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MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1005 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1005 - Principal Office; Resident Agent

    (a)    Limited liability partnerships shall have:        (1)    A principal office in the State; and        (2)    A resident agent who shall be:            (i)    A citizen of this State who resides in the State;            (ii)    A Maryland corporation; or            (iii)    A Maryland limited liability company.    (b)    (1)    A limited liability partnership may designate or change its resident agent or principal office by filing for record with the Department a statement signed by an authorized person which authorizes the designation or change.        (2)    A limited liability partnership may change the address of its resident agent by filing for record with the Department a statement of the change signed by a person authorized by the limited liability partnership to execute such statements.        (3)    A designation or change of a principal office or resident agent or address of the resident agent for a limited liability partnership under this subsection is effective when the Department accepts the statement for record.    (c)    (1)    A resident agent who changes addresses in this State may notify the Department of the change by filing for record with the Department a statement of the change signed by or on behalf of the resident agent.        (2)    The statement shall include:            (i)    The name of the limited liability partnership for which the change is effective;            (ii)    The old and new addresses of the resident agent; and            (iii)    The date on which the change is effective.        (3)    If the old and new addresses of the resident agent are the same as the old and new addresses of the principal office of the limited liability partnership, the statement may include a change of address of the principal office if:            (i)    The resident agent notifies the limited liability partnership in writing; and            (ii)    The statement recites that notice has been sent.        (4)    The change of address of the resident agent or principal office is effective when the Department accepts the statement for record.    (d)    (1)    A resident agent may resign by filing with the Department a counterpart or photocopy of the signed resignation.        (2)    Unless a later time is specified in the resignation, it is effective:            (i)    At the time it is filed with the Department, if the limited liability partnership has appointed a successor resident agent; or            (ii)    10 days after it is filed with the Department, if the limited liability partnership has not appointed a successor resident agent.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1006 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1006 - Limited Partnership as Limited Liability Partnership

    (a)    A limited partnership may register as a limited liability partnership by complying with § 10-805 of this article.    (b)    The provisions of this title applicable to limited liability partnerships shall apply to a limited partnership which registers as a limited liability partnership; provided, however, that in applying this title to such a limited partnership, all references to partners shall mean general partners.    (c)    If a limited partnership is a registered limited liability partnership, § 9A-306 of this title applies to its general partners and to any of its limited partners who, under other provisions of this article, are liable for the debts or obligations of the limited partnership.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1007 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1007 - Failure to Pay Taxes or Required Contributions; Proclamation

    (a)    (1)    Except with respect to a tax collectible locally, immediately after September 30 of each year, the State Comptroller shall certify to the Department a list of every Maryland limited liability partnership that has not paid a tax due before October 1 of the year after the tax became due.        (2)    When the Comptroller certifies the list to the Department, the Comptroller shall mail to each listed limited liability partnership, at its address as it appears on the Comptroller’s records, a notice that its right to do business as a limited liability partnership in Maryland and the right to the use of its name will be forfeited unless all taxes, interest, and penalties due by it are paid.        (3)    The mailing of the notice is sufficient, and the failure of any limited liability partnership to receive the notice mailed to it does not affect the forfeiture of its right to do business as a limited liability partnership in Maryland and the right to the use of its name.    (b)    (1)    Immediately after September 30 of each year, the Secretary of Commerce shall certify to the Department a list of every Maryland limited liability partnership that has not paid an unemployment insurance contribution or made a reimbursement payment due before October 1 of the year after the contribution or payment became due.        (2)    When the Secretary certifies the list to the Department, the Secretary shall mail to each listed limited liability partnership, at its address as it appears on the Secretary’s records, a notice that its right to do business as a limited liability partnership in Maryland and the right to the use of its name will be forfeited unless all contributions, reimbursement payments, interest, and penalties due by the limited liability partnership are paid.        (3)    The mailing of the notice is sufficient, and the failure of any limited liability partnership to receive the notice mailed to it does not affect the forfeiture of its right to do business as a limited liability partnership in Maryland and the right to the use of its name.    (c)    Immediately after September 30 of each year, the Department shall certify a list of every Maryland limited liability partnership that has not filed an annual report with the Department as required by law or has not paid a tax before October 1 of the year after the report was required to be filed or the taxes were due.    (d)    After the lists are certified, the Department shall issue a proclamation declaring that, subject to § 9A–1016 of this subtitle, the right to do business as a limited liability partnership in Maryland and the right to the use of the name for each limited liability partnership is forfeited as of the date of the proclamation, without proceedings of any kind either at law or in equity.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1008 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1008 - Notice of Proclamation; Reinstatement Upon Payment

