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Business Corporations

Title 13-C: Maine Business Corporation Act

Title 13, c.22-A, Maine Professional Service Corporation Act

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Forms and Fees

    This is a complete list of forms and filing fees for filing Business Corporations with the Division of Corporations.
    After completing the forms on-screen, you may then print the forms, sign, date, and mail them to this office together with the applicable filing fees.
    All forms are in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format. If you have the Adobe 4 Reader, you may continue to print the blank forms. However, if you wish to complete the forms on-screen, you need to download the Adobe 5 Reader by visiting the Adobe website and downloading a free copy.
    If you wish to save the completed form, you must have the full Adobe Acrobat package.


If you wish to pay for filing fees or other services offered by this Bureau with your credit card, you will be able to complete and return this "fillable" voucher with your request.

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Business Corporations (Title 13-C)

Form #

Form Name

 

Fee

Application for Reservation of Name
 
$20.00
Transfer of Reserved Name
 
$20.00
Application for Registration of Name
 
$20.00 per month $200.00–Renewal
Consent Terminating Name Registration
 
$35.00
Change of Clerk and/or Registered Office
 
$35.00
Notice of Resignation of Clerk
 
$35.00
Statement of Intention to do Business under an Assumed or Fictitious Name
 
$125.00–Assumed $40.00–Fictitious
Termination of Statement of Intention to do Business under an Assumed or Fictitious Name
 
$20.00

Articles of Incorporation
Small Business Resources

 
$145.00
Articles of Incorporation to be attached to Articles/Certificate of Merger or Share Exchange (MBCA-10), Articles of Domestication (MBCA-19), Articles of Entity Conversion (MBCA-21-A), Articles of Domestication and Conversion (MNPCA-19) and Articles of Conversion of Partnership (CONV-PART)
 
See specific filing for the applicable filing fee
Restated Articles of Incorporation
 
$80.00
Articles of Amendment
 
$50.00
Articles of Amendment by Court Order
 
$50.00
Articles/Certificate of Merger or Share Exchange - Survivor is a Corporation
 

$100.00

Statement of Abandonment of Merger or Share Exchange
 
$35.00
Articles of Dissolution
 
$75.00
Articles of Revocation of Dissolution
 
$75.00
Articles of Dissolution (by Incorporators or Initial Directors)
 
$75.00
Application for Authority to do Business
 
$250.00
  Foreign Corporation Qualification Information    
Amended Application for Authority to do Business
 
$70.00
Application of Withdrawal
 
$90.00
Application for Transfer of Authority
 
$70.00
Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office
 
$35.00
Notice of Resignation of Registered Agent
 
$35.00
Annual Report - Domestic
 
$85.00
Annual Report - Foreign   $150.00
Amended Annual Report - Domestic
 
$85.00
Amended Annual Report - Foreign   $150.00

MBCA-14

Certificate of Excuse
 
$40.00
Certificate of Resumption
 
$100.00
Application for the Use of an Indistinguishable Name
 
$20.00
Articles of Correction
 
$50.00
Acceptance of Appointment of Clerk or Registered Agent
 
No fee
Articles of Domestication
 
$145.00
Articles of Charter Surrender – Domestication
 
$90.00
Statement of Abandonment of Domestication
 
$35.00
Articles of Nonprofit Conversion
 
$145.00
Articles of Charter Surrender – Nonprofit Conversion
 
$90.00
Statement of Abandonment of Nonprofit Conversion
 
$35.00
Articles of Entity Conversion by Domestic Business Corporation
 
$145.00
Articles of Entity Conversion by Domestic or Foreign Unincorporated Entity
 
$145.00
Articles of Charter Surrender – Entity Conversion
 
$90.00
Statement of Abandonment of Entity Conversion by Domestic Business Corporation
 
$35.00

RO-E911

Notification of change in address by municipality or U.S. Postal Service

  No Fee

HO-E911

Notification of change in home office address by municipality or U.S. Postal Service

  No Fee

Revival

Application for Certificate of Revival (Domestic Entities Only)

  See form for applicable filing fee.