Chapter 08. Expedited Filing Service

In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

Terms Defined. “Expedited service” means the fastest available service for the processing of documents or for providing copies or certificates.

Review and acceptance for record or rejection of corporation documents, limited partnership documents, and limited liability company documents, including both domestic and foreign entities;

Certified copies and certificates of status (short form only) requested in conjunction with §A of this regulation;

Short form certificates of status for entities already on file and copies of documents already on file, including corporate abstracts;

Review and acceptance for record or rejection of Uniform Commercial Code documents, trade name registrations, trade name amendments, trade name cancellations, and name reservation documents.

In hard copy delivered or dropped off at the Department’s headquarters office;

In hard copy by mail; or

In electronic format by Internet or electronic mail transmission.

The volume of the request;

When the request is received; and

The manner in which the request is transmitted.

A request for more than one copy of a certificate of status for an entity is treated as one request and only one expedited fee is charged.

A request for processing foreign or domestic corporation documents, limited partnership certificates, or limited liability company documents may include up to five certificates of status for the entity or five copies of the document being filed, or both, provided an expedited fee for each type of request is paid.

Fees for expedited service may not be charged on rejected documents.

If the Department is unable to accommodate a request for expedited service, the expedited fee is refunded.

Documents filed in hard copy with a request to be processed under Corporations and Associations Article, §1-203.2(b)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, shall be accompanied by an expediting fee of $425.

Documents filed online with a request to be processed under Corporations and Associations Article, §1-203.2(b)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, shall be accompanied by an expediting fee of $325.

Documents filed in hard copy or online with an expedited request not under Corporations and Associations Article, §1-203.2(b)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, shall be accompanied by an expediting fee of $50 unless otherwise provided by law.

Return to the filer evidence acknowledging the successful filing, any requested good standing certificates, and any requested certified copies of filed documents; and

Post record of the filing to the Department's business registry.