ME registered agent
A $2.50 registered agent in Maine. That is the whole pitch.
Every company on the Maine books has to name a registered agent with a street address inside the state. Below, in the state's own words, is what that agent is supposed to be. Below that, what we are.
Where we come in
Nowhere.
The rule, quoted
The rule
Maine puts it like this:
... which this Act applies shall maintain in this State a clerk, who is a natural ...
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 part Maine enforces
The state has a procedure for companies whose agent is a locked door. This is it, quoted, with nothing from us in between.
The state dissolves you
... corporation is without a clerk in this State as required by Title 5, section 105, subsection ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1420(4)-(5)
The state dissolves you
... 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. Failure to notify of change of registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. §1591(4)-(5)
Out-of-state companies: revoked
... The foreign corporation is without a registered agent in this State as required by Title 5, section 105, subsection 1; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1531-A(4)-(5)
And then
... corporation administratively dissolved continues its corporate existence but may not transact any business in this State except as necessary to wind up ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1421(3)
Papers you will not receive
Service, redirected
... or registered agent filing with the Secretary of State no longer has a clerk or registered agent, or if its clerk or registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 5 M.R.S. §113(2)-(3)
Getting the company back afterwards
The fee to come back
... application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution for failure to appoint or maintain a clerk, the fee is $150. X. For an ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §123(1)(W)-(X)
The fee to come back
... report, a fee of $150, to a maximum fee of $600, regardless of the number of delinquent reports or the period of delinquency; for failure to pay the annual report late filing penalty, a fee of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. §1680(17)
Also skippable: the Maine annual report
Cost is the consideration. Maine bills its companies every year to stay listed. Here is the bill, quoted.
The annual bill (LLC)
$85 every year.
For filing of an annual report 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)
The annual bill (corporation)
$85 every year.
For an annual report or amended annual report, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. 123(1)(DD)
Quoted text is the state code as captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and checked word for word on 2026-08-10. It changes. We do not.