2017 Maryland Code
Corporations and Associations
Title 1 - General Provisions
Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording
§ 1-201. Recording or filing of charter and other documents.

  • (a) Document failing to conform with law not to be recorded; acknowledgments. -- The Department may not accept for record any charter document of a Maryland corporation which does not conform with law. However, any document which purports to be acknowledged may be treated by the Department as properly acknowledged.
  • (b) Payment of filing fees, special fees, and bonus tax. -- The Department may not accept for record or filing any charter document, qualification, registration, change of resident agent or principal office, report, service of process or notice, or other document until all required recording, filing, organization and capitalization, and other special fees have been paid to the Department.
  • (c) Documents filed for record by means of facsimile devices. --
    • (1) The Department may accept documents that are filed for record by electronic transmission.
    • (2) Documents filed for record by electronic transmission are subject to the regular filing fees and expedited processing fees provided in § 1-203 of this subtitle.
  • (d) Acceptance for preclearance. --
    • (1) On payment of the regular processing fee and, if applicable, expedited processing fee provided in § 1-203 of this subtitle, the Department may accept for preclearance any document or draft of any document listed in § 1-203(b)(1) or (4) of this subtitle.
    • (2) The Department may adopt regulations to administer the preclearance process.
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