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MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  24-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 24 - Maryland Commercial Receivership Act|Subtitle 6 - Reporting|Section 24-601 - Interim Report

    (a)    A receiver:        (1)    May file an interim report; or        (2)    If ordered by the court, shall file an interim report.    (b)    The interim report under subsection (a) of this section shall include:        (1)    The activities of the receiver since appointment or a previous interim report;        (2)    Receipts and disbursements, including any payment made or proposed to be made to a professional engaged by the receiver;        (3)    Receipts and dispositions of receivership property;        (4)    Fees and expenses of the receiver and, if not filed separately, a request for approval of payment of the fees and expenses; and        (5)    Any other information required by the court.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  24-602 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 24 - Maryland Commercial Receivership Act|Subtitle 6 - Reporting|Section 24-602 - Final Report; Discharge of Receiver

    (a)    On completion of a receiver’s duties, the receiver shall file a final report that includes:        (1)    A description of the activities of the receiver during the course of the receivership;        (2)    A list of receivership property at the commencement of the receivership and any receivership property received during the receivership;        (3)    A list of disbursements, including payments to professionals engaged by the receiver;        (4)    A list of dispositions of receivership property;        (5)    A list of distributions made or proposed to be made from the receivership property for creditor claims;        (6)    If not filed separately, a request for approval of the payment of fees and expenses of the receiver; and        (7)    Any other information required by the court.    (b)    The receiver is discharged if:        (1)    A court approves a final report filed under subsection (a) of this section; and        (2)    The receiver distributes all receivership property.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  24-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 24 - Maryland Commercial Receivership Act|Subtitle 7 - Actions Against Receiver and Termination of Receivership|Section 24-701 - Fees and Expenses

    (a)    A court may award to a receiver from receivership property or proceeds the reasonable and necessary fees and expenses of performing the duties and exercising the powers of the receiver.    (b)    A court may order one or more of the following persons to pay the reasonable and necessary fees and expenses of the receivership, including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs:        (1)    A person that requested the appointment of the receiver, if the receivership does not produce sufficient funds to pay the fees and expenses; or        (2)    A person whose conduct would have justified the appointment of the receiver under § 24–201(a)(1) of this title.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  24-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 24 - Maryland Commercial Receivership Act|Subtitle 7 - Actions Against Receiver and Termination of Receivership|Section 24-702 - Defenses and Immunities; Actions

    (a)    A receiver is entitled to all defenses and immunities under applicable State law for an act or omission within the scope of the receiver’s appointment.    (b)    A person shall receive approval from the court that appointed the receiver before taking the following actions:        (1)    An action against the receiver personally based on an act or omission in administering receivership property; and        (2)    An action by a person other than the receiver against a professional person that has provided services to the receiver based on an act or omission in performing the services.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  24-703 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 24 - Maryland Commercial Receivership Act|Subtitle 7 - Actions Against Receiver and Termination of Receivership|Section 24-703 - Removal, Replacement, Termination, or Discharge

    (a)    A court may remove a receiver for cause on its own motion or the motion of an interested party.    (b)    A court shall replace a receiver that dies, resigns, or is removed.    (c)    A receiver replaced under subsection (b) of this section is discharged if a court finds that a receiver that resigns or is removed, or the representative of a deceased receiver, has:        (1)    Accounted fully for and turned over to the successor receiver all receivership property; and        (2)    Filed a report of all receipts and disbursements during the service of the replaced receiver.    (d)    On the transfer of title to any receivership property, the receivership shall terminate automatically as to receivership property subject to the requirements of § 24–602 of this title.    (e)    A court may discharge a receiver and terminate the court’s administration of the receivership property if the court finds that:        (1)    Appointment of the receiver was improvident; or        (2)    The circumstances no longer warrant continuation of the receivership.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  24-801 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 24 - Maryland Commercial Receivership Act|Subtitle 8 - Short Title|Section 24-801 - Short Title

