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Maine LLC Foreign Registration in Connecticut

To do business in Connecticut, an LLC formed in Maine registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $120 in state fees. Connecticut also asks for Maine's Certificate of Existence ($30), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of the State, Business Services Division using your Maine records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Maine and Connecticut each ask for

	Maine formed here	Connecticut registering here
Document	Maine Certificate of Existence	Foreign Registration Statement (LLC - Foreign) (no form number)
State fee	$30	$120 at order
How it is handled	Maine: online, downloaded from the company's information summary page	Filed online with Connecticut
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division
Official page	apps3.web.maine.gov	business.ct.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $85, every year	Annual Report, $80, every year
Due	June 1	On or before March 31
Agent	Your Maine registered agent	Our Connecticut registered agent

How Maine companies register with Connecticut

Order the Maine certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($30) is ordered from Maine separately; it is not part of our Connecticut order. Connecticut counts 90 days from the day Maine issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Connecticut registered agent, with your Maine name and formation date and the certificate attached. Once Maine's certificate is in hand, Connecticut's filing goes in. Once Connecticut approves it, the Maine company can do business there.

Connecticut costs for Maine companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$120
Certificate of Existence, paid to Maine	$30
Our service, with a year of Connecticut registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Maine certificate included	$349

Connecticut's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Your Maine name and Connecticut's rules

We check your exact Maine name against Connecticut's records before filing.

Agents: Connecticut and Maine

Maine and Connecticut both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Maine; ours takes Connecticut's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Maine and Connecticut

Each year your LLC files Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Connecticut's Annual Report ($80). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maine plus Connecticut comes to $314 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Maine to Connecticut

A corporation formed in Maine files its own registration with Connecticut ($385 in state fees). After that come Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Connecticut's Annual Report ($435). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Connecticut company in Maine

An LLC formed in Connecticut that registers with Maine files Form MLLC-12 with $250 in state fees and a $50 required expedite, plus the Certificate of Legal Existence ($50) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Maine to Connecticut

Does my Maine company need to register in Connecticut?

Yes, once a Maine business operates there; Connecticut registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does the Connecticut registration cost?

$319 at checkout plus $30 to Maine for the Certificate of Existence, $349 in all (checkout is $120 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Maine's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Connecticut wants Maine's Certificate of Existence ($30), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Maine and Connecticut?

$314 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $85 to Maine and $80 to Connecticut for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Connecticut?

Connecticut can charge a Maine company a penalty of $300 for each month.

Does Connecticut require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Connecticut LLC instead?

Yes, but Maine keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Connecticut's Annual Report ($80), and the original keeps Maine's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Connecticut later?

Maine companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal (no state fee); until then, Connecticut's report stays due alongside Maine's filings.

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