Foreign registration · no form number

Maine Corporation Foreign Registration in Nebraska

Nebraska registers a corporation from Maine as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $110 in state fees. Nebraska also wants Maine's Certificate of Existence ($30). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your Maine records, then serve as your agent for service of process there for year one.

Maine and Nebraska side by side

	Maine formed here	Nebraska registering here
Document	Maine Certificate of Existence	Application for Certificate of Authority to Transact Business (no form number)
State fee	$30	$110 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Maine: online, downloaded from the company's information summary page	Filed online with Nebraska
Office	Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions	Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	apps3.web.maine.gov	sos.nebraska.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $85, every year	Biennial Report, $52, every two years
Due	June 1	April 1 of each even-numbered year
Agent	Your Maine registered agent	Our Nebraska agent for service of process

From Maine to Nebraska, step by step

Order the Maine certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($30) is ordered from Maine separately; it is not part of our Nebraska order. Nebraska wants the Maine certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Nebraska agent for service of process, next to your Maine name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Maine's certificate is in hand, Nebraska's filing goes in. Once Nebraska approves it, the Maine company can do business there.

First-year cost, Maine to Nebraska

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$110
Certificate of Existence, paid to Maine	$30
Our service, with a year of Nebraska agent for service of process service	$199
First-year total, Maine certificate included	$339

Your Maine name and Nebraska's rules

If Nebraska's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Maine company. We check your exact Maine name against Nebraska's records before filing.

Your Nebraska agent and the Maine one

Nebraska calls it an agent for service of process; Maine says registered agent. Nebraska papers come to us; Maine's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Maine and Nebraska

Maine wants the Annual Report every year ($85); Nebraska wants the Biennial Report every two years ($52). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Maine to Nebraska

An LLC formed in Maine files its own registration with Nebraska ($110 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($30)). After that come Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Nebraska's Biennial Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Nebraska into Maine

A corporation formed in Nebraska that registers with Maine files Form MBCA-12 with $250 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. See that filing.

Questions Maine owners ask about Nebraska

Does my Maine company need to register in Nebraska?

Yes, once a Maine business operates there; Nebraska registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Nebraska issues one to Maine corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does the Nebraska registration cost?

$309 at checkout plus $30 to Maine for the Certificate of Existence, $339 in all (checkout is $110 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Maine's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Nebraska wants Maine's Certificate of Existence ($30), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Maine and Nebraska?

Our agent for service of process renewal ($149 a year), Maine's report ($85) and Nebraska's report ($52, every two years).

What if I don't register with Nebraska?

A Maine company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Nebraska can add a penalty of $500 a day, up to $10,000 a year.

Does Nebraska require a registered agent?

Yes: the Maine registered agent stays, and ours covers Nebraska for year one.

Will Nebraska accept my Maine name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Maine name at home.

Can I form a new Nebraska corporation instead?

Yes, but Maine keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Nebraska's Biennial Report ($26), and the original keeps Maine's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Nebraska later?

Maine companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal to Transact Business in the State of Nebraska; until then, Nebraska's report stays due alongside Maine's filings.

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