MD registered agent
Maryland. $17 a year. Straight from the bowl.
Maryland makes every company it registers name a registered agent at a street address inside its borders. We start with what the state does when that agent is us, then work back up to what it asked for in the first place.
What Maryland pours on a company whose agent is us
The remedies come first on this page because they are the part that matters. Quoted from the code. We added nothing, not even water.
Authority revoked, foreign companies
... (2) The corporation does not forfeit its right to do intrastate business under the laws of this State ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-203(c)
Also in the water
... or (2) With a resident agent who cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-205(b)
How much of that we do
None of it. It settled.
What Maryland asked for in the first place
What the state asked for
The Maryland code, undiluted:
... 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)
The Maryland annual report, which can also be left to settle
Maryland charges a yearly amount to keep a company on its books. Here it is. Leaving it unpaid saves the whole amount, in exactly the way the rest of this site saves you money.
Yearly report fee for an LLC
$300 each year, down the drain.
Domestic or Foreign Limited Liability Company (W) or (Z) ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns 1-203(b)(3)(ii)
Yearly report fee for a corporation
$300 each year, down the drain.
Domestic or Foreign Stock Corporation (D) or (F) $300
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code, Corps. & Ass'ns 1-203(b)(3)(ii)
The refill fee
incFACTS has not verified the Maryland reinstatement fee. Something is floating over that entry and we did not fish it out.
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, rerouted
... or (2) With a resident agent who cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-205(b); see also §§ 4A-1002(b)(5), 1-401
Statute text as captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and checked line by line against the state code on 2026-08-10. The code moves like water. This page sits.