MD registered agent

Maryland. $7 a year. Shallow end.

The rule is at the bottom of this page. We start with the bill, because that is the part that gets wet first. Every Maryland company names an agent with a real address in the state. We have the address. We keep a bowl at it.

The bill to climb back out

incFACTS has not verified a Maryland reinstatement fee yet. We waded in without checking.

The summons, and where it goes instead

Where the papers go instead

The Department may act as a resident agent for a foreign corporation that does business in this State: (1) Without a resident agent; ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-205(b); see also §§ 4A-1002(b)(5), 1-401

How Maryland drains a company like yours

The state's own remedies for an agent that is furniture. Quoted. We added nothing, which is our specialty.

Out-of-state companies: authority pulled

Unless terminated by the corporation, the qualification is effective as long as: (1) The corporation has a resident agent in this State; ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-203(c)

And this

The Department may act as a resident agent for a foreign corporation that does business in this State: (1) Without a resident agent; ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-205(b)

The Maryland annual report. Also skippable.

Maryland sends a bill every year to keep your company listed. Here is the bill. Not paying it is a saving of the exact kind we are.

Yearly report, LLC

$300 each year. Every year.

Domestic or Foreign Limited Liability Company (W) or (Z) ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns 1-203(b)(3)(ii)

Yearly report, corporation

$300 each year. Every year.

Domestic or Foreign Stock Corporation (D) or (F) $300

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns 1-203(b)(3)(ii)

Do we do that

We are the bowl. The bowl does not do things.

The rule, at the bottom where we left it

What the state asks

The Maryland code, word for word:

... Maryland corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership whose name, address, and designation as a resident agent are filed or recorded with the Department in accordance ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 1-101(x); see also §§ 2-108(a), 4A-210(a)

The quoted text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Laws move. Puddles do not.

$122 a year stays in your pocket. Damp, but yours.

Or head for the start page.