    (a)    Within 10 days after the issuance of the proclamation, the Department shall mail notice of the proclamation to each limited liability partnership named in it. The notice shall be addressed to the limited liability partnership at its mailing address on file with the Department or, if none, at any other address appearing on the records of the Department.    (b)    A limited liability partnership that pays all taxes, unemployment insurance contributions, reimbursement payments, interest, and penalties due, files the annual report due, or both, as the case may be, within 60 days after the issuance of the proclamation shall have its right to do business in Maryland and the right to the use of its name reinstated as of the date of forfeiture.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1009 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1009 - Corrective Proclamation

    (a)    If the Department is satisfied that a limited liability partnership named in the proclamation has not failed to pay the tax, unemployment insurance contributions, or reimbursement payments, or file the report under § 9A–1007 of this subtitle, or that it has been mistakenly reported to the Department by the State Comptroller or the Secretary of Commerce, the Department may correct the mistake by filing its proclamation to that effect in its records.    (b)    The effect of a proclamation correcting a mistake is to restore the right to do business as a limited liability partnership in Maryland and the right to the use of the name of the limited liability partnership as if the right to do business as a limited liability partnership in Maryland and the right to the use of the name had at all times remained in full force and effect.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1010 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1010 - Effect on Other Laws

    This subtitle does not repeal, supersede, or in any manner affect any remedy or provision of law:         (1)    For the collection of taxes, unemployment insurance contributions, or reimbursement payments and the interest and penalties due on them; or        (2)    To compel the filing of annual reports.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1011 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1011 - Certificate of Reinstatement -- Filing

    The authority to do business in Maryland of any limited liability partnership that is forfeited for nonpayment of taxes, unemployment insurance contributions, or reimbursement payments or failure to file an annual report may be reinstated by filing a certificate of reinstatement with the Department.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1012 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1012 - Certificate of Reinstatement -- Contents

    (a)    A certificate of reinstatement shall include:        (1)    The name of the limited liability partnership at the time its right to do business in Maryland was forfeited;        (2)    The name that the limited liability partnership will use after reinstatement, which shall comply with the provisions of this article with respect to limited liability partnership names;        (3)    The address of the principal office of the limited liability partnership in this State if different from its principal office in this State at the time the right to do business in Maryland was forfeited; and        (4)    The name and address of the resident agent of the limited liability partnership.    (b)    A certificate of reinstatement shall be executed by a person authorized by the limited liability partnership to execute such a certificate.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1013 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1013 - Conditions of Acceptance

    The Department may not accept a certificate of reinstatement for record unless:         (1)    All annual reports required to be filed by the limited liability partnership or which would have been required if the right to do business in Maryland had not been forfeited are filed; and        (2)    Unemployment insurance contributions, reimbursement payments, all State and local taxes, except taxes on real estate, and all interest and penalties due by the limited liability partnership or which would have become due if the right to do business had not been forfeited are paid, whether or not barred by limitations.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1014 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1014 - Conditions of Acceptance -- Acceptance as Evidence of Compliance

    Except in a proceeding by this State or any of its political subdivisions, the acceptance of a certificate of reinstatement for record by the Department is conclusive evidence of:         (1)    The payment of all fees, taxes, unemployment insurance contributions, and reimbursement payments required to be paid;        (2)    The filing of all reports required to be filed; and        (3)    The reinstatement of the right to do business in Maryland of the limited liability partnership.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1015 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1015 - Penalties for Transacting Business

    (a)    Any person that transacts business in the name or for the account of a limited liability partnership knowing that its right to do business in Maryland has been forfeited and has not been reinstated is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $500.    (b)    A prosecution for violation of the provisions of this section may not be instituted after the date the certificate of reinstatement of the limited liability partnership is filed.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1016 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 10 - Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1016 - No Bar to Valid Acts or Defense of Suit

    The forfeiture of the right to do business in Maryland and the right to the use of the name of the limited liability partnership under this title does not:         (1)    Impair the validity of a contract or act of the limited liability partnership entered into or done either before or after the forfeiture, or prevent the limited liability partnership from defending any action, suit, or proceeding in a court of this State; and        (2)    Cause a partner of a limited liability partnership to have personal liability for any debts, obligations, or liabilities of or chargeable to the partnership or another partner, except to the extent otherwise provided under § 9A-306 of this title.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 11 - Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1101 - Registration

    (a)    Before doing any interstate, intrastate, or foreign business in this State, a foreign limited liability partnership shall register with the Department.    (b)    In order to register, a foreign limited liability partnership shall submit to the Department an application for registration as a foreign limited liability partnership executed by an authorized person and setting forth:        (1)    The name of the foreign limited liability partnership and, if different, the name under which it proposes to register and do business in this State;        (2)    The state under whose laws it was formed and the date of its formation;        (3)    The general character of the business it proposes to transact in this State;        (4)    The name and address of its resident agent in this State;        (5)    A statement that the Department is appointed as the resident agent of the foreign limited liability partnership if no resident agent has been appointed under paragraph (4) of this subsection or, if appointed, the resident agent’s authority has been revoked or if the agent cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence;        (6)    The address of the office required to be maintained in the state of its organization by the laws of that state or, if not so required, of the principal office of the foreign limited liability partnership; and        (7)    Proof acceptable to the Department of good standing in the jurisdiction where it currently is organized.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 11 - Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1102 - Issuance of Registration

