Maine Annual Report Filing: Due Date, Fee & How to File

Every LLC and corporation registered with the Maine Secretary of State files an annual report to stay in good standing. For LLCs, the requirement comes from 31 M.R.S. § 1665, and the report keeps your entity's public record current: your registered agent, your principal office, and at least one person authorized to act for the company.

Maine Annual Report Due Date: June 1

Maine gives every reporting entity the same deadline. Annual reports come due June 1 each year, and the filing window opens January 1. The date doesn't move with your formation anniversary, so a company formed in October files on the same June 1 schedule as one formed in March.

Reports delivered after June 1 are delinquent, which triggers the late penalty described below.

Maine Annual Report Fee: $85 for Domestic LLCs

The official Maine filing fee is $85 for a domestic LLC and $150 for a foreign LLC registered to do business in the state. Nonprofit corporations pay a reduced $35 rate. The fee schedule sits in 31 M.R.S. § 1680.

Two details worth knowing before you file:

• Maine doesn't ask for your FEIN on the annual report. It isn't in the statute and it isn't on the form.
• Optional expedited handling is available: $50 for 24-hour service or $100 for immediate same-day service, per entity.

How to File Your Maine Annual Report

Here's the process from start to finish:

1. Have your charter number ready. Maine uses it to pull up your entity and, for paper filers, to generate your preprinted form.
2. Choose your filing channel. Online filing goes through Maine's Annual Report Online service at apps1.web.maine.gov, takes credit card payment, and gives immediate confirmation. Paper filers request the preprinted LLC report, Form MLLC-13, and mail it back with payment. (Amendments to a filed report use Form MLLC-13A.)
3. Review what's listed. A commercial registered agent appears by name and CRA public number; a noncommercial agent needs a name and a physical Maine street address, since a PO box alone won't satisfy the statute. You'll also confirm your principal office and at least one member, manager, or other authorized person.
4. Sign and submit before June 1. The signature is made under penalty of false swearing, and the report must be signed by someone the LLC has authorized.

If the state returns your report for corrections, you have 30 days from the notification to fix it without losing your original delivery date.

Late Filing Penalty and Administrative Dissolution

Miss the June 1 deadline and Maine adds a flat $50 late penalty on top of the report fee, under 31 M.R.S. § 1680(10). The penalty is the immediate consequence; the serious one comes if you keep not filing.

Continued failure to file moves the Secretary of State toward administrative dissolution for a domestic LLC (revocation of authority for a foreign LLC). The process runs through written notice with a chance to cure before dissolution takes effect. Getting back in good standing afterward means filing the missed reports and paying a $150 reinstatement fee, which applies regardless of how many reports are outstanding, up to a $600 maximum.

One more provision worth knowing: an LLC that has genuinely stopped doing business in Maine and owes the state nothing can apply for a certificate of excuse from the annual report requirement.

How We Help You Stay Compliant

The filing itself takes minutes. The risk is the deadline sliding by while you're busy running the company. As your registered agent, we watch the calendar for you.

Deadline Tracking. Your June 1 due date goes on our compliance calendar the day you enroll.

Advance Reminders. We notify you well before the deadline so there's time to review your information and file without rushing.

Same-Day Scanning. Any notice the Maine Secretary of State sends about your filing status arrives through us, gets scanned, and lands in your inbox the day we receive it.

Real Support. Unsure what a notice means or what the state expects? Reach us Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm Eastern, and we'll walk through it with you.

All of it is included in your $99 annual registered agent fee. Compliance reminders never carry an extra charge.

Beyond the Annual Report

The annual report is the big recurring filing, but your Maine entity may face others over its life:

• Registered agent changes ($35 state fee for a for-profit entity; nonprofits pay $15)
• Address and name amendments
• Amendments to your formation documents
• Reinstatement filings if the entity has been administratively dissolved

We scan and email every notice the state sends us, so you'll know about an obligation while there's still time to act on it.

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• Registered office address in Maine
• Court paper scanning for Maine
• Compliance reminders and alerts
• Online document portal
• Privacy protection — our address on public filings

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