Five businesses — ranging from a California-based construction firm to a Washington, D.C. nonprofit — have filed registration paperwork with the Montana Secretary of State listing Lewis and Clark County as their place of business, according to recent state records.

Shimmick Construction Company, Inc., headquartered at 530 Technology Drive, Suite 300, in Irvine, California, registered as a Foreign Profit Corporation under file number F1140342. Shimmick is a heavy civil construction firm that has worked on infrastructure projects including dams, bridges, and water treatment facilities across the western United States. CoCap Inc., a Foreign Profit Corporation filing under number F1458119, lists a Helena address at 314 N Last Chance Gulch. Pawn 1, Inc., a Spokane, Washington-based pawnbroker chain at 204 N Division Street, registered as a Foreign Profit Corporation under file number F1457950.

On the nonprofit side, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Inc. — a Washington, D.C. organization at 1300 I Street NW that represents state banking regulators nationally — filed as a Foreign Non-Profit Corporation under number F1459264. Goodwater Ministries also registered as a Foreign Non-Profit Corporation in the county under file number F1457220; no address was listed in available state records.

Foreign corporation filings indicate that entities incorporated outside Montana are registering to conduct business within the state. Residents and businesses with questions about any of these filings can search the Secretary of State's business database directly.