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Maine Corporation Foreign Registration in Washington

To do business in Washington, a corporation formed in Maine registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $200 in state fees. Washington also asks for Maine's Certificate of Existence ($30), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division using your Maine records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Maine and Washington each ask for

	Maine formed here	Washington registering here
Document	Maine Certificate of Existence	Foreign Registration Statement (Profit types) (no form number)
State fee	$30	$200 at order (filing fee $180 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Maine: online, downloaded from the company's information summary page	Filed online with Washington
Office	Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions	Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division
Official page	apps3.web.maine.gov	sos.wa.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $85, every year	Annual Report, $70, every year
Due	June 1	Last day of the month of WA certificate of authority
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Maine registered agent	Our Washington registered agent

From Maine to Washington, step by step

Order the Maine certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($30) is ordered from Maine separately; it is not part of our Washington order. Washington accepts it within 60 days of Maine's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Washington registered agent, next to your Maine name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Maine certificate comes first; then the Washington filing goes in. Once Washington approves it, the Maine company can do business there.

Washington costs for Maine companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$200
Certificate of Existence, paid to Maine	$30
Our service, with a year of Washington registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Maine certificate included	$429

Your Maine name and Washington's rules

Washington can hold a name for $30 before you file.

Agents: Washington and Maine

Maine and Washington both call it a registered agent. Washington papers come to us; Maine's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Washington and Maine

Each year your corporation files Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Washington's Annual Report ($70). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maine plus Washington comes to $304 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Maine to Washington

An LLC formed in Maine files its own registration with Washington ($200 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($30)). After that come Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Washington's Annual Report ($70). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Washington company in Maine

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

Common questions: Maine to Washington

Does my Maine company need to register in Washington?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Washington calls it registration for Maine corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Washington registration cost?

$399 at checkout plus $30 to Maine for the Certificate of Existence, $429 in all (checkout is $200 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Maine's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Washington wants Maine's Certificate of Existence ($30), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Maine and Washington?

$304 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $85 to Maine and $70 to Washington for the yearly reports.

Does Washington require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Washington corporation instead?

Yes, but Maine keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Washington's Annual Report ($70), and the original keeps Maine's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Washington later?

Maine companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal; until then, Washington's report stays due alongside Maine's filings.

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