    This title may be cited as the Maryland Commercial Receivership Act.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 1 - Definitions and Application|Section 1-102 - Applicability and Construction of Article

    (a)    Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute, the provisions of this article apply to every Maryland corporation and to all their corporate acts.    (b)    (1)    To the extent that rights conferred by a special act of the General Assembly are inconsistent with provisions of this article, the rights conferred by the special act govern.        (2)    Unless the special act provides otherwise, the provisions of this article which are of general applicability may be used as an alternative to any of these inconsistent provisions.    (c)    The requirements of this article are in addition to and not in substitution of any other requirements of law relating to any particular corporation or class of corporation.    (d)    (1)    To the extent that any provision of the Code which relates to a specific class of corporations conflicts with a general provision of this article, the specific provision governs.        (2)    Any Maryland corporation that conducts its operations entirely outside the State may be formed and managed under the general provisions of this article without regard to the provisions relating to particular classes of corporations.    (e)    The charter of every corporation formed before June 1, 1951, which is subject to repeal or modification, and the charter of every corporation formed under this article is subject to repeal or modification by public general law of the General Assembly.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 1 - Definitions and Application|Section 1-103 - Short Title for Titles 1 Through 3

    Titles 1 through 3 of this article may be cited as the Maryland General Corporation Law.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-201 - Recording or Filing of Charter and Other Documents

    (a)    The Department may not accept for record any charter document of a Maryland corporation which does not conform with law. However, any document which purports to be acknowledged may be treated by the Department as properly acknowledged.    (b)    The Department may not accept for record or filing any charter document, qualification, registration, change of resident agent or principal office, report, service of process or notice, or other document until all required recording, filing, organization and capitalization, and other special fees have been paid to the Department.    (c)    (1)    The Department may accept documents that are filed for record by electronic transmission.        (2)    Documents filed for record by electronic transmission are subject to the regular filing fees and expedited processing fees provided in § 1–203 of this subtitle.    (d)    (1)    On payment of the regular processing fee and, if applicable, expedited processing fee provided in § 1–203 of this subtitle, the Department may accept for preclearance any document or draft of any document listed in § 1–203(b)(1) or (4) of this subtitle.        (2)    The Department may adopt regulations to administer the preclearance process.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-202 - Recordation of Charter or Other Document

    When the Department accepts for record any charter document or any document designating or changing the name or address of a resident agent or principal office of a Maryland corporation, the Department shall:         (1)    Endorse on the document its acceptance for record and the date and time of acceptance;        (2)    Record promptly the document with its corporate records; and        (3)    (i)    Send an acknowledgment to the corporation, its attorney, or its agent stating the date and time that the document was accepted for record; and            (ii)    Unless the corporation, its attorney, or its agent at the time of filing declines the return, return the document on payment of the fee provided in § 1-203(b)(10) of this subtitle.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-203.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-203.1 - Exemptions

    (a)    With the exception of the recording fee to be paid when the Department accepts articles of incorporation for record, a volunteer fire company or volunteer rescue squad incorporated in this State is not subject to any of the recording, filing, or special fees enumerated in § 1–203 of this subtitle.    (b)    A qualified business entity that is a new business entity in a Tier I area, as defined under the More Jobs for Marylanders Program established under Title 6, Subtitle 8 of the Economic Development Article, is not subject to the fees enumerated in § 1–203 of this subtitle.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-203.2 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-203.2 - Expedited Processing of Documents

    (a)    On payment of the fee provided in § 1–203(b)(8) of this subtitle, the Department shall process documents on an expedited basis as provided in subsection (b) of this section.    (b)    Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the Department shall:        (1)    Process documents filed with the Department at least 2 hours before the Department’s close of business within 2 hours after the documents are received; and        (2)    To the extent practicable, process all other documents on the same day that the documents are received.    (c)    (1)    The Department shall adopt regulations governing the manner of filing and processing of documents on an expedited basis, including reasonable limitations on filing documents of unusual volume or length.        (2)    The Department may:            (i)    Adopt regulations establishing:                1.    Expedited document processing tiers; or                2.    Additional methods of expedited document processing; and            (ii)    Charge reasonable fees for services provided in accordance with this paragraph.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-203.3 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-203.3 - Fund for Costs of Reviewing, Processing, and Auditing Documents

