Maine Foreign Registration Annual report
Maine's yearly report for LLCs formed in other states
An LLC from elsewhere that holds Maine authority files an annual report every year, the fee is $150, and the legal deadline is June 1. A report filed after its due date adds a $50 penalty, and not paying that penalty is a ground for revocation.
The report in brief
- Fee, foreign LLC
- $150
- Fee, Maine LLC
- $85
- Legal deadline
- June 1
- First report
- January 1 to June 1 of the year after the calendar year the statement was delivered
- Late penalty
- $50
- Form
- MLLC-13, or online
When it is due
The legal filing deadline is June 1. The first report must be in between January 1 and June 1 of the year following delivery of the statement of foreign qualification, and every later year uses the same window. An LLC qualified in November has its first report due the following spring.
What the report states
The report sets out the LLC name, its registered agent information, the principal office address, a brief statement of the character of the business it actually conducts in Maine, and the name and address of at least one member, manager or other authorized person. It is a restatement of current facts rather than a financial statement.
How reports are filed
The Secretary of State accepts annual reports online for business corporations, nonprofits, limited partnerships, LLCs and LLPs, and also offers a way to generate a paper report. If you mail a paper report close to June 1, the Secretary of State cautions that new Postal Service postmark rules mean you should get a manual postmark, or send it by registered or certified mail or with a certificate of mailing, so there is proof it was in the Postal Service's hands before the deadline.
The cost, and the gap with a Maine LLC
A foreign LLC pays $150 each year, while a Maine LLC pays $85. Over three years a foreign LLC pays $450 in reports, which is more than Maine's statement fee. A report that needs correcting later is an amended annual report, and the fee for that is also $150.
Late filing
A report that misses its due date draws a $50 late filing penalty on top of the annual report fee. A late report therefore costs the $150 fee plus the $50 penalty.
Missing it for longer
A missing annual report and an unpaid late penalty are each separate grounds for revocation. The Secretary of State sends notice by regular mail and the LLC has sixty days to correct the ground. See the penalty page.
Reports and cancellation
A statement of cancellation delivered before a report comes due excuses that report and its filing fee. An LLC that has stopped doing business but is not yet cancelled keeps owing the report.
Fees tied to the report
The report is $150, an amended report is $150, and a late report adds $50. A new principal office address alone is a $35 statement of change. A Maine LLC pays $85 for the same report.
The email reminder
The cover letter you file with the statement asks for the email address to use for annual report reminders. Give an address that will still work in a year, and still plan around June 1.
Corporations and other entities
A foreign business corporation also pays $150 for its report, with the same $50 penalty for lateness. The online system covers business corporations, nonprofits, limited partnerships, LLCs and LLPs alike, and a paper report can be generated from the same page.
Habits that prevent a miss
Put June 1 on a shared calendar with a reminder at the start of May. Name a person to file. Review the agent and addresses in April. File each report beside the attested statement, so whoever inherits the task can see the earlier filings.
Relationship to other filings
A change of agent is made on Form MLLC-12A for $90, not through the report. The report repeats what is current, including the agent, but it is not a substitute for the statement of change.
Annual report questions
What does a foreign LLC annual report cost in Maine?
$150.
When is it due?
The legal deadline is June 1.
Can I file it online?
Yes. LLC annual reports can be filed online.
Our fee and Maine's
- Form MLLC-12 completed from your answers, with the cover letter
- Your home-state proof tested against Maine's 90-day limit
- A Maine registered agent for the statement, either ours or the one you pick
- The package mailed to the corporations division, then your qualification record returned
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Checkout lists Maine's $250 on a separate line. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Sources
- Maine Secretary of State, foreign entities
- 31 MRSA 1680, fees
- 31 MRSA 1622, statement of foreign qualification required
- Maine Form MLLC-12, statement of foreign qualification
- 31 MRSA 1665, annual report
- Maine Secretary of State, business corporation forms
- Maine Secretary of State, nonprofit corporation forms
- Maine Form MLPA-12, limited partnership application for certificate of authority
- Maine Secretary of State, filing an annual report
- 31 MRSA 1625, grounds for revocation
- 31 MRSA 1626, procedure for and effect of revocation
- 31 MRSA 1628, statement of cancellation of foreign qualification
- 13-C MRSA 123, filing fees for corporations
Maine qualification, drafted and filed
Give us the LLC details and we prepare the statement, the cover letter and the package.