    If the Department finds that an application for registration meets the requirements of this subtitle and all required fees have been paid, it shall:         (1)    Endorse on the application the date and time of its acceptance for record;        (2)    Record promptly the document; and        (3)    (i)    Send an acknowledgment to the person who filed the application or a representative of the person who filed the application stating the date and time that the document was accepted for record; and            (ii)    Unless the person who filed the application or the person’s representative at the time of filing declines the return, return the document on payment of the fee provided in § 1-203(b)(10) of this article.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 11 - Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1103 - Name

    A foreign limited liability partnership may register with the Department under any name, whether or not it is the name under which it is registered in its state of organization as provided in Title 1, Subtitle 5 of this article.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 11 - Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1104 - Changes and Amendments

    If any statement in the application for registration of a foreign limited liability partnership is false when made or any arrangements or other facts described have changed making the application inaccurate in any respect, the foreign limited liability partnership shall promptly file with the Department a certificate, executed by an authorized person, correcting the statement.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 11 - Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1105 - Cancellation of Registration

    (a)    A foreign limited liability partnership may cancel its registration by filing with the Department a certificate of cancellation executed by an authorized person.    (b)    The filing of a certificate of cancellation does not terminate the authority of the Department to accept service of process on the foreign limited liability partnership with respect to causes of action arising out of doing business in this State.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 11 - Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1106 - Doing Business Without Registration

    (a)    If a foreign limited liability partnership is doing or has done any intrastate, interstate, or foreign business in this State without complying with the requirements of this subtitle, the foreign limited liability partnership and any person claiming under it may not maintain suit in any court of this State, unless the foreign limited liability partnership shows to the satisfaction of the court that:        (1)    The foreign limited liability partnership or the person claiming under it has paid the penalty specified in subsection (d)(1) of this section; and        (2)    (i)    The foreign limited liability partnership or a successor to it has complied with the requirements of this subtitle; or            (ii)    The foreign limited liability partnership and any foreign limited liability partnership successor to it are no longer doing intrastate, interstate, or foreign business in this State.    (b)    The failure of a foreign limited liability partnership to register in this State does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign limited liability partnership or prevent the foreign limited liability partnership from defending any action, suit, or proceeding in a court of this State.    (c)    A foreign limited liability partnership, by doing business in this State without registration, appoints the Department as its agent for service of process with respect to causes of action arising out of doing business in this State.    (d)    (1)    (i)    If a foreign limited liability partnership does any intrastate, interstate, or foreign business in this State without registering, the Department shall impose a penalty of $200 on the foreign limited liability partnership.            (ii)    The penalty under this subsection shall be collected and may be reduced or abated under § 14-704 of the Tax - Property Article.        (2)    Each member of a foreign limited liability partnership that does intrastate, interstate, or foreign business in this State without registering, and each agent of the foreign limited liability partnership who transacts intrastate, interstate, or foreign business in this State for it is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1107 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 11 - Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1107 - Action of Attorney General

    The Attorney General may bring an action to restrain a foreign limited liability partnership from doing business in this State in violation of this subtitle.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  9A-1108 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 9A - Maryland Revised Uniform Partnership Act|Subtitle 11 - Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships|Section 9A-1108 - Doing Business

    (a)    In addition to any other activities which may not constitute doing business in this State, for the purposes of this subtitle, the following activities of a foreign limited liability partnership do not constitute doing business in this State:        (1)    Maintaining, defending, or settling an action, suit, claim, dispute, or administrative or arbitration proceeding;        (2)    Holding meetings of its partners or agents or carrying on other activities that concern its internal affairs;        (3)    Maintaining bank accounts;        (4)    Conducting an isolated transaction not in the course of a number of similar transactions;        (5)    Foreclosing mortgages and deeds of trust on property in this State;        (6)    As a result of default under a mortgage or deed of trust, acquiring title to property in this State by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise;        (7)    Holding, protecting, renting, maintaining, and operating property in this State so acquired; or        (8)    Selling or transferring title to property in this State so acquired to any person, including the Federal Housing Administration or the Veterans Administration.    (b)    In addition to any other activities which may constitute doing business in this State, for the purposes of this subtitle any foreign limited liability partnership which owns income producing real or tangible personal property in this State, other than property exempted by subsection (a) of this section, shall be considered to be doing business in this State.