Terms Used In Montana Code 35-7-107

• 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

• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Montana Code 35-7-102
• Registered agent: means a commercial registered agent or a noncommercial registered 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

• 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