Maryland Foreign Corporation Qualification

Maryland corporation qualification at a glance

Filing

Foreign Corporation Qualification (no form number)

State fee

$100 filing fee ($104.50 with the charges Maryland collects at filing)

Required expedite

$50 (7 business days), charged at checkout

Total with us

$353.50, first year of Maryland resident agent service included

Required expedite processing

7 business days

Home-state certificate

Set by the state

Maryland yearly filing

Yearly report (named below), $300, every year

Filed with

Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division

What the Maryland filing asks for

For the filing, Maryland needs:

• The exact name of your corporation as formed
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A Maryland resident agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address

Corporation into Maryland, by home state

Every home state pays the same $353.50 at checkout for Maryland.

Maryland resident agent rule

Maryland requires every registered foreign corporation to keep a resident agent there. Switching agents later costs $25. Our $199 includes the first year of Maryland resident agent service, then $149 a year.

Maryland yearly filings

Once registered, your corporation files the Maryland Form 1 — Business Entity Annual Report and Business Personal Property Return every year, at $300, due April 15. From year two, keeping the Maryland registration costs $449 a year with our resident agent service.

How long Maryland takes

We file it on Maryland's paper form with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT). Maryland required expedite processing: 7 business days. Checkout includes the required expedite ($50).

Leaving Maryland later

If your corporation stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing an Application for Termination for a Foreign Corporation. Until that is filed, Maryland's yearly filing stays due.