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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
1. Enter the name of the business entity as it currently appears in the records of the
Department. If you are correcting an error in the name of the business entity, you must enter
the name prior to the correction (enter the erroneous name).
2. Insert the name of the document or filing that you seek to correct. If you are correcting a
formation document, enter the name of that document (e.g., “Articles of Incorporation” for
corporations, “Articles of Organization” for LLCs). If you are correcting an amendment filed
on the charter, insert “Articles of Amendment.”
3. The parties to the document are either the person or people named as incorporators,
organizers or authorized people or the names of all business entities involved in a transaction
incident to the filing. For Articles of Merger, the parties are all merging entities and the
successor entity, for Articles of Sale and Transfer, the parties are the transferor entity,
transferee entity/entities/persons, for Articles of Conversion the parties are the converting entity
and the resulting entity.
4. Insert the date (month, day and year) that the document you are correcting was filed with the
Department of Assessments and Taxation.
5. Enter the language in the document that needs to be corrected. The provision being corrected
should be inserted here exactly as it appears in the filing that is being corrected. If the correction
being made is to the execution of the document, state that here and also state the manner in
which it is incorrect or defective.
6. Enter the language or provision as it should appear (enter the correct name, word, number, etc.
as it should have appeared in the original filing). If the correction being made is to the execution
of the document, leave this blank or insert “n/a.”
Execution:
A Certificate of Correction must be signed in the same manner as the document being
corrected is required to be signed. The number of people signing the document and their titles
will depend upon the filing that is being corrected. Below is a list of the most common
documents corrected by a Certificate of Correction and the titles of the person signing. This list
is NOT exhaustive so if the document you are correcting is not listed below, please refer to the
instructions to that document or the Maryland statute that controls that documents’ execution.
- Articles of Organization: Authorized Person
- Articles of Incorporation: Incorporator
- Articles of Incorporation for a Religious Corporation: Trustees (at least 4 trustees)
- Articles of Amendment for LLC: Authorized Person
- Articles of Reinstatement for LLC: Authorized Person
N NOTE: The filing fee for a Certificate of Correction is $25 for standard processing or
$75 for expedited processing.
Create an account with Maryland Business Express using the following link to file fast online:
https://egov.maryland.gov/businessexpress. Make checks payable to the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation or SDAT for documents filed by mail or in drop boxes.
State of Maryland, Department of Assessments and Taxation 301 West Preston
Street, Room 801
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
SDAT
Revised: January 2023
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