    (a)    There is a continuing, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.    (b)    (1)    Subject to the appropriation process in the State budget, the Department shall use the fund:            (i)    For the costs of reviewing, processing, and auditing documents filed or requested under this article or other articles of the Code;            (ii)    To pay redemption or extinguishment amounts to former owners of ground rents redeemed or extinguished in accordance with § 8–804 of the Real Property Article; and            (iii)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, for other costs incurred by the Department to administer the provisions of this article.        (2)    For fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department may not use the fund to pay more than 5% of the administrative expenses of the Office of the Director of the Department.    (c)    The State Treasurer shall hold and the State Comptroller shall account for the fund.    (d)    The fund shall be invested and reinvested in the same manner as other State funds.    (e)    Investment earnings shall accrue to the benefit of the fund.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-204 - Organization and Capitalization Fee

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Aggregate par value of capital stock” means the sum of the total par value of all classes of stock.        (3)    “Corporation” includes a joint stock company.        (4)    “Total par value of a class of capital stock” means:            (i)    For a class of capital stock having par value, the par value per share of stock in the class times the number of authorized shares in the class; or            (ii)    For a class of capital stock not having par value, $20 times the number of authorized shares in the class.    (b)    There is an organization and capitalization fee imposed on:        (1)    The aggregate par value of capital stock of a Maryland corporation that incorporates;        (2)    An increase of the aggregate par value of capital stock of a Maryland corporation;        (3)    A consolidation of corporations that results in a Maryland successor corporation that has an aggregate par value of capital stock that exceeds the aggregate par value of the consolidating corporations;        (4)    A merger of corporations if the successor corporation has an aggregate par value that exceeds the aggregate par value of capital stock of the merging corporations; or        (5)    The incorporation of:            (i)    A Maryland corporation that does not have any capital stock;            (ii)    A savings and loan association; or            (iii)    A credit union.    (c)    (1)    Except as otherwise provided in this section, the organization and capitalization fee is as provided in the following schedule:
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-205 - Unrecorded and Unfiled Charter Documents

    The Department may refuse to accept for record or filing any charter document of a Maryland corporation, unless the original or a certified copy of all prior charter documents not previously recorded or filed are delivered to the Department for record, together with any affidavit or certificate of completeness required by the Department.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-206 - Effect of Acceptance for Recording or Filing

    (a)    Unless otherwise provided in this article, all charter documents are effective when accepted for recording or filing by the Department.    (b)    Except in a proceeding by the State for the forfeiture of a charter or in a proceeding by the State or any of its political subdivisions for the enforcement of any other right or remedy, the acceptance for record or filing of any charter document by the Department is conclusive evidence of the payment of all recording, filing, and special fees and of all bonus and other taxes payable by law.    (c)    A certified copy of the articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation, or other instrument by which a corporation was formed, from the records of the Department or the Secretary of State, is evidence of the existence of the corporation and of its right to exercise the powers mentioned in the document. A certified copy of any other charter document from these records is evidence of the facts and corporate action required to be stated in the document.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-207 - Certificate of Correction

