II. MarylandandForeignLimitedPartnerships,LimitedLiabilityCompaniesandLimitedLiabilityPartnerships
(A) Alimitedpartnership,limitedliabili
tycompanyorlimitedliability partnershipmaychangeitsresidentagentor
principalofficebyfilingforrecordwiththeDepartmentastatementsignedbyoneofitsgeneralpartnersor
authorizedpersonforalimitedliabilitycompanywhichauthorizesthedesignationorchange.Thenewresident
agentmustalsosign.
(B) Alimitedpartnership,li
mitedliabilitycompanyorlimitedliabilitypartnershipmaychangetheaddressofits
residentagentbyfilingforrecordwiththeDepartmentastatementofthechangesignedbyoneofitsgeneral
partnersorauthorizedpersonforalimitedliabilitycompany.
(C) Achangeofaprincipalofficeorresidentagentoraddres
softheresidentagentforalimitedpartnership,limited
liabilitycompanyorlimitedliabilitypartnershipiseffective whentheDepartmentacceptsthestatementfor
record.
(D) AresidentagentwhochangeshisaddressintheStateshouldnotifytheDepartmentofthechangebyfilingfor
recordwiththeDepartmentastat
ementofthechangesignedbyhimoronhisbehalf.Thestatementshall
include:
1. Thenameofthelimitedpartnership,limitedliabil itycompanyorlimitedliability partnership
forwhichthechangeiseffective;
2. Theoldandnewaddressoftheresidentagent;and
3. Thedateonwhichthechangeiseffective.
(E) Ifth
eoldandnewaddressesoftheresidentagentarethesameastheoldandnewaddressesoftheprincipal
officeofthelimitedpartnership,thestatementshouldincludeachangeofaddressfor
theprincipalofficeif:
1. Theresidentagentnotifiesthelimitedpartnership,limitedliabilitycompanyorlimited
liabilitypartnershipinwriting;and
2. Thestatementrecitesthatheorshehasdoneso
(F) Thechangeofaddressoftheresidentagentorprincipalofficeiseffective whentheDepartmentacceptsthe
statementfor
record.
(G) AresidentagentmayresignbyfilingwiththeDepartmentacounterpartorphotocopyofhisorhersigned
resignation.Unlessalatertimeisspecifiedintheresignation,itiseffective:
1. Atthetimeitis filedwiththeDepartment,ifthelimite
dpartnershiphasmorethanone
residentagent;or
2. TendaysafteritisfiledwiththeDepartmentifthecorporationhasonlyoneresidentagent.
III. OtherInformation
(A) Aresidentagentofaforeignordomesticcorporation,limitedpartnership,limitedliabilitycompanyorlimited
liabilitypartnershipshallbeeither:
1. AcitizenofMarylandwhoresidesinMaryland;or
2. AnactiveMarylandcorporation.
(B) FeesThefeetofileanoticeofchangeofprincipaloffice,residentagent,orresidentagent'saddressis
$25.00percorporation,limitedpartnership,limitedliabilitycompanyorlimi
tedliabilitypartnership.Thereisno
feeforaresidentagenttoresign.
(C) Iflegalquestionsariseregardingthechangeofprincipaloffice,residentagentorresidentagent'saddress,you
shouldconsultanattorneyand/orCorporationsandAssociationsArticleoftheAnnotatedCodeofMaryland.
TheAnnotatedCodeofMa
rylandcanbefoundinmostpubliclibrariesinMaryland.Section2‐108oftheCodeis
relevanttochangingtheprincipaloffice,residentagentandresidentagent'saddress.
(D) Walk‐inprocessingofdocumentsisdoneonlyuponpaymentofanexpeditedfee:$50.00tofileadocu
ment,
$20.00toreceiveacertificateofstatus,$20.00toreceivecopiesofadocument.Thesefeesareinadditionto
thenormalfeescharged.Expeditedservicerequestsmayalsobemadebymail.Inbold print onbothacover
letterandontheenvelopestate"EXPEDITEDSE
RVICEREQUESTED"andincludetheexpeditedfee.
Maryland State Department of Assessments & Taxation
SDAT_Charter_Change Pricipal Office/Resident Agent