ME registered agent
Maine. $17 a year. Straight from the bowl.
Maine makes every company it registers name a registered agent at a street address inside its borders. We start with what the state does when that agent is us, then work back up to what it asked for in the first place.
What Maine pours on a company whose agent is us
The remedies come first on this page because they are the part that matters. Quoted from the code. We added nothing, not even water.
Dissolved by the state, administratively
... Failure to notify of change of clerk or change of clerk's address. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1420(4)-(5)
Dissolved by the state, administratively
... The limited liability company does not notify the Secretary of State that its registered agent has changed as required by Title 5, section 108, subsection 1 or the address of its registered agent has been changed as required by Title 5, section 109 or 110 or that its registered agent has resigned as required by Title 5, section 111;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. §1591(4)-(5)
Authority revoked, foreign companies
... The foreign corporation does not notify the Secretary of State that its registered agent has changed as required by Title 5, section 108, subsection 1 or the address of its registered agent has been changed as required by Title 5, section 109 or 110 or that its registered agent has resigned as required by Title 5, section 111;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1531-A(4)-(5)
Also in the water
... 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 1406 and notify ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1421(3)
How much of that we do
None of it. It settled.
What Maine asked for in the first place
What the state asked for
The Maine code, undiluted:
... The clerk may be, but is not required to be, one of the directors or officers of the corporation, or the clerk may be a person holding no other position with the corporation. ...
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)
The Maine annual report, which can also be left to settle
Maine charges a yearly amount to keep a company on its books. Here it is. Leaving it unpaid saves the whole amount, in exactly the way the rest of this site saves you money.
Yearly report fee for an LLC
$85 each year, down the drain.
... under section 1665, a fee of $85 for a limited liability company or a fee of $150 for a foreign ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. 1680(6)
Yearly report fee for a corporation
$85 each year, down the drain.
... an annual report or amended annual report, the fee is ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. 123(1)(DD)
The refill fee
The refill fee
... 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)
The refill fee
... for failure to notify the Secretary of State that the registered agent or the address of the registered agent has been changed or failure to appoint a replacement registered agent after the registered agent has resigned, a fee of $150
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. §1680(17)
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, rerouted
... 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)
Statute text as captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and checked line by line against the state code on 2026-08-10. The code moves like water. This page sits.