Foreign registration · no form number

Maine LLC Foreign Registration in Wyoming

Wyoming registers an LLC from Maine as a foreign LLC on a registration (no form number), with $150 in state fees. Wyoming also asks for Maine's Certificate of Existence ($30), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Division using your Maine records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Maine and Wyoming side by side

	Maine formed here	Wyoming registering here
Document	Maine Certificate of Existence	Application for Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$30	$150 at order
How it is handled	Maine: online, downloaded from the company's information summary page	Filed with Wyoming
Office	Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division
Official page	apps3.web.maine.gov	sos.wyo.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $85, every year	Annual Report, $60, every year
Due	June 1	First day of the foreign LLC's anniversary month of WY registration
Agent	Your Maine registered agent	Our Wyoming registered agent

From Maine to Wyoming, step by step

Order the Maine certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($30) is ordered from Maine separately; it is not part of our Wyoming order. Wyoming 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 Wyoming registered agent, next to your Maine name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Maine certificate comes first; then the Wyoming filing goes in. Once Wyoming approves it, the Maine company can do business there.

First-year cost, Maine to Wyoming

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$150
Certificate of Existence, paid to Maine	$30
Our service, with a year of Wyoming registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Maine certificate included	$379

Your Maine name and Wyoming's rules

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

Your Wyoming agent and the Maine one

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

Yearly filings: Wyoming and Maine

Each year your LLC files Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maine plus Wyoming comes to $294 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Maine to Wyoming

A corporation formed in Maine files its own registration with Wyoming ($150 in state fees, the same). After that come Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Wyoming into Maine

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

Questions Maine owners ask about Wyoming

Does my Maine company need to register in Wyoming?

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

How much does the Wyoming registration cost?

$349 at checkout plus $30 to Maine for the Certificate of Existence, $379 in all (checkout is $150 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Maine's certificate of good standing?

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

How long does the Wyoming registration take?

Wyoming's standard processing takes up to fifteen business days after the date of receipt, once Maine's certificate is in hand.

What are the yearly costs for Maine and Wyoming?

$294 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $85 to Maine and $60 to Wyoming for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Wyoming?

Wyoming can charge a Maine company a penalty of $5,000.

Does Wyoming require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Wyoming LLC instead?

Yes, but Maine keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Wyoming's Annual Report ($61.44), and the original keeps Maine's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Wyoming later?

Maine companies leave by filing a Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Wyoming's report stays due alongside Maine's filings.

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