Maryland

Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Maryland Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Maryland that wants to do business in Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania needs nothing from Maryland: no Certificate of Status. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations using your Maryland records and act as your registered office there for the first year.

What Maryland and Pennsylvania each ask for

	Maryland formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Maryland Certificate of Status (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$20	$250 at order
How it is handled	Maryland: online through Maryland Business Express, emailed right away	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	businessexpress.maryland.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic report, $300, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	April 15	June 30
Agent	Your Maryland resident agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

How Maryland companies register with Pennsylvania

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It lists us as your Pennsylvania registered office, next to your Maryland name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Maryland first, so the Pennsylvania filing can go in right away. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the Maryland company can do business there.

Your Maryland name and Pennsylvania's rules

Pennsylvania accepts your Maryland name if it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state. We search Pennsylvania's records for Maryland's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Pennsylvania and Maryland

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

Staying in good standing in Maryland and Pennsylvania

Each year your corporation files Maryland's periodic report ($300) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Maryland plus Pennsylvania comes to $456 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Maryland to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Maryland files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Pennsylvania company in Maryland

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania 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.

Common questions: Maryland to Pennsylvania

Does my Maryland company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Pennsylvania calls it registration for Maryland corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

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

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Maryland.

Do I need Maryland's certificate of good standing?

No, Pennsylvania takes Form DSCB:15-412 without it.

What are the yearly costs for Maryland and Pennsylvania?

$456 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $300 to Maryland and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my Maryland name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania corporation instead?

Yes, but Maryland keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Maryland's periodic report.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

Maryland companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal of Foreign Registration; until then, Pennsylvania's report stays due alongside Maryland's filings.

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