Terms Used In Montana Code 35-7-106

• Commercial registered agent: means an individual or a domestic or foreign entity listed under 35-7-106. 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

• 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.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, business or similar trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Montana Code 35-7-102
• 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

• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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