(a) The Department shall prepare certificates of merger or consolidation that specify:
(1) The name of each party to the articles of merger or consolidation;
(2) The name of the successor and the location of its principal office in the State or, if it has none, its principal place of business; and
(3) The time the articles of merger or consolidation are accepted for record by the Department.
(b) In addition to any other provision of law with respect to recording, the Department shall send one certificate each to the clerk of the circuit court for each county where the articles show that a merging or consolidating statutory trust, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability company other than the successor owns an interest in land.
(c) On receipt of a certificate, a clerk promptly shall record it with the land records.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 6 - Merger or Consolidation
Section 12-601 - Authorization
Section 12-603 - Exchange of Securities; Termination or Amendment of Merger
Section 12-604 - Articles of Merger -- Filing
Section 12-605 - Articles of Merger or Consolidation -- Contents
Section 12-606 - Effective Date
Section 12-607 - Governing Instrument
Section 12-608 - Certificates of Merger or Consolidation
Section 12-609 - Property Certificates