ME registered agent
Registered agent service in Maine. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Maine company must appoint a registered agent at a street address in the state. What follows is the statute, quoted where it matters, and our position on it, which is brief.
The statutory requirement in Maine
Requirement
The Maine code provides:
... 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)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
If an entity that previously filed a clerk 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, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the governors of the entity by name at its principal office in accordance with any applicable judicial rules and procedures. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 5 M.R.S. §113(2)-(3)
Enforcement in Maine
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
... 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)
Administrative dissolution by the state
4. Failure to maintain registered agent. 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. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. §1591(4)-(5)
Revocation of foreign authority
4. Failure to maintain registered agent. The foreign corporation is without a registered agent in this State as required by Title 5, section 105, subsection 1; 5. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1531-A(4)-(5)
Further
... any business in this State except as necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs under section 1406 and notify claimants under sections 1407 and 1408.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1421(3)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
W. For an application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution for failure to appoint or maintain a clerk, the fee is $150. X. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §123(1)(W)-(X)
Fee upon restoration
For failure to file an annual report, a fee of $150, to a maximum fee of $600, regardless of the number of delinquent reports or the period of delinquency; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. §1680(17)
The Maine annual report, which you may also decline
Maine levies an annual charge to keep a company in good standing. The amount is below. Declining it is consistent with everything else on this page.
Annual report, limited liability company
$85 per annum.
... fee of $85 for a limited liability company or a fee of $150 for a foreign limited liability company
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. 1680(6)
Annual report, corporation
$85 per annum.
... an annual report or amended annual report, the fee is $85.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. 123(1)(DD)
Our position
We decline. At this price you may have expected otherwise.
Statutory text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, verified against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are amended. This page is not.