Maine Foreign Registration Form MLLC-12
Maine Form MLLC-12, the statement of foreign qualification, item by item
Form MLLC-12 is the Statement of Foreign Qualification to Conduct Activities, and a foreign LLC files it with the Secretary of State to be allowed to conduct activities in Maine. The filing fee is $250, the form has 12 numbered items, and the form is revision 12/23. We prepare it for $199.
Form MLLC-12 at a glance
- Title
- Statement of Foreign Qualification to Conduct Activities
- Statute
- 31 MRSA 1622
- Fee
- $250
- Signer
- At least one authorized person
- Attached
- Proof of existence, under 90 days old
- Mail to
- Department of the Secretary of State, Corporations, UCC and Commissions, 101 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0101
Items FIRST and SECOND: the name
Item FIRST concerns the name to be used in Maine. If the home name lacks a required ending, state the proposed Maine name here; the endings are limited liability company, limited company, L.L.C., LLC, L.C., LC, or L3C for a low-profit LLC. Item SECOND is for a fictitious name when the home name is unavailable in Maine. Form FICT-4 accompanies the statement then, and the filing costs $40. If neither applies, write that it is not applicable.
Item THIRD: formation and principal office
Give the date of formation, the jurisdiction where the LLC was formed and the address of its principal office wherever located. The form wants a physical location with a street, not a P.O. Box, and a separate mailing address if it differs.
Item FOURTH: the definition
Item FOURTH is a printed statement that the entity is a foreign limited liability company as the Maine statute defines it. Nothing needs to be filled in; signing confirms it.
Item FIFTH: what the LLC will do in Maine
Say what the LLC will do in Maine, in the words of the form: the business or purposes it will conduct or promote here. A short plain description is enough. Keep it consistent with what the LLC really intends to do in the state.
Items SIXTH and SEVENTH: the agent and the agent's consent
Item SIXTH lets you choose a commercial registered agent, entered by its public number, or a noncommercial agent, entered by name and physical address. Item SEVENTH records that the agent has agreed to serve, as Maine's agent statute presumes from the filing.
Item EIGHTH: the managers
List the name and the business, residence and mailing address of each manager, if the LLC has any. More names go on an exhibit. An LLC with no managers can say so in this item.
Item NINTH: the start date
Give the date on which the LLC began, or expects to begin, conducting activities in Maine. If the LLC is already working in Maine, the date can be earlier than the filing, but the civil penalty for the unqualified period may apply.
Items TENTH and ELEVENTH: the optional boxes
Item TENTH is for a professional LLC qualified under the professional corporation chapter, and the professional services are named. Item ELEVENTH is for an LLC governed by an agreement that creates designated series, with an exhibit supplying the additional information.
Item TWELFTH: the proof of existence
Item TWELFTH states that the statement is accompanied by a certificate of existence or another suitable document, and that it was issued less than 90 days earlier. Attach it.
Signature, oath and edition
The signature line carries a date, the signature and a printed name and capacity. At least one authorized person must sign, and signing is an oath or affirmation under the penalties of false swearing. Download the current edition of the form; this one is revision 12/23.
The cover letter
The customer contact cover letter is the page after the form. It collects the entity name, optional handling, the total fee, a contact name and number, one email address for the filing and another for reminders about the annual report, and the person who gets the attested copy. A filing with no contact details is returned.
How we prepare Form MLLC-12
You supply details
Name, formation date, offices, managers and the Maine business.
We draft items FIRST through ELEVENTH
From your proof and your answers.
An authorized person signs
The signature is an oath under the false swearing law.
We complete the cover letter
Contacts, speed and payment.
We file
The package goes to Augusta with $250.
Getting the current edition
Download Form MLLC-12 from the Secretary of State's LLC forms page, which also lists the related forms for changes and cancellation. The form is revision 12/23; use the current page rather than a saved copy.
Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year
$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Form MLLC-12 questions
Does Form MLLC-12 need a notary?
The form has no notary block. It needs an authorized signature.
Can a corporation use it?
No. A foreign corporation uses Form MBCA-12.
Do I attach articles of organization?
Maine asks for proof of existence from the home state.
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 Form MBCA-12, application for authority to do business
- 31 MRSA 1624, name of a foreign limited liability company
- Maine Secretary of State, limited liability company forms and fees
- 5 MRSA 105, naming a registered agent
Maine qualification, drafted and filed
Give us the LLC details and we prepare the statement, the cover letter and the package.