ME registered agent
Maine. $1 a year.
Maine law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what Maine does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... 5. 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)
dissolution
... section 1661 and Title 5, section 105, subsection 1; 5. Failure to notify of change of registered agent or address. The limited liability ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. §1591(4)-(5)
revocation
... 5. Failure to notify of change of registered agent or address. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1531-A(4)-(5)
also
... its corporate existence but may not transact any business in this State except ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §1421(3)
the rule
rule
Maine says:
... State a clerk, who is a natural person resident in this State. The clerk may be, but is not required to be, one of the directors or officers of 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 lawsuit
service
... clerk or registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served by ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 5 M.R.S. §113(2)-(3)
coming back
reinstatement
... to appoint or maintain a clerk, the fee is $150. X. For an application for reinstatement ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. §123(1)(W)-(X)
reinstatement
... number of delinquent reports or the period of delinquency; for failure to pay the annual report late ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. §1680(17)
compliance
No.
the annual report
Maine charges this every year. Do not pay it and keep the money. The rest of this page is what happens next.
annual report, llc
$85. Yearly.
... of an annual report under section 1665, a fee of $85 for a limited liability company or a fee of $150 for a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 31 M.R.S. 1680(6)
annual report, corporation
$85. Yearly.
... an annual report or amended annual report, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 13-C M.R.S. 123(1)(DD)
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.