ME registered agent
Registered agent service in Maine, $37 per year, within tolerance
Maine expects each company on its register to keep a registered agent at a street address inside the state. The expectation is set out below in the state's own language. Our performance against it is rated further down. The rating has been consistent.
The Maine annual report, an average obligation
Maine bills each company annually to remain on the register. The amount is below. Paying it is standard practice. Not paying it is also a practice, and the rest of this page describes it.
Annual report charge, LLC
$85 per year. Average.
... report under section 1665, a fee of $85 for a limited liability company or a fee of $150 for a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. 1680(6)
Annual report charge, corporation
$85 per year. Average.
For an annual report or amended annual report, the fee is ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. 123(1)(DD)
Expectations set by Maine
Expectation
As set out in the Maine code:
... The clerk required under this section is also governed by Title 5, chapter 6-A.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §511; 31 M.R.S. §1661; 5 M.R.S. §102(5), (17) and §105(1)
Performance against expectations
Does not meet. Consistently. We regard the consistency as the achievement.
Delivery of papers when the desk is unattended
Service by other means
... If process, notice or demand cannot be served on an entity pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, service of process may be made by handing a copy to the manager, clerk or other person in charge of any regular place of business or activity of the entity
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 5 M.R.S. §113(2)-(3)
Corrective action available to Maine
Where an agent performs at our level, the state applies the following. Quoted from the code without adjustment, because adjusting it would take effort we have allocated elsewhere.
Dissolution, administrative
... The corporation does not notify the Secretary of State that its clerk has changed as required by Title 5, section 108, subsection 1 or the address of its clerk has been changed as required by Title 5, section 109 or 110 or that its clerk has resigned as required by Title 5, section 111;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1420(4)-(5)
Dissolution, administrative
... The limited liability company is without a registered agent in this State as required by section 1661 and Title 5, section 105, subsection 1; 5. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. §1591(4)-(5)
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... The foreign corporation is without a registered agent in this State as required by Title 5, section 105, subsection 1; 5. Failure to notify of change of registered agent or address. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1531-A(4)-(5)
Additionally
... continues its corporate existence but may not transact any business in this State except as necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs under section ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1421(3)
Return to good standing, priced
Charge to return to good standing
... For an application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution for failure to notify the Secretary of State that its clerk or the address of its clerk has been changed or that its clerk has resigned, the fee is $150.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §123(1)(W)-(X)
Charge to return to good standing
... for failure to pay the annual report late filing penalty, a fee of $150; for failure to appoint or maintain a registered agent, a fee of $150; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. §1680(17)
Quoted statutory text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and re-checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are revised at their own pace. This page is revised at ours.