Maryland Statutes
Corporations and Associations
Title 1 - General Provisions

Subtitle 1 - Definitions and Application

Section 1-101 - Definitions - (a) In this article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise,...

Section 1-102 - Applicability and Construction of Article - (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute, the provisions...

Section 1-103 - Short Title for Titles 1 Through 3 - Titles 1 through 3 of this article may be cited...

Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording

Section 1-201 - Recording or Filing of Charter and Other Documents - (a) The Department may not accept for record any charter...

Section 1-201.1 - Recordation of Charter or Other Document -- Prohibited Acts - (a) A person may not cause to be recorded under...

Section 1-202 - Recordation of Charter or Other Document - When the Department accepts for record any charter document or...

Section 1-203 - Recording, Filing, and Other Fees - (a) In addition to any organization and capitalization fee required...

Section 1-203.1 - Exemptions - (a) With the exception of the recording fee to be...

Section 1-203.2 - Expedited Processing of Documents - (a) On payment of the fee provided in § 1–203(b)(8)...

Section 1-203.3 - Fund for Costs of Reviewing, Processing, and Auditing Documents - (a) There is a continuing, nonlapsing fund that is not...

Section 1-204 - Organization and Capitalization Fee - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 1-205 - Unrecorded and Unfiled Charter Documents - The Department may refuse to accept for record or filing...

Section 1-206 - Effect of Acceptance for Recording or Filing - (a) Unless otherwise provided in this article, all charter documents...

Section 1-207 - Certificate of Correction - (a) If any charter document or other corporate document filed...

Section 1-207.1 - Certificate of Notice - (a) A corporation may file a certificate of notice for...

Section 1-208 - Resident Agent - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an entity...

Section 1-209 - Filing Charter Amendment on Cessation of Family Farm - (a) In this section, “family farm” means an entity that:...

Subtitle 3 - Execution of Documents

Section 1-301 - Execution of Articles - (a) Articles supplementary and articles of amendment, restatement, amendment and...

Section 1-302 - Alternative to Acknowledgment and Verification - (a) Any requirement in this article that a document be...

Section 1-303 - Corporate Acknowledgments - (a) A corporation may acknowledge by its appointed attorney any...

Section 1-304 - Affixing Corporate Seal - (a) If any corporation is required to place its corporate...

Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous

Section 1-401 - Service of Process and Notice - (a) Service of process on the resident agent of a...

Section 1-402 - Financial Accounts of Maryland Corporation Presumed Proper - A determination required or permitted to be made under any...

Section 1-403 - Defense of Ultra Vires - (a) Unless a lack of power or capacity is asserted...

Section 1-404 - Improper Use of Corporate Indication - (a) Any person who owns, operates, or directs an unincorporated...

Section 1-405 - Forfeiture of Charter, Revocation of Permit, or Injunction Against Business Other Than Corporation for Illegal Conduct Connected With Organized Crime - (a) In this section, “organized crime” means any combination or...

Section 1-406 - Trade Names - (a) Any person engaged in any mercantile, trading, or manufacturing...

Subtitle 5 - Entity Names

Section 1-501 - "Entity" Defined - In this subtitle, “entity” includes: (1) A corporation; (2) A...

Section 1-502 - Requirements - (a) (1) The name of a corporation must include one...

Section 1-503 - Prohibited Language in Names - (a) An entity name may not contain language stating or...

Section 1-504 - Name to Be Distinguishable - An entity name must be distinguishable upon the records of...

Section 1-505 - Exclusive Use of Name - (a) (1) A person may reserve the exclusive use of...

Section 1-506 - Foreign Entities - (a) A foreign entity may register its entity name or...

Section 1-507 - Grandfather Clause - An entity name that was recorded, registered, or reserved prior...

Section 1-508 - Regulations - The Department may adopt regulations necessary to implement this subtitle.