Reinstate an LLC in Maine: the comeback that erases the gap.
The company lapsed, the state acted, and now the way back runs through the Secretary of State: the reinstatement application, $150, plus the catch-up the state expects. Maine restores companies as if the lapse never happened, relate-back, within six years. Here is the whole comeback, in order, and how to make sure there is never a second one.
The reinstatement prepared and filed with the state, back filings caught up, so the company returns with clean standing.
Four facts cover the whole system
The filing that restores a lapsed company to the record: the reinstatement application, $150, with the Secretary of State, alongside whatever the state requires caught up. Standing returns when it is accepted; the company continues rather than starting over. We prepare and file it →
Maine’s comeback carries the country’s best fine print: reinstatement within six years, $150 plus the back reports, and the restoration relates back, the company is treated as continuously existing, the lapse legally erased. For contracts signed in the gap, that relate-back is worth far more than the fee.
The lapsed June 1 annual reports with their fees, alongside the $150 application, filed inside the six-year window, and the relate-back does the quiet, valuable work of making the gap legally disappear.
The state side starts at $150 for the reinstatement application, plus the back filings and their fees. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
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Four steps back, and one that keeps you back
Maine’s comeback runs in sequence: confirm the status, cure the cause, catch up the filings, then the reinstatement application for $150 with the Secretary of State. The window matters here, maine reinstates within six years, and with relate-back: the restored company is treated as if the dissolution never interrupted it, one of the cleanest continuity provisions anywhere. Done in order, standing returns and the record moves on.
Where you stand decides what you do next
Move while the cure is simple: we prepare and file the reinstatement with the back filings caught up, and the company returns with clean standing.
Banks and counterparties see the lapsed status until the cure files, and nothing else about the company has actually changed. The catch-up-plus-application path is the fastest route back to a clean record; we expedite exactly this situation routinely.
The deadline that started this never stops coming. Put the recurring filing on autopilot and the lapse never repeats.
Two contracts were signed in the gap, the relate-back saved them both
The midcoast company dissolved quietly mid-season and kept signing work, a problem, our lawyer explained, unless we reinstated inside Maine’s six-year window, whose relate-back treats the company as never having lapsed. The $150 filing turned two questionable contracts back into ordinary ones. Maine’s comeback rewrites the past, legally. Few filings anywhere do more per dollar.
Representative composite drawn from customer outcomes.
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Everything that lapsed, caught up in one place
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Name AvailabilityDistinguishable is not the same as safe, check properly
Registered AgentA Maine address that never misses a service of process
Compliance CalendarYour deadlines tracked, so the record stays boring
CRMThe counterparties you vet become the clients you keep
Business BankingOpen the account the day your filing comes back
Maine, beyond the comeback
How to Start an LLC in Maine
Name search to filed Articles, the Maine playbook.
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State fees, the recurring bill, and the first-year total.
See the numbers → State hubForm a Business in Maine
Entity types, taxes, and the Maine playbook.
Open the hub → FileForm an LLC in Maine
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Start the filing →Maine Reinstatement questions.
How do I reinstate an LLC in Maine?
Cure the cause, catch up the filings, and submit the reinstatement application with the Secretary of State, $150 plus the back fees. Standing returns when it is accepted, and the company continues rather than starting over. We handle the whole sequence as part of reinstatement service.
How much does it cost to reinstate a Maine LLC?
The application is $150, plus the back filings and their fees, the real total depends on how long the lapse ran. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
Does Maine require tax clearance to reinstate?
No: Maine adds no tax-clearance step to the reinstatement, the application and the back filings carry it. Final accuracy still matters, the state cross-checks what you owe, which is why we prepare the catch-up filings together with the application.
How long do I have to reinstate my Maine LLC?
Maine reinstates within six years, and with relate-back: the restored company is treated as if the dissolution never interrupted it, one of the cleanest continuity provisions anywhere.
Should I reinstate or just form a new LLC?
Reinstate, in most cases: the cure preserves the formation date, the EIN, the contracts, the name, and the history, while a new entity resets all of it and leaves the old company’s loose ends dangling. Re-forming only wins when the back fees exceed the value of continuity, we run that math with you before filing either way.
What should I do after the company is reinstated?
Confirm the standing shows clean on the record, tell the bank and any counterparties who saw the lapse, and put the recurring deadline on autopilot, the filing that started this comes due again on schedule, and the second lapse is never cheaper than the first.
Can File.Business reinstate my Maine LLC for me?
Yes: we confirm the status, cure the cause, prepare the back filings, and submit the application, then put the recurring deadline on autopilot so the lapse never repeats. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
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