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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="1-202" title_number="1" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Fees and Recording">
  <text>When the Department accepts for record any charter document or any document designating or changing the name or address of a resident agent or principal office of a Maryland corporation, the Department shall:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Endorse on the document its acceptance for record and the date and time of acceptance;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Record promptly the document with its corporate records; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Send an acknowledgment to the corporation, its attorney, or its agent stating the date and time that the document was accepted for record.</text>
  </level>
</section>
