Verify any Montana business in seconds.
Montana SOS entity data + USDOT/FMCSA carrier records, with an optional OFAC SDN screen — 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 and MCS-150 history, plus the FMCSA SAFER snapshot. Auto-matched to the SOS legal name when applicable.
- OFAC SDN screening — optional: add it to your search to check the company name against the Treasury sanctions list.
- DBA / Fictitious Name finder — a separate tool that points you to the county/town clerk's own search (or the statewide registry) where a DBA is filed in Montana.
- 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 DBA / assumed-name search
We've indexed 8 Montana county clerk DBA portals. Paste any Montana address and we'll tell you exactly which county clerk to search, and whether that search is free — Pro deep-links straight to each one's search form, no landing pages, no clicking around.
Open the Montana DBA search →✓ Montana is covered
VerifySOS pulls the Montana SOS record for you in real time. Owners/officers are included wherever Montana publishes them on the free public record, on every plan. USDOT/FMCSA carrier records run alongside it, and you can add an OFAC screen.
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Paste a company name above — your first 3 searches are free. No signup, no card. Real Montana SOS data, pulled in real time.
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