# Corporations and Associations (GCA)

## Title 1. General Provisions

### Subtitle 2. Fees and Recording

#### Section 1-201

(a) The Department may not accept for record any charter document of a Maryland corporation which does not conform with law. However, any document which purports to be acknowledged may be treated by the Department as properly acknowledged.

(b)

  (1) If the Department does not accept a charter document for record, the Department shall notify the person who filed the document of the rejection and the reason for the rejection.

  (2) If a corrected charter document is refiled and accepted by the Department for record within 30 days after the Department's mailing of the notice of the rejection, the Department shall accept for record the corrected charter document as of the date the rejected charter document was originally filed.

(c) The Department may not accept for record or filing any charter document, qualification, registration, change of resident agent or principal office, report, service of process or notice, or other document until all required recording, filing, organization and capitalization, and other special fees have been paid to the Department.

(d)

  (1) The Department may accept documents that are filed for record by electronic transmission.

  (2) Documents filed for record by electronic transmission are subject to the regular filing fees and expedited processing fees provided in Sec. 1-203 of this subtitle.

(e)

  (1) On payment of the regular processing fee and, if applicable, expedited processing fee provided in Sec. 1-203 of this subtitle, the Department may accept for preclearance any document or draft of any document listed in Sec. 1-203(b)(1) or (4) of this subtitle.

  (2) The Department may adopt regulations to administer the preclearance process.

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Md. Code Ann., Corps. & Ass'ns (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)