# COMAR Title 18 — Department of Assessments and Taxation

## Subtitle 04 — Business Organizations

### Chapter 10 — Administration of Trade Names

#### Regulation .05 Renewal.

*COMAR 18.04.10.05*

A. In this regulation, “filed” means delivered to and date-stamped by the Department.

B. A certificate is effective for a period of 5 years from the date it is filed.

C. Every 5 years following the year in which a certificate is filed or renewed, a person who has filed or renewed a certificate and who wishes to renew the certificate shall cause to be filed a completed renewal application within 6 months before the end of the 5-year period.

D. A renewal application that is completed and filed extends the certificate for 5 years from the end of the previous 5-year period.

E. The Department shall determine the form of a renewal application.

F. Except for certificates canceled on the Department's records, the Department may mail a notice of impending expiration of the trade name, during the 6-month period mentioned in §C of this regulation, to the person listed as principal or owner in the certificate, amended certificate, or most recent renewal application.

G. A completed renewal application shall:

  (1) State the trade name being renewed and the current address of the business conducted under the trade name;

  (2) State that the trade name certificate is being renewed;

  (3) State the SDAT identification number of the associated business;

  (4) Be signed by a person listed as principal or owner in the certificate, amended certificate, or most recent renewal application; and

  (5) Be accompanied by a fee set by Corporations and Associations Article, §1-406, Annotated Code of Maryland.

H. The Department's failure to mail a renewal application form pursuant to §F of this regulation does not suspend the obligation to file a completed renewal application.