{"data":{"id":"us-mt/35-2-822","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"35-2-822","heading":"Application for certificate of authority.","body":"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:\n(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;\n(2) the name of the state, tribe, or country under whose law it is incorporated;\n(3) the date of incorporation and period of duration;\n(4) the business mailing address of its principal office;\n(5) the information required by 35-7-105(1);\n(6) the names and business mailing addresses of its current directors and officers;\n(7) whether the foreign corporation has members;\n(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;\n(9) the purpose or purposes of the foreign corporation that it proposes to pursue in the transaction of business in this state; and\n(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.","path":["TITLE 35. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 2. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS","Part 8. Foreign Corporations"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0350/chapter_0020/part_0080/section_0220/0350-0020-0080-0220.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:11Z","sha256":"c503ea44524cff57a5de5284742271b8c6bbe9dee3e27668d07a3d2126fe8823","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/35-2-821","next":"us-mt/35-2-823"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}