Maine Foreign Registration Wyoming LLCs
Qualifying a Wyoming LLC in Maine
Qualifying a Wyoming LLC in Maine costs $250 for Form MLLC-12 and $150 for the first Maine annual report, beside Wyoming's $60 annual minimum and the online Wyoming certificate, priced at $0. That adds up to $460 in the first year. The home proof is cheap, so most of the work goes to the Maine agent and the cover letter.
Wyoming beside Maine
| Item | Wyoming | Maine |
|---|---|---|
| Annual charge | $60 minimum | $150 report |
| Home proof | $0 online | Required, at most 90 days old |
| Statement | Already formed | $250 on Form MLLC-12 |
| Agent | A Wyoming agent is on file | A separate Maine agent is named |
The Wyoming certificate
Wyoming's online certificate carries a fee of $0. Maine asks for a certificate of existence or a document it finds suitable, issued no more than 90 days before delivery, so print or download it close to the filing date, and we check your copy when we prepare the filing.
Wyoming standing first
The certificate reflects the LLC's standing, so check that Wyoming is paid up before you order it. The annual minimum is $60.
Wyoming facts on the form
The Wyoming name, ending included, goes in the name items. Item THIRD takes the Wyoming formation date and Wyoming as the jurisdiction. If the LLC runs from another state, the principal office address is there, and it must be a physical location. Managers, if there are any, go in item EIGHTH.
A Maine agent, separate from the Wyoming one
The Wyoming agent keeps a Wyoming office, so Maine needs its own: a commercial registered agent with a public number, or a noncommercial one with a physical Maine address. Some commercial agents serve in both states; give us your agent's details when you order and we verify the Maine listing.
The first-year total
$250 for the Maine statement, $60 for Wyoming's minimum and $150 for the first Maine report come to $460. The Wyoming certificate adds nothing at $0. Add our fee, any expedite tier and an outside agent's charge separately.
Two sets of dates
Maine's legal deadline for the annual report is June 1, and the first report is due early the year after the statement. Wyoming bills on its own cycle. Put both on one calendar when the Maine statement is filed.
Holding companies and online sellers
The test does not change with the home state: does the LLC conduct activities in Maine, or stay on the list? Selling through independent contractors, taking orders accepted elsewhere, interstate commerce and owning a controlling interest in an organization are all on the Maine list; a Maine studio or staff are not. See the page on what counts.
A worked example
A Wyoming LLC that sells prints online rents a warehouse in Biddeford and hires two packers. It pays Wyoming's minimum, downloads the online certificate, names a commercial registered agent and has its manager sign Form MLLC-12. It mails the package with $250, then calendars June 1.
From Wyoming to a Maine statement
Check Wyoming standing
Pay the $60 yearly minimum if it is owed.
Choose a Maine agent
Commercial, or noncommercial with a physical address.
Get the Wyoming certificate
It costs $0 online.
Complete and sign Form MLLC-12
An authorized person signs.
File with the cover letter
$250 to the Secretary of State.
Year one in numbers
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Maine statement, Form MLLC-12 | $250 |
| Online Wyoming good standing paper | $0 |
| Wyoming yearly minimum | $60 |
| First Maine annual report | $150 |
| Total | $460 |
Reading the Wyoming figures
Wyoming's minimum of $60 a year is smaller than either of Maine's two big lines for a small LLC: the one-time $250 and the $150 yearly report. The home certificate is minor at $0. Held over several years, the LLC's biggest repeating Maine cost is the yearly report.
Keeping both records current
A Wyoming LLC with a Maine statement has two sets of duties. Maine can open a revocation proceeding over a missed report or an unpaid late penalty, and the LLC then has sixty days to correct the problem. Paying Wyoming and filing the Maine report by June 1 keeps both records clean.
After the statement is filed
Record the filing date, put June 1 on the calendar alongside Wyoming's own due date, and store the attested copy with the LLC's records. Keeping both states' agents on one page makes it easy to notice when either changes.
Comparing with a Delaware LLC
A Delaware LLC pays Maine the same fees but carries a bigger home-state bill. The Delaware page shows that side by side with Maine.
Wyoming-to-Maine questions
Does Maine charge a Wyoming LLC extra?
No. The fee is $250 for every home state.
Is a printed Wyoming certificate acceptable?
Maine accepts a certificate of existence or a suitable document; we check your copy.
Can my Wyoming agent act in Maine?
Only if it is also a Maine agent.
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
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division fee schedule
- Maine Secretary of State, filing an annual report
- 31 MRSA 1626, procedure for and effect of revocation
Maine qualification, drafted and filed
Give us the LLC details and we prepare the statement, the cover letter and the package.