Vehicles registered in Montana can be registered to a single owner or to two co-owners.
If you want to register your vehicle to two co-owners, you are welcome to request a co-owner in Step 1c in the visitor.us dashboard.
Step 1c is optional - skip it if your vehicle has only one owner.
How to add a co-owner
In your visitor.us dashboard, click the Add vehicle Co-Owner button in Step 1c. A modal will appear asking for your co-owner's name and email address.
After you submit, visitor.us will email your co-owner an invitation to verify their identity via Stripe Identity (the same process you completed in Step 1a: Verify your identity).
Your co-owner does not need to create a visitor.us account — they just complete identity verification directly from the email link.
While the co-owner's identity verification is pending, Step 1c will show their name and email, an orange Identity not yet verified badge, and a Resend ID verification link button (in case the original invitation was missed).
Each owner's identity must be verified
Every registered owner of the vehicle must complete identity verification. Until your co-owner has completed identity verification, key milestones in your order - including issuance of your 40-day temp tag and generation of your Montana Vehicle Registration Application (Form MV1) - cannot proceed.
Only one signature on the lease is required
The lease that establishes Montana presence (Step 1b: Sign Lease) only needs one signature — yours, as the primary account holder. Your co-owner doesn't need to separately sign the lease.
Montana vehicle co-ownership
Montana vehicle co-ownership is joint tenancy with right of survivorship, which means that if a co-owner dies, the surviving co-owner becomes the sole owner immediately.
Montana requires all vehicle owners to sign the title in order to transfer the vehicle to a new owner.