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Rhode Island Corporation Foreign Registration in Maryland

To do business in Maryland, a corporation formed in Rhode Island registers there on a paper registration (no form number), with $104.50 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Maryland may ask for Rhode Island's Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22). We file it with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division from your Rhode Island records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

What Rhode Island and Maryland each ask for

	Rhode Island formed here	Maryland registering here
Document	Rhode Island Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Corporation Qualification (no form number)
State fee	$22	$104.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Rhode Island: online in about two business days, the same day in person, or in 5 to 7 business days by mail	Filed on Maryland's paper form
Required expedite		$50 at order (7 business days)
Office	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division
Official page	sos.ri.gov	egov.maryland.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year	Form 1 — Business Entity Annual Report and Business Personal Property Return, $300, every year
Due	May 1	April 15
Turnaround	Certificate takes a few days	Required expedite processing: 7 business days
Agent	Your Rhode Island resident agent	Our Maryland resident agent

How Rhode Island companies register with Maryland

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Maryland resident agent, with your Rhode Island name and formation date. If Maryland wants the Rhode Island certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Rhode Island corporation is registered with Maryland.

Your Rhode Island name and Maryland's rules

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

Agents: Maryland and Rhode Island

Rhode Island and Maryland both call it a resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Rhode Island; ours takes Maryland's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Maryland and Rhode Island

Each year your corporation files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50) and Maryland's Form 1 — Business Entity Annual Report and Business Personal Property Return ($300). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Rhode Island plus Maryland comes to $499 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Rhode Island to Maryland

An LLC formed in Rhode Island files its own registration with Maryland ($104.50 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same, plus the Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22)). After that come Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50) and Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Maryland company in Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Maryland that registers with Rhode Island files Form 150 with $319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status ($20). See that filing.

Questions Rhode Island owners ask about Maryland

Does my Rhode Island company need to register in Maryland?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Maryland calls it qualification for Rhode Island corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

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

$353.50 at checkout, including the $50 required expedite; Maryland may also want Rhode Island's Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Maryland registration take?

7 business days with Maryland's required expedite, plus time for Rhode Island's certificate if Maryland asks for it.

What are the yearly costs for Rhode Island and Maryland?

$499 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $50 to Rhode Island and $300 to Maryland for the yearly reports.

Does Maryland require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Maryland corporation instead?

Yes, but Rhode Island keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Maryland's periodic report ($300), and the original keeps Rhode Island's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Maryland later?

Rhode Island companies leave by filing an Application for Termination for a Foreign Corporation; until then, Maryland's report stays due alongside Rhode Island's filings.

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