Business Corporations

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Title 13-C: Maine Business Corporation Act

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

Title 5, c.6-A, Model Registered Agents Act

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Forms and Fees

Important Notice: Form changes occur periodically to implement new requirements. Forms may be eliminated or revised, or new forms may be created. Before submitting forms to our office for filing, please be sure that you have the most recent version of forms.

  • Below is a complete list of forms and filing fees for filing Business Corporations with the Division of Corporations.
  • All forms are provided in Acrobat (.PDF) format. If you wish to complete the forms on-screen, you need to download a version of the Adobe Reader by visiting the Adobe Website.  To use one of these fillable forms, simply complete on-screen, print and mail to our office together with the proper filing fee.
  • If you wish to save the completed form, you must have the full Adobe Acrobat package.

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Business Corporations (Title 13-C)

Form #

Form Name

Fee

MBCA-1

Application for Reservation of Name

$20.00

MBCA-1A

Transfer of Reserved Name

$20.00

MBCA-2

Application for Registration of Name

$20.00 per month $200.00–Renewal

MBCA-2A

Consent Terminating Name Registration

$35.00

MBCA-3-CRA

Statement of Appointment or Change of Commercial Clerk
Commercial Clerk and Commercial Registered Agent (CRA) Search

$35.00

MBCA-3-NCRA Statement of Appointment or Change of Noncommercial Clerk
Commercial Clerk and Commercial Registered Agent (CRA) Search
$35.00

MBCA-3A-NCRA

Statement of Resignation of Noncommercial Clerk

$35.00

MBCA-5

Statement of Intention to do Business under an Assumed or Fictitious Name

$125.00–Assumed $40.00–Fictitious

MBCA-5A

Termination of Statement of Intention to do Business under an Assumed or Fictitious Name

$20.00

MBCA-6

Articles of Incorporation
Small Business Resources
Commercial Clerk and Commercial Registered Agent (CRA) Search

$145.00

MBCA-6-1

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)
Commercial Clerk and Commercial Registered Agent (CRA) Search

See specific filing for the applicable filing fee

MBCA-6A

Restated Articles of Incorporation

$80.00

MBCA-9

Articles of Amendment

$50.00

MBCA-9A

Articles of Amendment by Court Order

$50.00

MBCA-10

Articles/Certificate of Merger or Share Exchange - Survivor is a Corporation

$100.00

MBCA-10A

Statement of Abandonment of Merger or Share Exchange

$35.00

MBCA-11

Articles of Dissolution

$75.00

MBCA-11A

Articles of Revocation of Dissolution

$75.00

MBCA-11I

Articles of Dissolution (by Incorporators or Initial Directors)

$75.00

MBCA-12

Application for Authority to do Business
Commercial Clerk and Commercial Registered Agent (CRA) Search

$250.00

Foreign Corporation Qualification Information

MBCA-12A

Amended Application for Authority to do Business

$70.00

MBCA-12B

Application of Withdrawal

$90.00

MBCA-12C

Application for Transfer of Authority

$70.00

MBCA-12D-CRA

Statement of Appointment or Change of Commercial Registered Agent
Commercial Clerk and Commercial Registered Agent (CRA) Search

$35.00

MBCA-12D-NCRA Statement of Appointment or Change of Noncommercial Registered Agent
Commercial Clerk and Commercial Registered Agent (CRA) Search
$35.00

MBCA-12E-NCRA

Resignation of Noncommercial Registered Agent

$35.00

MBCA 13

Annual Report - Domestic

$85.00

Annual Report - Foreign $150.00

MBCA-13A

Amended Annual Report - Domestic

$85.00

Amended Annual Report - Foreign
$150.00
MBCA-14 Certificate of Excuse $40.00

MBCA-14A

Certificate of Resumption

$100.00

MBCA-15

Application for the Use of an Indistinguishable Name

$20.00

MBCA-17

Articles of Correction

$50.00

MBCA-19

Articles of Domestication

$145.00

MBCA-19A

Articles of Charter Surrender – Domestication

$90.00

MBCA-19B

Statement of Abandonment of Domestication

$35.00

MBCA-20

Articles of Nonprofit Conversion

$145.00

MBCA-20A

Articles of Charter Surrender – Nonprofit Conversion

$90.00

MBCA-20B

Statement of Abandonment of Nonprofit Conversion

$35.00

MBCA-21

Articles of Entity Conversion by Domestic Business Corporation

$145.00

MBCA-21A

Articles of Entity Conversion by Domestic or Foreign Unincorporated Entity

$145.00

MBCA-21B

Articles of Charter Surrender – Entity Conversion

$90.00

MBCA-21C

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.

SOP-APPT

Statement of Appointment of Agent for Service of Process for a Nonfiling Domestic Entity or a Nonqualified Foreign Entity

$100.00

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