Can You Be Your Own Registered Agent in Maine? Yes, If You Meet These Rules

The Maine rule

Who can serve: A commercial registered agent listed with the Secretary of State, or a noncommercial agent: an individual or entity serving as agent in Maine, or the holder of a named position in the company.

The address: A noncommercial agent lists a physical street address in Maine, not a P.O. box. Commercial agents keep their address on file with the state.

Whether the LLC itself can be named is not settled by our sheet; check with the Maine Secretary of State. Changing agents in Maine costs $35. Source: 5 M.R.S. § 105, checked October 20, 2026.

The trade-offs

• Your Maine address goes on the public filing.
• Papers are handed to you at that address, so you need to be there when the state’s rule says.
• If you move, you file a change of agent ($35 in Maine).

If you would rather not

Mainstay Filing is $149 a year for registered agent service in Maine, the same at renewal. Service of process is scanned and uploaded the same business day at no fee.