# COMAR Title 18 — Department of Assessments and Taxation

## Subtitle 04 — Business Organizations

### Chapter 10 — Administration of Trade Names

#### Regulation .08 Expiration.

*COMAR 18.04.10.08*

A. Unless renewed under Regulation .05 of this chapter, a certificate expires 5 years from the date it is filed.

B. The Department shall note a certificate's expiration on its records as soon as practical.

C. The Department's failure to note a certificate's expiration does not extend a certificate past its expiration date.

D. After a certificate expires, the:

  (1) Filing of a completed renewal application does not extend the certificate; and

  (2) Trade name which is the subject of the certificate is available to a person entitled to file a certificate under Corporations and Associations Article, §1-406, Annotated Code of Maryland.