MD registered agent
Registered agent service in Maryland, $37 per year, within tolerance
Maryland expects each company on its register to keep a registered agent at a street address inside the state. The expectation is set out below in the state's own language. Our performance against it is rated further down. The rating has been consistent.
The Maryland annual report, an average obligation
Maryland bills each company annually to remain on the register. The amount is below. Paying it is standard practice. Not paying it is also a practice, and the rest of this page describes it.
Annual report charge, LLC
$300 per year. Average.
Domestic or Foreign Limited Liability Company (W) or (Z) ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns 1-203(b)(3)(ii)
Annual report charge, corporation
$300 per year. Average.
Domestic or Foreign Stock Corporation (D) or (F) $300
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns 1-203(b)(3)(ii)
Expectations set by Maryland
Expectation
As set out in the Maryland code:
... in this State or a Maryland corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership whose name, address, and designation as a resident agent are filed or recorded with the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 1-101(x); see also §§ 2-108(a), 4A-210(a)
Performance against expectations
Does not meet. Consistently. We regard the consistency as the achievement.
Delivery of papers when the desk is unattended
Service by other means
... or (2) With a resident agent who cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-205(b); see also §§ 4A-1002(b)(5), 1-401
Corrective action available to Maryland
Where an agent performs at our level, the state applies the following. Quoted from the code without adjustment, because adjusting it would take effort we have allocated elsewhere.
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... (2) The corporation does not forfeit its right to do intrastate business under the laws of this State ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-203(c)
Additionally
... or (2) With a resident agent who cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-205(b)
Return to good standing, priced
incFACTS carries no verified figure for returning a Maryland company to good standing at present. We have not requested one. A request would be above average.
Quoted statutory text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and re-checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are revised at their own pace. This page is revised at ours.