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Montana SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records + OFAC SDN screening — all in one verification packet. Real-time pull from the official MT SOS, normalized into a clean credit-file PDF.
What you get with a Montana lookup
- Montana SOS entity record — name, status, entity type, formation date, registered agent + address, principal office, and officers/managers where the state exposes them.
- USDOT / FMCSA carrier verification — for trucking deals, we pull the carrier's authority status, MC#, fleet size, MCS-150 history, and BASIC scores. Auto-matched to the SOS legal name when applicable.
- OFAC SDN screening — every search runs the company name against the Treasury sanctions list. Clear-result PDFs are signed.
- DBA / Fictitious Name registries — surfaces the county/town clerk where this entity would file a DBA in Montana, plus the statewide registry when one exists.
- One merged PDF — cover sheet + SOS record + USDOT snapshot + supporting docs, all in a credit-file-ready packet.
How Montana files business entities
Montana's SOS portal at biz.sosmt.gov runs on the same Bizfile React platform as California and Idaho. The Secretary of State sits in Helena and processes filings entirely online — paper filings were phased out for most entity types years ago.
Official portal: Montana Secretary of State (Business Services Division) ↗
How DBAs work in Montana
Montana files Assumed Business Names (ABNs) at the state SOS exclusively — online only. There is no county-level DBA filing in Montana. The same search returns entities and ABNs together.
Credit-underwriting gotchas in Montana
Montana LLCs file an annual report due April 15, with a $20 fee. Late reports incur a $15 penalty; missed reports lead to involuntary dissolution after roughly a year delinquent. Montana law allows perpetual entity existence by default — a relatively recent (post-2000) change, so older Montana entities may carry finite duration terms that need amending.
Practical Montana reference
Filing fees: $35 LLC formation fee + $20 annual report (due April 15)
Officer visibility: Officers, members, and registered agents are visible on the public detail page. Filed documents including annual reports are downloadable as PDFs.
Montana county DBA registries
We've indexed 8 Montana county clerk DBA portals with deep-links straight to each one's search form — no landing pages, no clicking around. Members can paste any Montana address and we'll tell them exactly which county clerk to search.
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VerifySOS pulls the Montana SOS record directly in real-time. Most MT lookups complete in seconds — no manual lookup, no PDF upload required. Owners/officers are included wherever Montana publishes them on the free public record.
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