Maryland

Foreign registration · Form MLLC-12

Maryland LLC Foreign Registration in Maine

Maine registers an LLC from Maryland as a foreign LLC on Form MLLC-12, with $250 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Maine also asks for Maryland's Certificate of Status ($20), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions from your Maryland records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Maryland and Maine side by side

	Maryland formed here	Maine registering here
Document	Maryland Certificate of Status	Form MLLC-12, Statement of Foreign Qualification to Conduct Activities
State fee	$20	$250 at order
How it is handled	Maryland: online through Maryland Business Express, emailed right away	Filed with Maine
Required expedite		$50 at order (24 hours)
Faster options		same-day $100
Office	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division	Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions
Official page	businessexpress.maryland.gov	maine.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1), $300, every year	Annual Report, $150, every year
Due	April 15	June 1
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Required expedite processing: 24 hours
Agent	Your Maryland resident agent	Our Maine registered agent

How Maryland companies register with Maine

Order the Maryland certificate
The Certificate of Status ($20) is ordered from Maryland separately; it is not part of our Maine order. An instant Maryland certificate reaches Maine only hours old, well inside the limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file Form MLLC-12
It names us as your Maine registered agent, with your Maryland name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Maryland delays the Maine filing. Once Maine approves it, the Maryland company can do business there.

Maine costs for Maryland companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$250
Required expedite (24 hours), paid at order	$50
Certificate of Status, paid to Maryland	$20
Our service, with a year of Maine registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Maryland certificate included	$519

Faster state options are not in the total.

Your Maryland name and Maine's rules

We search Maine's records for Maryland's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Maine and Maryland

Maine calls it a registered agent; Maryland says resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Maryland; ours takes Maine's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Maryland and Maine

Each year your LLC files Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300) and Maine's Annual Report ($150). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maryland plus Maine comes to $599 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Maryland to Maine

A corporation formed in Maryland files Form MBCA-12 with Maine ($250 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same). After that come Maryland's periodic report ($300) and Maine's Annual Report ($150). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Maine into Maryland

An LLC formed in Maine that registers with Maryland files Maryland's registration (no form number) with $104.50 in state fees and a $50 required expedite, plus the Certificate of Existence ($30) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Maryland owners ask about Maine

Does my Maryland company need to register in Maine?

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

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

$499 at checkout plus $20 to Maryland for the Certificate of Status, $519 in all (checkout is $250 in state fees, the $50 required expedite and our $199).

Do I need Maryland's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Maine wants Maryland's Certificate of Status ($20), no more than 90 days old at filing.

How long does the Maine registration take?

24 hours with Maine's required expedite; Maryland's certificate is an instant download, so there is no wait before filing. Faster state options: same-day $100.

What are the yearly costs for Maryland and Maine?

$599 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $300 to Maryland and $150 to Maine for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Maine?

A Maryland company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Maine can add up to $500 for each year or part of a year.

Does Maine require a registered agent?

Yes: the Maryland resident agent stays, and ours covers Maine for year one.

Can I form a new Maine LLC instead?

Yes, but Maryland keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Maine's Annual Report ($85), and the original keeps Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1).

How do I withdraw from Maine later?

Maryland companies leave by filing a Statement of Cancellation of Foreign Qualification; until then, Maine's report stays due alongside Maryland's filings.

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