do next
Move while the cure is simple: we prepare and file the reinstatement with the back filings caught up, and the company returns with clean standing.
Banks and counterparties see the lapsed status until the cure files, and nothing else about the company has actually changed. The catch-up-plus-application path is the fastest route back to a clean record; we expedite exactly this situation routinely.
The deadline that started this never stops coming. Put the recurring filing on autopilot and the lapse never repeats.
Montana revoked us in December, Denver found out in June
The Montana entity was revoked in a December wave, and its Denver owner, me, learned in June when a title question surfaced. Two of the five comeback years were already gone. The $35 application with the back reports filed that month, and the agent arrangement got professional. Remote structures lapse invisibly. Calendar the state, not the mailbox.
Representative composite drawn from customer outcomes.
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How do I reinstate an LLC in Montana?
Cure the cause, catch up the filings, and submit the application for reinstatement with the Secretary of State, $35 plus $30 per back report plus the back fees. Standing returns when it is accepted, and the company continues rather than starting over. We handle the whole sequence as part of reinstatement service.
How much does it cost to reinstate a Montana LLC?
The application is $35 plus $30 per back report, plus the back filings and their fees, the real total depends on how long the lapse ran. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
Does Montana require tax clearance to reinstate?
No: Montana adds no tax-clearance step to the reinstatement, the application and the back filings carry it. Final accuracy still matters, the state cross-checks what you owe, which is why we prepare the catch-up filings together with the application.
How long do I have to reinstate my Montana LLC?
Five years from the involuntary revocation, then the door closes and only a new entity remains.
Should I reinstate or just form a new LLC?
Reinstate, in most cases: the cure preserves the formation date, the EIN, the contracts, the name, and the history, while a new entity resets all of it and leaves the old company’s loose ends dangling. Re-forming only wins when the back fees exceed the value of continuity, we run that math with you before filing either way.
What should I do after the company is reinstated?
Confirm the standing shows clean on the record, tell the bank and any counterparties who saw the lapse, and put the recurring deadline on autopilot, the filing that started this comes due again on schedule, and the second lapse is never cheaper than the first.
Can File.Business reinstate my Montana LLC for me?
Yes: we confirm the status, cure the cause, prepare the back filings, and submit the application, then put the recurring deadline on autopilot so the lapse never repeats. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
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