Maine Annual Report: Due Date, Fee, and Filing Steps
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Every active LLC and corporation on file in Maine owes the state an annual report. LLCs file under 31 M.R.S. § 1665. Below: the deadline, the fees, the filing steps, and what happens if you skip it.
Quick Facts
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Annual |
| Due date | June 1 (window opens January 1) |
| Fee, domestic LLC | $85 |
| Fee, foreign LLC | $150 |
| Late penalty | $50 flat |
| LLC paper form | MLLC-13 (preprinted) |
| Filed with | Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions |
Online filing brings immediate confirmation. Paper means waiting on the mail both ways.
When the Maine Annual Report Is Due
June 1. Every year, every entity type, no anniversary-based schedules. The filing window opens January 1, so you get five months to submit. After June 1 the report is delinquent and the penalty math starts.
The Maine Annual Report Fee: $85 Domestic, $150 Foreign
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Order HereA domestic LLC pays $85. A foreign LLC registered in Maine pays $150. Nonprofit corporations pay $35. The statute behind the fee schedule is 31 M.R.S. § 1680 (text here).
Maine does not ask for a FEIN on this report. Need it processed fast? The state sells 24-hour handling for $50 extra and same-day for $100.
How to File, Step by Step
- Start from the Secretary of State's annual report filing page and choose online or paper. Online takes card payment and confirms immediately. Paper filers order the preprinted Form MLLC-13, generated from the charter number, and mail it back with a check.
- Check the agent block. A commercial registered agent shows as a name plus CRA public number. A noncommercial agent needs a name plus a physical Maine street address. A PO box by itself does not pass.
- Update the principal office and list at least one member, manager, or authorized person.
- Sign and submit before June 1. Signatures are made under penalty of false swearing, so read before you sign.
Report bounced back for errors? You get 30 days from the state's notice to correct it without losing your original delivery date.
Miss June 1: $50 Penalty, Then Dissolution
The late penalty is $50 flat, stacked on top of the normal fee, per 31 M.R.S. § 1680(10). That is the cheap part.
Keep not filing and the Secretary of State sends written notice, gives you a window to cure, and then administratively dissolves a domestic LLC. Foreign LLCs get their authority to do business in Maine revoked instead. Coming back requires a $150 reinstatement fee, the same $150 whether you missed one report or five, capped at $600 total.
A dissolved entity also loses good standing everywhere it matters: banks, lenders, deal counterparties, and Maine courts.
One escape hatch exists: an LLC that has stopped doing business in Maine and owes the state nothing can request a certificate of excuse from the reporting requirement.
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- Secure portal to review compliance correspondence
- Physical Maine address on your filings
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