Maryland Corporations and Associations Section 7-301

      If a foreign corporation is doing or has done any intrastate, interstate, or foreign business in this State without complying with the requirements of Subtitle 2 of this title, neither the corporation nor any person claiming under it may maintain a suit in any court of this State unless it shows to the satisfaction of the court that:

            (1)      The foreign corporation or the person claiming under it has paid the penalty specified in § 7-302 of this subtitle; and

            (2)      Either:

                  (i)      The foreign corporation or a foreign corporation successor to it has complied with the requirements of Subtitle 2 of this title; or

                  (ii)      The foreign corporation and any foreign corporation successor to it are no longer doing intrastate, interstate, or foreign business in this State.