Terms Used In Montana Code 35-7-108

• Domestic entity: means an entity whose internal affairs are governed by the law of this state. See Montana Code 35-7-102
• Entity: means a person that has a separate legal existence or has the power to acquire an interest in real property in its own name other than:

  (a)an individual;

  (b)a testamentary, inter vivos, or charitable trust, with the exception of a business trust, statutory trust, or similar trust;

  (c)an association or relationship that is not a partnership by reason of 35-10-202(3) or a similar provision of the law of any other jurisdiction;

  (d)a decedent's estate; or

  (e)a public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, instrumentality, or quasi-governmental instrumentality. See Montana Code 35-7-102

• Interest: means :

  (a)a governance interest in an unincorporated entity;

  (b)a transferable interest in an unincorporated entity; or

  (c)a share or membership in a corporation. See Montana Code 35-7-102

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Registered agent: means a commercial registered agent or a noncommercial registered agent. See Montana Code 35-7-102
• Registered agent filing: means :

  (a)the public organic document of a domestic filing entity;

  (b)a nonresident LLP statement;

  (c)a foreign qualification document; or

  (d)an appointment of agent. See Montana Code 35-7-102

• Represented entity: means :

  (a)a domestic filing entity;

  (b)a domestic or qualified foreign limited liability partnership that does not have an office in this state;

  (c)a qualified foreign entity;

  (d)a domestic or foreign unincorporated nonprofit association for which an appointment of agent has been filed;

  (e)a domestic entity that is not a filing entity for which an appointment of agent has been filed; or

  (f)a nonqualified foreign entity for which an appointment of agent has been filed. See Montana Code 35-7-102

• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201