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).
Once your co-owner completes verification, Step 1c turns green and shows their verified status:
What your co-owner sees
Your co-owner receives an email invitation. When they click the link, they're taken to a visitor.us page to begin identity verification — no account needed.
They review the Stripe consent screen and click Agree and continue:
As with your own verification, Stripe offers to continue on a mobile device by scanning a QR code, or via other options:
After submitting their passport photo and selfie, they see a thank-you confirmation, and your dashboard updates to show them as verified.
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.