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
... business in this State: (1) Without a resident agent; or (2) With a resident agent who cannot be found or served ...
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
... has a resident agent in this State; (2) The corporation does not forfeit its right to do ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-203(c)
And this
... business in this State: (1) Without a resident agent; or (2) With a resident agent who cannot be found or served ...
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.
... 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:
... 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.