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Maine LLC Foreign Registration in Idaho

To do business in Idaho, an LLC formed in Maine registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $103.50 in state fees. Idaho also wants Maine's Certificate of Existence ($30), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Maine records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Maine and Idaho each ask for

	Maine formed here	Idaho registering here
Document	Maine Certificate of Existence	Foreign Registration Statement (Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$30	$103.50 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 Idaho
Paid expedite		$40
Office	Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	apps3.web.maine.gov	sos.idaho.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $85, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	June 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Maine registered agent	Our Idaho registered agent

From Maine to Idaho, step by step

Order the Maine certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($30) is ordered from Maine separately; it is not part of our Idaho order. Idaho accepts it within 90 days of Maine's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Idaho registered agent, with your Maine name and formation date and the certificate attached. Once Maine's certificate is in hand, Idaho's filing goes in. After approval, your Maine LLC is registered with Idaho.

First-year cost, Maine to Idaho

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$103.50
Certificate of Existence, paid to Maine	$30
Our service, with a year of Idaho registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Maine certificate included	$332.50

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

Will your Maine name work for Idaho?

If another Idaho company uses the Maine name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact Maine name against Idaho's records before filing.

Your Idaho agent and the Maine one

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

Yearly filings: Idaho and Maine

Each year your LLC files Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maine plus Idaho comes to $234 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Maine to Idaho

A corporation formed in Maine files its own registration with Idaho ($103.50 in state fees, the same). After that come Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). See the corporation filing.

Registering an Idaho company in Maine

An LLC formed in Idaho that registers with Maine files Form MLLC-12 with $250 in state fees and a $50 required expedite, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Maine to Idaho

Does my Maine company need to register in Idaho?

Yes, once a Maine business operates there; Idaho law lists 11 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does it cost to register a Maine LLC in Idaho?

$302.50 at checkout plus $30 to Maine for the Certificate of Existence, $332.50 in all (checkout is $103.50 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Maine's certificate of good standing?

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

How long does the Idaho registration take?

Idaho's standard processing takes about 3 to 5 days from the date of filing, once Maine's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $40.

What are the yearly costs for Maine and Idaho?

$234 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $85 to Maine and nothing to Idaho for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Idaho?

A Maine company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Idaho require a registered agent?

Yes: the Maine registered agent stays, and ours covers Idaho for year one, with a street address there.

Will Idaho 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 Idaho LLC instead?

Yes, but Maine keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps Maine's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Idaho later?

Maine companies leave by filing a Withdrawal of Foreign Registration Statement ($20); until then, Idaho's report stays due alongside Maine's filings.

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