CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION  

Any Charter document filed with the Maryland Department of Assessments &  Taxation under Titles 1 
through 5 or Titles 8 and 10 that  contains any typographical error or other error, may be corrected by  
filing a Certificate of Correction. The filing fee is $25 for standard processing or $75 for expedited 
processing.  

First - Entity name: 

Second - The title of the document being corrected is: 

Third - The name of each party to the document being corrected is:  

Fourth - The date that the document being corrected was filed is: 

Fifth - The provision in the document as previously filed:  

Sixth    - The provision in the document as corrected:  

I hereby certify under penalties of perjury that the affirmation statements are, to the best of my 
knowledge and belief, true. 

This certificate of correction shall  be executed in the same manner in which the document being 
corrected is/was required to be executed at the time of the filing of the certificate of correction. 

Signature    / Title                                      Signature /  Title  

Signature    / Title                                      Signature /  Title  

Revised: September 2017  

       Certificate of Correction;  Revised January 2023                                      Page 1 

                              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