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Massachusetts LLC Foreign Registration in Maryland

To do business in Maryland, an LLC formed in Massachusetts registers there on a paper registration (no form number), with $104.50 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Maryland also asks for Massachusetts's Certificate of Good Standing ($25), no older than 60 days. We file it with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division from your Massachusetts records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

Massachusetts and Maryland side by side

	Massachusetts formed here	Maryland registering here
Document	Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Limited Liability Company Registration (no form number)
State fee	$25	$104.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed on Maryland's paper form
Required expedite		$50 at order (7 business days)
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	egov.maryland.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $520, every year	Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1), $300, every year
Due	On or before the anniversary date of filing of the certificate of organization	April 15
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our Maryland resident agent

How Massachusetts companies register with Maryland

Order the Massachusetts certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Massachusetts separately; it is not part of our Maryland order. It comes as a short form ($12) or a long form ($25). Maryland accepts it within 60 days of Massachusetts's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Maryland resident agent, with your Massachusetts name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Massachusetts certificate comes first; then the Maryland filing goes in. Once Maryland approves it, the Massachusetts company can do business there.

Maryland costs for Massachusetts companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$104.50
Required expedite (7 business days), paid at order	$50
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Massachusetts	$25
Our service, with a year of Maryland resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Massachusetts certificate included	$378.50

Your Massachusetts name and Maryland's rules

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

Your Maryland agent and the Massachusetts one

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

Yearly filings: Maryland and Massachusetts

Each year your LLC files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520) and Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Massachusetts plus Maryland comes to $969 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to Maryland

A corporation formed in Massachusetts files its own registration with Maryland ($104.50 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same). After that come Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and Maryland's Form 1 — Business Entity Annual Report and Business Personal Property Return ($300). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Maryland company in Massachusetts

An LLC formed in Maryland that registers with Massachusetts files Massachusetts's registration (no form number) with $520 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status ($20) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Massachusetts owners ask about Maryland

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in Maryland?

Yes, once a Massachusetts business operates there; Maryland law lists 8 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Maryland registration cost?

$353.50 at checkout plus $25 to Massachusetts for the Certificate of Good Standing, $378.50 in all (checkout is $104.50 in state fees, the $50 required expedite and our $199).

Do I need Massachusetts's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Maryland wants it ($25), no more than 60 days old at filing.

How long does the Maryland registration take?

7 business days with Maryland's required expedite, once Massachusetts's certificate is in hand.

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and Maryland?

$969 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $520 to Massachusetts and $300 to Maryland for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Maryland?

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

Does Maryland require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Maryland LLC instead?

Yes, but Massachusetts keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300), and the original keeps Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Maryland later?

Massachusetts companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation of a Foreign LLC (no state fee); until then, Maryland's report stays due alongside Massachusetts's filings.

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