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New Hampshire LLC Foreign Registration in Maryland

An LLC formed in New Hampshire that wants to do business in Maryland files a paper registration (no form number), with $104.50 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Maryland also asks for New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing ($5), no older than 60 days. We file it with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division using your New Hampshire records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

New Hampshire and Maryland side by side

	New Hampshire formed here	Maryland registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Limited Liability Company Registration (no form number)
State fee	$5	$104.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed on Maryland's paper form
Required expedite		$50 at order (7 business days)
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	egov.maryland.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $102, every year	Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1), $300, every year
Due	April 1	April 15
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our Maryland resident agent

From New Hampshire to Maryland, step by step

Order the New Hampshire certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from New Hampshire separately; it is not part of our Maryland order. It comes as a short form ($5) or a long form ($10). Maryland accepts it within 60 days of New Hampshire's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Maryland resident agent, next to your New Hampshire name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once New Hampshire's certificate is in hand, Maryland's filing goes in. Once Maryland approves it, the New Hampshire company can do business there.

First-year cost, New Hampshire to Maryland

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$104.50
Required expedite (7 business days), paid at order	$50
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to New Hampshire	$5
Our service, with a year of Maryland resident agent service	$199
First-year total, New Hampshire certificate included	$358.50

Your New Hampshire name and Maryland's rules

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

Agents: Maryland and New Hampshire

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

Yearly filings: Maryland and New Hampshire

Each year your LLC files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300). With our $149 resident agent renewal, New Hampshire plus Maryland comes to $551 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to Maryland

A corporation formed in New Hampshire files its own registration with Maryland ($104.50 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and Maryland's Form 1 — Business Entity Annual Report and Business Personal Property Return ($300). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Maryland company in New Hampshire

An LLC formed in Maryland that registers with New Hampshire files Form FLLC-1 with $102 in state fees; no Maryland certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions New Hampshire owners ask about Maryland

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in Maryland?

Yes, once a New Hampshire 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 $5 to New Hampshire for the Certificate of Good Standing, $358.50 in all (checkout is $104.50 in state fees, the $50 required expedite and our $199).

Do I need New Hampshire's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Maryland wants it ($5), no more than 60 days old at filing.

How long does the Maryland registration take?

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

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and Maryland?

$551 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $102 to New Hampshire and $300 to Maryland for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Maryland?

A New Hampshire company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Maryland require a registered agent?

Yes: the New Hampshire registered agent stays, and ours covers Maryland for year one.

Can I form a new Maryland LLC instead?

Yes, but New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Maryland later?

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

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