Maryland Corporation Foreign Registration in North Dakota

North Dakota registers a corporation from Maryland as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $145 in state fees. North Dakota may ask for Maryland's Certificate of Status ($20). We file it with the Secretary of State using your Maryland records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Maryland and North Dakota each ask for

	Maryland formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	Maryland Certificate of Status	Foreign Business Corporation Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	$20	$145 at order
How it is handled	Maryland: online through Maryland Business Express, emailed right away	Filed online with North Dakota
Office	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	businessexpress.maryland.gov	sos.nd.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic report, $300, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	April 15	May 15
Agent	Your Maryland resident agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

How Maryland companies register with North Dakota

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your North Dakota registered agent, next to your Maryland name and formation date. If North Dakota wants the Maryland certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Maryland corporation is registered with North Dakota.

Will your Maryland name work for North Dakota?

North Dakota accepts your Maryland name if it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. We check your exact Maryland name against North Dakota's records before filing.

Your North Dakota agent and the Maryland one

North Dakota calls it a registered agent; Maryland says resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Maryland; ours takes North Dakota's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Maryland and North Dakota

Each year your corporation files Maryland's periodic report ($300) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maryland plus North Dakota comes to $474 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Maryland to North Dakota

An LLC formed in Maryland files its own registration with North Dakota ($135 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status ($20)). After that come Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). See the LLC filing.

The other way: North Dakota into Maryland

A corporation formed in North Dakota that registers with Maryland files Maryland's registration (no form number) with $104.50 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. See that filing.

Questions Maryland owners ask about North Dakota

Does my Maryland company need to register in North Dakota?

Yes, once a Maryland business operates there; North Dakota registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: North Dakota issues one to Maryland corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does it cost to register a Maryland corporation in North Dakota?

$344 at checkout; North Dakota may also want Maryland's Certificate of Status, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Maryland and North Dakota?

$474 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $300 to Maryland and $25 to North Dakota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

A Maryland company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

Yes: the Maryland resident agent stays, and ours covers North Dakota for year one.

Will North Dakota accept my Maryland name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new North Dakota corporation instead?

Yes, but Maryland keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files North Dakota's Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps Maryland's periodic report.

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