Maryland Foreign Registration / From Wyoming

A Wyoming LLC's path to a Maryland registration

The first year costs a Wyoming LLC about $460 to register in Maryland: $100 to SDAT, $300 for the first Maryland report and Wyoming's $60 annual minimum, with the online Wyoming certificate priced at $0. The home-state proof is the cheap part, so the time goes to the Maryland agent and the review speed.

What each state asks

Item	Wyoming	Maryland
Yearly charge	$60 minimum	$300 report
Proof of standing	$0 online	Attached to the registration
SDAT filing	Not applicable	$100
Agent	Wyoming agent on file	A Maryland agent is named too

Getting the certificate

Wyoming lets you pull the certificate online for $0. SDAT takes proof it finds acceptable of good standing in Wyoming, and the paper form's own limit is 60 days. Pull it the week you file.

Standing before certificate

A certificate reports whatever Wyoming's records show on the day it is pulled. If the $60 annual minimum is outstanding, pay it first so the document reads good standing.

Wyoming details on the application

The Wyoming name goes in as shown on the certificate and Wyoming is the state of formation. The home office address may be a Wyoming agent's office, while the business description says where the work happens.

A second agent, in Maryland

Maryland wants an individual residing in Maryland or a Maryland corporation, LLC or limited partnership whose name, address and designation are filed with the Department as the agent. The Wyoming agent does not fill that role by default. If yours also holds a Maryland entity that meets the definition, tell us.

Year one added up

$100 plus $60 plus $300 gives $460, with nothing added for the certificate at $0. The sum leaves out our fee, the technology fee for online payment, a speed option and an outside agent's fee.

The numbers in a table

Line	Amount
Wyoming annual minimum	$60
Wyoming online certificate	$0
SDAT registration	$100
First Form 1 the next spring	$300
Total before our fee and options	$460

Two calendars to keep

Maryland's Form 1 comes due April 15, with the first falling in the year after registration. Note both dates once the Maryland record is accepted.

Holding companies and online sellers

Maryland applies one test to every home state, and income-producing property held here is enough to count as doing business. Online sellers should read the statute's interstate wording on the page about whether you need to register.

Example: candles from Hagerstown

A Wyoming LLC that sells hand-poured candles online rents a fulfillment unit in Hagerstown and hires two packers. It confirms its Wyoming standing, downloads the certificate, picks a Maryland company as agent and has its manager sign. The filing goes through Business Express with $100 and the rush option, because the unit opens in a week.

From Wyoming to a Maryland registration

Confirm Wyoming standing
The annual minimum is $60.
Choose a Maryland agent
A Maryland resident or a Maryland entity.
Download the certificate
Online it costs $0.
Complete the application and sign
An authorized person signs.
Submit
$100 to SDAT with the speed you picked.

Before you place the order

Three items speed a Wyoming order. First, a yes or no on whether Wyoming shows the LLC in good standing today. Second, the name and Maryland address of the agent, with that agent's agreement in hand. Third, the review speed, since a regular filing is reviewed in the second calendar month after submission while rush is reviewed within 3 hours when it arrives ahead of 2:30 pm. With those three, we write the application.

Using a different name in Maryland

If the LLC trades under another name here, the application gives it beside the Wyoming name, and Maryland allows registration under any name, whether or not it matches the home name. Settle the Maryland name before ordering so the certificate and the application can be matched. Maryland may not refuse a Wyoming LLC's registration only because its law differs from Maryland's.

After approval

SDAT emails an acknowledgment within 24 hours of approval. Save it with the certificate used, and note the SDAT identification number, which you need to file each annual report. When the application is legally sufficient, the registration is dated from the original submission. When a fact such as the agent changes, the statute expects a prompt corrective certificate, so a Wyoming change is also a Maryland task.

Delaware as the alternative

A Delaware LLC pays Maryland the same $100 and $300 and carries a larger bill at home. The Delaware page has the numbers.

Wyoming-to-Maryland questions

Will SDAT take the online Wyoming certificate?

SDAT accepts proof it finds acceptable of good standing, which a current certificate states.

What does the Wyoming certificate cost?

The online certificate shows $0.

Can my Wyoming agent act in Maryland?

Only if the same entity meets the Maryland definition of an agent.

Our fee and SDAT's

SDAT's $100 and any speed option you choose are listed on their own lines at checkout. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Register in Maryland

$199

+ $100 SDAT fee

The SDAT registration for a non-Maryland LLC, completed from your answers
Your home-state proof of existence checked before anything is sent
A Maryland resident agent, either ours or the one you name
Submission through Business Express and the SDAT acknowledgment returned to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

Sources

Doing business in Maryland?

Give us the home-state details and we prepare the SDAT registration.