What is a Maryland Registered Agent?
A Maryland registered agent can be either a business entity or an individual that agrees to accept service of process and official mail for corporations, LLCs and other entities registered in Maryland. In accordance with state law, a Maryland registered agent must have a physical street location in the state, called a registered office, where certified mail can be reliably delivered during regular business hours. When documents are accepted, it is the duty of a Maryland registered agent to contact the client and forward the document to them in a timely manner. This ensures that state courts, as well as the MD Department of Assessments & Taxation, can dependably contact a business entity.
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Our Maryland Registered Agent Service Includes
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Use Our Address, Not Yours
Flexible Plans
Monthly and Yearly Plans Available
Multiple Notification Methods
We Notify You By Email and Fax (optional) and Text Message (optional)
Multiple Recipients
We will send notices of documents to an unlimited number of contacts at your company
Local Document Scans
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Available 365 Days
Check your documents or update your company information 24/7/365.
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Annual Report
Reminders & Compliance Notifications
What Do Maryland Registered Agents Do?
Maryland registered agents need to have physical addresses in Maryland, be open during business hours, accept documents on your behalf and get them to you. Commercial registered agents in Maryland should provide tools that help you maintain your company.
Why do I need a Maryland Registered Agent?
- To become a legitimate, registered Maryland business, the state requires you to appoint one.
- The Maryland Department of Assessments & Taxation will reject your filing if you don’t appoint a registered agent in Maryland.
- Basically, so the general public will have a reliable way to send important mail or legal notices to every registered Maryland business.
Note: According to Maryland’s registered agent statutes, if a business has not maintained a registered agent in Maryland, it cannot prosecute, maintain, or defend any action in a court of law until it has a registered agent. In short, it’s best to keep your registered agent in Maryland.
What do Maryland registered agents do?
- Maryland registered agents need to have physical addresses in Maryland.
- Be open during business hours.
- Accept documents on your behalf and get them to you.
Commercial registered agents in Maryland should provide tools that help you maintain your company.
What are the requirements for Maryland registered agents?
- MD registered agents have to be a resident or companies that provide registered agent services.
- Have a registered office address that is a physical address located within the State of Maryland.
- Accept legal documents.
People Who Need Registered Agents In Maryland:
Anyone forming a corporation in Maryland or starting a Maryland LLC
Why Do I Need Rapid Registered Agent As My Registered Agent?
State law requires all legitimate, registered businesses to appoint one.
The secretary of state will reject your business filing if you don't appoint a registered agent.
The secretary of state will reject your business filing if you don't appoint a registered agent.A registered agent requirement gives the public and the state a reliable way to contact your business.
How Does the Rapid Registered Agent Service Work in Maryland?
Easy Sign Up. You sign up online at the top right corner of this page. We’ll become your Maryland registered agent service after you make your business registration filing with the MD Department of Assessments & Taxation.
Go-To Resource. We attempt to make your account a real go-to resource for you, not just for Maryland registered agent service or paying a bill, but for actually keeping up with Maryland corporate paperwork formalities.
The Tools You Need. Generate compliance forms auto-magically from your dashboard. If you sign up for the annual plan, we’ll send you an invoice for another year of Maryland registered agent service 30 days before it’s due. If you want to keep using us, great; if you don’t, you can easily cancel.
Call us! We’re here to help walk you through the process of starting your new business. When you have a question, just call. We even put our phone number on the top of every web page. The people who answer the phones don’t read from scripts or try to sell you anything—we’re just here to help. We even make it easy to add registered agent services in other states.
How Will I Get My Documents From You?
We scan and upload every document in real time. You will then be notified by email and optionally by text message or fax. You can then use the secure link to view the document or log in to your dashboard at anytime to view it.
Can I Use Your Maryland Registered Office Address To Get My Mail?
- Most of our clients list our registered office address on their articles of incorporation.
- We don’t want all your mail, that’s not what we do..
- We will throw away junk mail and forward any document from a government agency (state or Federal).
- The US Postal office might not deliver your mail reliably to us if you don’t have a lease at our address.
- As the registered agent, things come directly to us, Rapid Registered Agent, LLC care of you.
How Are Maryland Registered Agents Served?
- A process server, the sheriff, or any third party will walk into our office and hand us legal papers (service of process).
- The process server then gives an affidavit to the court that they “served†us.
Serving a registered agent is legal proof that you were notified. Regardless of whether you look at the docs or even receive them from your registered agent service. You were notified. We take this responsibility very seriously.
You can learn more about how a registered agent is served.
How Do I Search For A Registered Agent In Maryland?
If you want to formally notify a business through their Maryland registered agent service, just send a certified letter directly to the registered agent name and registered office address. Here is how you can look up that information:
- Do a Maryland business name search via the MD Department of Assessments & Taxation.
- Type in the name of the company whose registered agent you are trying to look up.
- Look for the MD registered agent name and registered office street address.
How Do I Get Started?
Step 1
Place an order for registered agent service.
Step 2
Access the forms you want to file. Read our instructions and filing tips.
Step 3
File your LLC or corporation filings with the Maryland Division of Corporations.
Do I Hire A Maryland Registered Agent Service Before Or After I Make The Filing?
You should hire us first and then do your business registration filing, because you can’t form an LLC or corporation without a Maryland registered agent service. Also, we provide all the forms and instructions you need to complete your filing instantly after you place an order.
How Do I Change My Registered Agent Service To Rapid Registered Agent?
You file a Statement of Change of Registered Office or Agent or Both form with the Secretary of State and we get listed as your Florida registered agent. When you place an order with us, the change form is available immediately. It’s super easy.