WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 62

CHAPTER 62

(House Bill 135)

AN ACT concerning

Corporations and Limited Partnerships -
Certificates of Status

FOR the purpose of altering certain requirements regarding
certificates of good standing to require the Department of
Assessments and Taxation to issue certificates of status for
corporations and limited partnerships.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Corporations and Associations

Section 1-203(6)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Corporations and Associations

1-203.

In addition to any organization and capitalization fee
required under § 1-204 of this article, the Department shall
collect the following fees:

(6) For issuing each of the following certificates,
the fee is as indicated:

Type of Instrument                                                                           Special Fee

Certificate of [good standing] STATUS of a corporation or
limited partnership of this State or of a foreign corporation or
foreign limited partnership....................................$6

Certified list of the charter papers of a corporation of
this State or any certificates of a limited partnership of this
State recorded or filed with the Department....................$6

Certificate of compliance by a foreign corporation or
foreign limited partnership with requirements of law in respect
of qualification or registration.................................$6

Certificate of withdrawal of registration or
qualification..................................................$6

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