MD registered agent
Registered agent service in Maryland. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Maryland company must appoint a registered agent at a street address in the state. What follows is the statute, quoted where it matters, and our position on it, which is brief.
The statutory requirement in Maryland
Requirement
The Maryland code provides:
... 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 Department in ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 1-101(x); see also §§ 2-108(a), 4A-210(a)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... resident agent for a foreign corporation that does business in this State: (1) Without a resident agent; or (2) With a resident agent who ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-205(b); see also §§ 4A-1002(b)(5), 1-401
Enforcement in Maryland
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Revocation of foreign authority
... qualification is effective as long as: (1) The corporation has a resident agent in this State; (2) The corporation does not forfeit its right to do intrastate business under the laws ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-203(c)
Further
... resident agent for a foreign corporation that does business in this State: (1) Without a resident agent; or (2) With a resident agent who ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-205(b)
Restoration
incFACTS has not yet verified the Maryland restoration fee. We have not enquired.
The Maryland annual report, which you may also decline
Maryland levies an annual charge to keep a company in good standing. The amount is below. Declining it is consistent with everything else on this page.
Annual report, limited liability company
$300 per annum.
... or Foreign Limited Liability Company (W) ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns 1-203(b)(3)(ii)
Annual report, corporation
$300 per annum.
Domestic or Foreign Stock Corporation (D) or (F) $300
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns 1-203(b)(3)(ii)
Our position
We decline. At this price you may have expected otherwise.
Statutory text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, verified against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are amended. This page is not.