WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 265

(ii) The] THE articles show that a merging business trust, corporation,
or limited liability company other than the successor owns an interest in land.

(3)     On receipt of [the] A certificate, [the] A clerk promptly shall record it
with[:

(i) The charter records, if it relates to the location of a principal
office; and

(ii) The] THE land records[, if it relates to an interest in land].

10-206.

(a)     An executed copy of each certificate required by this subtitle [(], or of any
judicial decree of amendment or cancellation[)], shall be filed with the Department.
However, the Department may not accept for record any certificate or decree that does
not meet the requirements of this title. A person who executes a certificate as an agent or
fiduciary need not exhibit evidence of that person's authority as a prerequisite to filing.
The Department may not accept for record or filing any certificate, decree, qualification,
registration, change of resident agent or principal office, report, service of process or
notice, or other document until all required fees have been paid to the Department.

(b)     When the Department accepts for record any certificate, the Department
shall:

(1)     Endorse on the document ITS ACCEPTANCE FOR RECORD AND the
date and time of [its] acceptance [for record];

(2)     Record promptly the document;

[(3) Transmit the recorded document to the clerk of the court of the county
in which the principal office of the partnership is located; and

(4)     Issue a certificate which states:

(i) That the document was accepted for record by the Department;
and

(ii) The date and time of the acceptance for record.

(c)     The clerk of the court who receives the document shall record it with the
partnership records of the court and return] AND

(3)      RETURN the document to the partnership, its attorney, or its agent.
10-208.

(g) (1) The Department shall prepare certificates of merger that specify:

(i) The name of each party to the articles of merger;

(ii) The name of the successor and the location of its principal office in
the State or, if it has none, its principal place of business; and

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