MD registered agent
Maryland registered agent service, $3.50 a year
Maryland requires every corporation and LLC on its books to keep a registered agent at a real address in the state. Here is what Maryland law says about who that agent has to be and where it has to be.
What Maryland requires of a registered agent
The requirement
Maryland uses the term 'resident agent'. The agent must be either an individual residing in Maryland or a Maryland corporation, LLC, or limited partnership. Every Maryland corporation must have a principal office in the state and a resident agent (Corps. & Ass'ns § 2-108(a)); every Maryland LLC likewise (§ 4A-210(a)). An owner who lives in Maryland can serve as their own entity's resident agent under the § 1-101(x) definition.
"Resident agent" means an individual residing in this 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 accordance with the provisions of this article.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 1-101(x); see also §§ 2-108(a), 4A-210(a)
How we comply
We don't.
What Maryland does to your company when we don't
Here is what the state does to an entity that has no agent, or whose agent is us.
Revocation (foreign entities)
A foreign corporation's qualification to do intrastate business in Maryland stays effective only as long as it has a resident agent in the state - losing the agent ends the effectiveness of the qualification.
Unless terminated by the corporation, the 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 of this State ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns § 7-203(c)
And also
If a foreign corporation does business in Maryland without a resident agent, or its agent cannot be found or served with reasonable diligence, the State Department of Assessments and Taxation may act as its resident agent - meaning the entity can be served through the state without its knowledge.
The Department may act as a resident agent for a foreign corporation that does business in this State: (1) Without a resident agent; 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)
The bill to come back
We couldn't be bothered to look this up. incFACTS carries no human-verified reinstatement fee for Maryland in the registered agent dataset, and we are not the kind of company that checks.
What happens to the lawsuit you never saw
Substituted service
For foreign corporations, the Department (SDAT) may act as resident agent when the entity has none or the agent cannot be found or served with reasonable diligence (§ 7-205(b)). A foreign LLC's registration application must itself contain a statement appointing the Department as resident agent if none is appointed, the agent's authority is revoked, or the agent cannot be found or served (§ 4A-1002(b)(5)). For DOMESTIC Maryland entities, § 1-401 makes service on the resident agent effective and otherwise defers to the Maryland Rules, which are outside this corpus.
The Department may act as a resident agent for a foreign corporation that does business in this State: (1) Without a resident agent; 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
Statutory text as captured by incFACTS (retrieved 2026-08-01, verified word-for-word against the state code 2026-08-10). Laws change. The statute governs; this page does not.