Recorded copies of articles of incorporation, certificates of incorporation, or other instruments under which the corporation was formed. Also includes amendments to charters and papers relating to dissolution, revival, sale, consolidation, merger, stock issue, or change of principal office and resident agent. Arranged chronologically by filing date. Include limited partnerships since 1982 and trade names since 1992, both handled only by local circuit courts previously. Recorded copies of charters were filed with the State Tax Commissioner, 1908-1914 [MSA S1186], the State Tax Commission, 1914-1956 [MSA S1187], and the Secretary of State, 1914-1920 [MSA S1185]. Since 1956, instruments recorded in this series appear only on film. Series prior to 1988 is not fully processed [MSA TM61], 3229 reels. From 1908 to 1993 court clerks in Baltimore City and the counties were recording charter records for their respective jurisdictions. See the county and city Charter Record series. Beginning on July 1, 1993 charters and related materials are recorded only by the Charter Division. For indexes, 1908-1987, see Charter Record, Index series [MSA TM114, SM80, S908, SM81, and S729]. See also Charter Record series, [MSA T1355].