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Terms Used In Maryland Code, CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 9A-1002

  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
(a) The Department may not accept for record or filing any document of a limited liability partnership that does not conform with law.

(b) Any document which purports to be acknowledged may be treated by the Department as properly acknowledged.

(c) The Department may not accept for record or filing any certificates, qualification, registration, change of resident agent or principal office, report, service of process or notice, or other document until all required recording, filing, and other fees have been paid to the Department.

(d) When the Department accepts for record any certificate or other document, the Department shall:

(1) Endorse on the document its acceptance for record and the date and time of acceptance;

(2) Record promptly the document; and

(3) Send an acknowledgment to the limited liability partnership, its attorney, or its agent stating the date and time that the document was accepted for record.