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Maine LLC

oldest record on this page verified 2026-07-17

sources: linked on each field, listed in full below

Speed in Maine is priced per filing

Formation in Maine runs through the Division of Corporations, and the annual report is due at the start of June each year. The record marks the franchise tax verified absent, checked against the state rather than left empty. The office publishes its standard processing as a stated range and warns that even expedited requests can queue when volume runs high.

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Expedited handling comes in a pair of tiers, one returning the document the same business day and one the next. The assumed name never expires once filed, while a name reservation is short-lived and cannot be renewed. Both the company itself and a natural person are admitted to the registered agent seat, each finding carrying its cited statute.

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Formation fee

$175

One-time state fee for the formation certificate.

last verified 2026-07-17

maine.gov

Annual report

$85

Due June 1, printed as the state writes it.

last verified 2026-07-17

maine.gov

Franchise tax

none

No recurring state-level tax on an LLC here. The absence is verified against the state, not missing data.

verified absent 2026-08-07

maine.gov

Anonymous LLC

no

Member or organizer names reach the public formation record here.

last verified 2026-08-06

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Processing time

40 to 55 business days

By mail, 40 to 55 business days, as the state states it. Expedited formation starts at $50.

as observed on 2026-08-06

maine.gov

Name designators

Must contain "limited liability company" or "limited company" or the abbreviation "L.L.C.," "LLC," "L.C." or "LC"; a low-profit LLC uses "L3C" or "l3c". "Limited" may be abbreviated as "Ltd." and "company" as "Co."

Accepted endings for the legal name. Statute: 31 M.R.S. § 1508(1).

last verified 2026-07-18

legislature.maine.gov

Name reservation

$20

Optional filing that holds the name for 120 days (non-renewable) before you form.

last verified 2026-07-18

maine.gov

DBA

assumed name

LLCs file at the state level for $125; other business forms file with the county.

last verified 2026-07-23

maine.gov

field 05 carries the date it was observed, not a promise: of the two halves beside it, only the expedited tiers are prices the state commits to

What are the Maine trade name rules?

Maine calls it the assumed name, and splits the filing: an LLC registers with the state, while other business forms file locally. The state filing costs $125.

Where an LLC files

maine.gov

How long it lasts

Perpetual (no expiration)

An LLC's assumed name stays on file until the company files to change or cancel it; there is no periodic renewal.

Newspaper publication

not required

What the filing protects

no exclusive right

An assumed name or municipal trade name discloses the name a business uses and grants no exclusive right to it.

Where to search existing names

apps3.web.maine.gov

LLC assumed names filed with the Secretary of State appear in the corporate search. Sole-proprietor trade names sit only in municipal clerk records, so a full check means contacting the relevant town or city.

one record, verified 2026-07-23 · 31 M.R.S. § 1508

legislature.maine.gov

What does it take to register an out-of-state LLC in Maine?

Registering an LLC formed elsewhere is its own filing in Maine. The registration costs $250. That price belongs to a separate filing event, so it enters no cost total on this site.

Registration fee

$250

Flat filing fee of $250.00 for the Statement of Foreign Qualification (Form MLLC-12); the form itself states the figure.

maine.gov

The official form

Statement of Foreign Qualification to Conduct Activities (Form MLLC-12)

maine.gov

Filed with

Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations

maine.gov

After registration

File the annual report ($150.00 for a foreign LLC) and maintain a registered agent in Maine.

maine.gov

one record, verified 2026-08-08

The same fee for every other jurisdiction sits on one page: foreign qualification fees for every jurisdiction.

Who may serve as the registered agent in Maine?

Who may serve as an LLC's registered agent is its own rule in Maine. Maine lets a natural person serve, so no commercial agent is required. The LLC itself may also hold the seat.

An individual as the agent

Allowed

in the state's words "Noncommercial registered agent" means a person that is not listed as a commercial registered agent under section 106 and that is: A. An individual or a domestic or foreign entity that serves in this State as the agent for service of process of an entity;

legislature.maine.gov

The LLC as its own agent

Allowed

legislature.maine.gov

A mailbox service as the address

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Address rule

An actual street address or rural route box number; and a mailing address, if different.

legislature.maine.gov

one record, verified 2026-08-09

The same four answers for every other jurisdiction sit on one page: registered agent rules for every jurisdiction.

Where do these figures come from?

Every figure on this sheet renders from the pinned dataset snapshot, and each card links the page its own figure came from. This list collects those pages in one place, with the duplicates removed and the agency named.

The rule behind every figure here, and what a card does when one cannot be verified, sits on how a figure gets verified.

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