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LLC STATES

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Maryland LLC

oldest record on this page verified 2026-08-04

sources: linked on each field, listed in full below

Unexpedited Maryland filings wait out a calendar month

The State Department of Assessments and Taxation forms a Maryland LLC, and the same agency receives the annual report due in mid-April. The office's own notice says a filing without the expedite fee is not reviewed until a later calendar month, and same day handling is sold as a separate service. No recurring entity tax appears on the record, a checked absence.

the rest of this note

The trade name registers with that department at state level, runs for a set term, and grants no exclusive right in the name. On the agent side the register confirms a person may hold the seat, but the state's conditions on that person are unread at this snapshot. The sheet prints that caveat instead of assuming there are none.

every claim above is a line below

Formation fee

$100

One-time state fee for the formation certificate.

last verified 2026-08-06

dat.maryland.gov

Annual report

$300

Due Apr 15, printed as the state writes it.

last verified 2026-08-06

dat.maryland.gov

Franchise tax

none

No recurring state-level tax on an LLC here. The absence is verified against the state, not missing data.

verified absent 2026-08-07

mgaleg.maryland.gov

Anonymous LLC

no

Member or organizer names reach the public formation record here.

last verified 2026-08-06

no source in the snapshot

Processing time

published, not as a range

The state publishes a processing time in prose rather than as a range, so this sheet links it instead of restating it. It sells expedited service, and whether that covers a formation filing has not been read.

as observed on 2026-08-09

egov.maryland.gov

Name designators

Must contain the words "limited liability company" or the abbreviations "L.L.C.," "LLC," "L.C.," or "LC" (§ 1-502). A benefit LLC adds the word "Benefit."

Accepted endings for the legal name. Statute: Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns § 1-502.

last verified 2026-08-04

mgaleg.maryland.gov

Name reservation

$25

Optional filing that holds the name for 30 days before you form.

last verified 2026-08-04

dat.maryland.gov

DBA

trade name

One statewide register; the filing costs $25.

last verified 2026-08-04

dat.maryland.gov

field 05 carries the date it was observed, not a promise: of the two halves beside it, only the expedited tiers are prices the state commits to

What are the Maryland trade name rules?

Maryland calls it the trade name, and keeps one statewide register for it. The state filing costs $25.

Where an LLC files

dat.maryland.gov

How long it lasts

5 years

A certificate is effective for five years from the date it is filed and is renewed by filing an application for renewal within the six months before the end of that period; a renewal extends the certificate for five years from the end of the previous period (§ 1-406(f)).

Newspaper publication

not required

What the filing protects

no exclusive right

A Maryland trade name is a disclosure filing; SDAT registration does not by itself grant an exclusive right to the name.

Where to search existing names

egov.maryland.gov

Registered trade names appear in the Maryland Business Express entity search.

one record, verified 2026-08-04 · Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns § 1-406

mgaleg.maryland.gov

What does it take to register an out-of-state LLC in Maryland?

Registering an LLC formed elsewhere is its own filing in Maryland. The registration costs $100. That price belongs to a separate filing event, so it enters no cost total on this site.

Registration fee

$100

Flat $100.00 filing fee for the Limited Liability Company Registration for a non-Maryland LLC; a written proof of existence from the home state must accompany the registration.

dat.maryland.gov

The official form

Limited Liability Company Registration (For non-Maryland Limited Liability Company)

dat.maryland.gov

Filed with

Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, Charter Division

dat.maryland.gov

After registration

File an annual report on or before April 15 each year and maintain a resident agent for service of process in Maryland.

dat.maryland.gov

one record, verified 2026-08-08

The same fee for every other jurisdiction sits on one page: foreign qualification fees for every jurisdiction.

Who may serve as the registered agent in Maryland?

Who may serve as an LLC's registered agent is its own rule in Maryland. Maryland lets a natural person serve, so no commercial agent is required.

An individual as the agent

Allowed

dat.maryland.gov

The LLC as its own agent

not read at this pin

A mailbox service as the address

not read at this pin

Address rule

Enter the Maryland resident agent's complete physical address. The address must be located in Mary land. P.O. Boxes cann ot be accepted.

dat.maryland.gov

An allowed finding says Maryland admits a person to the seat, not that every person qualifies. Maryland sets the terms, on the page behind the finding.

one record, verified 2026-08-09

The same four answers for every other jurisdiction sit on one page: registered agent rules for every jurisdiction.

Where do these figures come from?

Every figure on this sheet renders from the pinned dataset snapshot, and each card links the page its own figure came from. This list collects those pages in one place, with the duplicates removed and the agency named.

The rule behind every figure here, and what a card does when one cannot be verified, sits on how a figure gets verified.

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