Make Changes to Your Business

Update Existing Business Information

Choose the link that matches your business needs:

• Resolution to Change Principal Office
  Report your business’s new main office address to the state.
• Resolution to Change Resident Agent
  Update the person or business legally allowed to receive official company papers.
• Articles of Amendment for Maryland Corporation
  Change basic information in a Maryland corporation’s charter.
• Articles of Amendment for Maryland LLC
  Update key details in a Maryland LLC’s operating agreement.
• Articles of Amendment for Religious Corporation
  Make changes to official state records for a church or religious group.
• Certificate of Conveyance
  Report the transfer of real estate from one business entity to another.
• Certificate of Correction
  Rectify documents already filed with the state.
• Articles of Amendment and Restatement
  Update or rewrite your company charter.
• Articles Supplementary
  Add new rules or stock types to a corporation without rewriting the charter.
• Articles of Merger
  Complete legal paperwork to combine two or more businesses into one.
• Articles of Restatement
  Submit a clean copy of your charter with no changes. It should include all current information already on file.
• Family Farm Corporation Articles of Amendment
  Make changes to family-owned farm corporations.
• Family Farm LLC Articles of Amendment
  Make changes to family-owned farm LLCs.
• Reporting a Transfer of a Controlling Interest in a Real Property Entity
  Notify the state when someone buys majority control of a company that owns property in Maryland.
• Foreign Corporation Requalification
  If you are a corporation formed outside of Maryland and you lost your right to do business here, apply to regain that right.
• Foreign LLC Re-registration
  If you are an LLC formed outside of Maryland and you lost your right to do business here, apply to regain that right.
• Renew a Trade Name
  Renew your ‘doing business as’ name.
• Trade Name Amendment
  Update the trade name’s ownership or business address.

Revive a Business

• Articles of Revival for the Charter of a Maryland Corporation
  Bring a Maryland corporation back to good standing after it has been forfeited.
• Articles or Certificate of Reinstatement for an LLC, LLP, or LP
  Restart an LLC, partnership, or limited partnership that has been forfeited.

Cancel a Business with SDAT

• Articles of Dissolution for a Maryland Corporation
  Officially shut down a Maryland corporation with the state.
• Cancel a Maryland Limited Liability Company
  Officially shut down a Maryland LLC.
• Trade Name Cancellation form and instructions
  Terminate a ‘doing business as’ name.
• Application for Termination for a Foreign Corporation
  Notify the state that an out-of-state corporation is no longer operating in Maryland.
• Certificate of Cancellation of a Foreign Limited Partnership
  Out-of-state limited partnership formally ends its Maryland registration.
• Certificate of Cancellation of a Foreign LLC
  Out-of-state LLC formally ends its Maryland registration.