Beginning October 1, 2008, non-stock corporations that will seek tax-exempt status under IRS Code Sections 501(c)(3), (4), or (6) will be charged an additional $50.00 to file Articles of Incorporation. The money collected will go to the Maryland Not-For-Profit Development Center Program Fund.

• Q&A on Forfeitures
• List of Fees for Charter Services and Document Filings
• Corporate Charter Fax Cover Sheet

• Certificate of Status (Good Standing Certificate) information
• How to contact the Corporate Charter Division
• Frequently Asked Charter Questions

E-mail: Before e-mailing your question, you should first fully check this web site or any paperwork you have received from the Department, since our experience has shown that most questions can be answered from these two sources already available to you. E-mail questions to our charter unit at charterhelp@dat.state.md.us. The Department receives hundreds of e-mails daily, and messages are answered in the order they are received.

• Small Business Administration - Federal agency site with valuable information regarding loans, online courses, planning and financing a new business.
  
• Maryland Small Business Development Center - business entity descriptions with links to training workshops and other valuable resources.
  
• Maryland Checklist for New Businesses - information on Business Licenses and other requirements.
  
• Guide to Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Maryland - a publication produced by the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Business and Economic Development.
  
• Maryland's Business License Information System - a step-by-step guide that provides business permit & license information; occupational licenses that a person may need; and additional information on how to establish a new business.
  
• Taxpayer registration through the Comptroller's Maryland State Combined Registration on-line application.
  
• County web sites may also have local information on regulation and economic development offices and incentives; a list
  of county home pages can be found at the Maryland.gov.
  

• UCC Financing Statement Filing Information
• UCC Title 9 Information (Annotated Code of Maryland)
  

• How to Get Comparable Information Regarding Other States and Nations
  
• Search the Maryland Business Database for entity names, principals and resident agents, personal property assessment information, and organizational document information.
  
• Document Return Fee
  All filers of business entity charter documents must indicate at the time of filing if they are “opting out” of having their original filed documents returned to them. If a filer wishes to have the original documents returned, then he or she must pay an additional $5.00 filing fee with the payment of the other fees for the processing of the documents. If the $5.00 fee is not paid, the Department will assume the filer did not want the original documents returned. Images of all documents are available at no charge for viewing and printing within 7 business days of their processing by searching the Business database.
  
• Rejected Corporate Charter Documents
  Please note that under *Maryland law a filer has sixty (60) days from the date of our initial rejection of a filing to correct any rejected document and resubmit it or all filing fees are retained by the Department for reviewing the first filing. If a document is resubmitted after the sixtieth day, another separate filing fee must be paid with the second submission. If a filer chooses not to resubmit the document for filing, a demand for a refund must be made in writing within sixty (60) days of the date of the initial rejection of the document.