    (a)    If any charter document or other corporate document filed with the Department under Titles 1 through 5 or Title 8 of this article contains any typographical error, error of transcription, or other error or has been defectively executed, the document may be corrected by the filing of a certificate of correction.    (b)    A certificate of correction shall set forth:        (1)    The title of the document being corrected;        (2)    The name of each party to the document being corrected;        (3)    The date that the document being corrected was filed; and        (4)    The provision in the document as previously filed and as corrected and, if execution of the document was defective, the manner in which it was defective.    (c)    A certificate of correction may not:        (1)    Alter the wording of any resolution which was adopted by the board of directors, the board of trustees, the stockholders, or the shareholders of a party to the document being corrected; or        (2)    Make any other change or amendment which would not have complied in all respects with the requirements of this article at the time the document being corrected was filed.    (d)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a certificate of correction shall be executed in the same manner in which the document being corrected is required to be executed at the time of the filing of the certificate of correction.        (2)    A certificate of correction to articles of incorporation shall be executed by the incorporator or in the manner provided in § 1-301 of this title.    (e)    A certificate of correction may not:        (1)    Change the effective date of the document being corrected; or        (2)    Affect any right or liability accrued or incurred before its filing, except that any right or liability accrued or incurred by reason of the error or defect being corrected shall be extinguished by the filing if the person having the right has not detrimentally relied on the original document.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-207.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-207.1 - Certificate of Notice

    (a)    A corporation may file a certificate of notice for record with the Department.    (b)    A certificate of notice may describe:        (1)    An action by the corporation, its board of directors, or its stockholders;        (2)    The occurrence of or change to facts ascertainable outside of the charter, as defined in § 2-105(b) of this article;        (3)    The expiration of the period of existence of the corporation in accordance with § 3-519 of this article; or        (4)    Any other information that the corporation determines should be disclosed.    (c)    A certificate of notice may not:        (1)    Amend, supplement, or correct the charter of the corporation in any manner; or        (2)    Affect any rights or liabilities of stockholders, whether or not accrued or incurred before the certificate of notice is filed.    (d)    A certificate of notice is not a part of the charter of a corporation.    (e)    A director of a corporation is not required to authorize or direct the filing of a certificate of notice.    (f)    A corporation is not required to file a certificate of notice for any purpose, including to indicate that there has been a change to the facts or information contained in a previously filed certificate of notice.    (g)    A certificate of notice shall be executed in the manner required for charter documents by § 1-301 of this title.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-208 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-208 - Resident Agent

    (a)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an entity that is required to have a resident agent may not designate a person as a resident agent without first obtaining the person’s written consent.    (b)    (1)    (i)    Unless waived by the Department, an entity shall file a resident agent’s written consent with the Department.            (ii)    The consent shall be effective on acceptance by the Department.        (2)    (i)    If the filing of a resident agent’s written consent is waived by the Department, an entity shall:                1.    Certify to the Department that the written consent of the resident agent has been obtained;                2.    Maintain a copy of the written consent in its records; and                3.    Provide a copy of the written consent to the Department on request.            (ii)    The consent shall be effective on certification to the Department that the consent has been obtained.    (c)    Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to resident agents designated before October 1, 1998.    (d)    A person designated a resident agent may resign without paying the fee under § 1–203(b)(2) of this subtitle.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  1-209 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 1 - General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Fees and Recording|Section 1-209 - Filing Charter Amendment on Cessation of Family Farm

    (a)    In this section, “family farm” means an entity that:        (1)    Is a domestic entity;        (2)    (i)    1.    Owns, or within 1 year after filing articles of incorporation, articles of organization, or a certificate of partnership, will own or take control of property that qualifies for agricultural use assessment under § 8-209 of the Tax - Property Article; and                2.    Owns only agriculturally or residentially assessed real property and personal property that is used for agricultural purposes; or            (ii)    Owns only personal property that is used for agricultural or agricultural marketing purposes;        (3)    Is controlled, managed, and operated by:            (i)    One individual who has an equity interest in the entity; or            (ii)    Two or more individuals who have an equity interest in the entity and who share its assets and earnings;        (4)    Is declared in a charter provision to be a family farm; and        (5)    Has no assets other than those described in item (2) of this subsection.    (b)    Within 1 year after selling all of the property described in subsection (a)(2) of this section, an individual shall file a charter amendment stating that the entity is no longer a family farm.