Montana Trailer Registration
How to Buy a Trailer and Pay No Sales Tax
To buy a trailer without having to pay sales tax, you can form an LLC in Montana, purchase your trailer with that Montana LLC, and then license your vehicle with the Montana DMV. It works because (1) Montana has no sales tax and (2) your LLC is a legal resident of the state.
The best part? Montana has permanent plates for trailers, as per the Montana Code Annotated (61-3-321(3)(a-b), so you don’t have to worry about annual registration fees, either.
How Does Our Montana LLC Trailer Registration Work?
Here’s what we do. We help you form and maintain a Montana LLC. Your Montana LLC is a resident of Montana, which means that you—as your legal, natural self—do not have to be. Your Montana LLC will be listed on the trailer registration—not you, the human. You control the LLC, but you personally do not own the trailer.
We offer a full-service Montana LLC trailer registration that includes immediate LLC formation vehicle registration—state fees and a year of registered agent service included—for just $949 total.
Learn more about our Montana LLC vehicle registration for your trailer!
Steps to Use a Montana LLC to Buy a Trailer Tax Free
We operate here in Flathead County, Montana. What’s good about that? Flathead County does not have a local option tax on titled property. So, we provide you with an LLC office address, registered agent services, and act as a liaison with the state to register your trailer and LLC in Montana. Your Montana LLC will be at our address, and your trailer will be registered to our address.
Here’s the step by step process to buy a trailer without paying sales tax to Montana:
- Form a Montana Limited Liability Company (LLC)—that’s what you can hire us for.
- We will provide you with filed LLC documents, operating agreement, and resolutions documenting you, the members, sole authority to make decisions for the LLC.
- You will then purchase the trailer under your LLC’s name—not your human name. As a member of the Montana LLC, you have the power to act as a decision maker and purchaser for the company.
- The dealer or you will ship us the trailer’s titling paperwork:
All Day $49 Montana Registered Agent, LLC
1001 South Main Suite 49
Kalispell, MT 59901 - We will submit all of your documentation to the state.
- Once we receive your plates, title, and registration from the state, we will UPS overnight all of your registration materials to you.
How Do I Maintain My Montana LLC?
Once your LLC is formed, there are a few steps you must complete to maintain it and keep it in compliance with the State of Montana. They are as follows:
- Maintain a Montana registered agent to provide you a physical address in MT at all times. When you hire us to form your Montana motorcycle or ATV LLC, we include our registered agent service for one year. To keep us as your registered agent, we charge only $49 a year.
- Maintain your Montana LLC with the Secretary of State. If you choose our LLC trailer registration, we do offer annual report filing services for $70, state fees included. We can file it each year for you if you’d like.