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Maryland LLC Foreign Registration in Massachusetts

Massachusetts registers an LLC from Maryland as a foreign LLC on a paper registration (no form number), with $520 in state fees. Massachusetts also asks for Maryland's Certificate of Status ($20), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division using your Maryland records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What Maryland and Massachusetts each ask for

	Maryland formed here	Massachusetts registering here
Document	Maryland Certificate of Status	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$20	$520 at order (filing fee $500 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Maryland: online through Maryland Business Express, emailed right away	Filed on Massachusetts's paper form
Paid expedite		$20
Office	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division
Official page	businessexpress.maryland.gov	sec.state.ma.us
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1), $300, every year	Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $500, every year
Due	April 15	On or before the anniversary date of registration to do business in Massachusetts
Agent	Your Maryland resident agent	Our Massachusetts resident agent

From Maryland to Massachusetts, step by step

Order the Maryland certificate
The Certificate of Status ($20) is ordered from Maryland separately; it is not part of our Massachusetts order. An instant Maryland certificate reaches Massachusetts only hours old, well inside the limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Massachusetts resident agent, next to your Maryland name and formation date, with the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Maryland delays the Massachusetts filing. Once Massachusetts approves it, the Maryland company can do business there.

Massachusetts costs for Maryland companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$520
Certificate of Status, paid to Maryland	$20
Our service, with a year of Massachusetts resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Maryland certificate included	$739

Massachusetts's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Will your Maryland name work for Massachusetts?

Massachusetts can hold a name for $30 before you file.

Agents: Massachusetts and Maryland

Maryland and Massachusetts both call it a resident agent. Massachusetts papers come to us; Maryland's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Massachusetts and Maryland

Each year your LLC files Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300) and Massachusetts's Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($500). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Maryland plus Massachusetts comes to $949 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

The other way: Massachusetts into Maryland

An LLC formed in Massachusetts that registers with Maryland files Maryland's registration (no form number) with $104.50 in state fees and a $50 required expedite, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($25) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Maryland owners ask about Massachusetts

Does my Maryland company need to register in Massachusetts?

Yes, once a Maryland business operates there; Massachusetts registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does the Massachusetts registration cost?

$719 at checkout plus $20 to Maryland for the Certificate of Status, $739 in all (checkout is $520 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Maryland's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Massachusetts wants Maryland's Certificate of Status ($20), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Maryland and Massachusetts?

$949 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $300 to Maryland and $500 to Massachusetts for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Massachusetts?

A Maryland company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Massachusetts can add a civil penalty of up to $500.

Does Massachusetts require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Massachusetts LLC instead?

Yes, but Maryland keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520), and the original keeps Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1).

How do I withdraw from Massachusetts later?

Maryland companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal ($100); until then, Massachusetts's report stays due alongside Maryland's filings.

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