North Dakota Corporation Foreign Registration in Maryland

What North Dakota and Maryland each ask for

From North Dakota to Maryland, step by step

1. We prepare and file the registration

   It names us as your Maryland resident agent, with your North Dakota name and formation date. If Maryland wants the North Dakota certificate, it is ordered first. Once Maryland approves it, the North Dakota company can do business there.

Will your North Dakota name work for Maryland?

Maryland can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Maryland agent and the North Dakota one

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

Yearly filings: Maryland and North Dakota

Each year your corporation files North Dakota's Annual Report ($25) and Maryland's Form 1 — Business Entity Annual Report and Business Personal Property Return ($300). With our $149 resident agent renewal, North Dakota plus Maryland comes to $474 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, North Dakota to Maryland

An LLC formed in North Dakota files its own registration with Maryland ($104.50 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($20)). After that come North Dakota's Annual Report ($50) and Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Maryland company in North Dakota

A corporation formed in Maryland that registers with North Dakota files North Dakota's registration (no form number) with $145 in state fees. See that filing.