How to form a
Maryland Limited Liability Company
Organizing a Maryland LLC
Maryland LLC Articles of Organization
A Maryland limited liability company is formed by filing Articles of Organization with the Maryland Secretary of State, Department of Assessments and Taxation, and paying a fee of $100.
The articles of organization must include:
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1. The name of the limited liability company. The name must not be misleadingly similar to that of another LLC, corporation, tradename, limited partnership or limited liability partnership on file with the Department and the name of the LLC must include one of the following: Limited Liability Company, L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or L C.
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2. The purpose of the LLC. A one or two sentence description of the business is sufficient.
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3. The address of the LLC. The address must be in Maryland and cannot be a P.O. box.
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4. The name of the registered agent and Maryland street address (not a P.O. Box) of the registered office. The resident agent can be any Maryland citizen who is over eighteen, a Maryland corporation or a Maryland LLC. This person must also sign the document.
This above list contains the mandatory provisions. Any provision the parties decide is relevant may be added to the Articles of Organization.
The Articles of Organization must be signed by any adult individual authorized by the persons forming the LLC. Documents must be typed or printed. No handwritten documents will be accepted.
Maryland service fees
Regular Service Fee: It may take 8 weeks or more to receive your confirmation.
Expedited Service Fees: Requests will be responded to within 7 business days for faxes and mail. Faxed request are available for MasterCard and Visa card holders only. Documents hand-delivered in limited quantities receive same day service between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. As of March 1, 2011: You must be in line no later than 4:15 PM in order to receive service that same day. Hand-delivered transactions are to be paid by check, cash or money order. There is an expedited fee for same day service for document processing.
Return Mail Processing Fee All filers of LLC Articles of Organization and other business entity charter documents must indicate at the time of filing if they are "opting out" of having their original filed documents returned to them. If a filer wishes to have the original documents returned, then he or she must pay an additional $5.00 filing fee with the payment of the other fees for the processing of the documents. If the $5.00 fee is not paid, the Department will assume the filer did not want the original documents returned. Images of all documents are available at no charge for viewing and printing within 7 business days of their processing by searching the business database.
Rejected Corporate Charter Documents Under Maryland law a filer has sixty (60) days from the date of our initial rejection of a filing to correct any rejected document and resubmit it or all filing fees are retained by the Department for reviewing the first filing. If a document is resubmitted after the 60th day, another separate filing fee must be paid with the second submission. If a filer chooses not to resubmit the document for filing, a demand for a refund must be made in writing within 60 days of the date of the initial rejection of the document.
Maryland Secretary of State
Address:
Secretary of State
State Department of Assessments and Taxation, Charter Division
301 W. Preston Street; Room 801
Baltimore, MD 21201/p>
Telephone: 410-767-1170
Fax: 410-333-7097
Email: charterhelp@dat.state.md.us
Website: www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/charter.html
Check name availability: http://www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/findit.html
Maryland LLC Statute: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns Tit. 4A.
Fee for filing Articles of Organization for a Maryland LLC: $100
Maryland LLC Fees
[NAME OF FORM][FEE]
Articles of Organization $100 (domestic)
Amendment to Articles of Organization $100 (domestic)
Certificate of Correction $25 (domestic)
Articles of Dissolution $100 (domestic)
Articles of Continuation $100 (domestic)
Articles of Cancellation $100 (domestic)
Articles of Merger $100 (domestic)
Registration $100 (foreign)
Certificate of Amendment $100 (foreign)
Cancellation of Registration $100 (foreign)
Certificate of Merger $25 (foreign)
Change of Principal Office Resident Agent & Resident Agent's Address $25 (foreign & domestic)
Articles of Reinstatement $100 (domestic)
Expedited Processing Fee $50
Return Mail Processing Fee $5
Maryland LLC Forms
Articles of Organization
