Maryland Code, Corporations and Associations § 5-312

(a) If any church organized since 1800 as a religious corporation under any law of the State did not file its plan or articles of incorporation for record in the proper office within the time required by law, but subsequently files its plan or articles of incorporation in the proper office:

(b) There is a conclusive presumption in every court of the State that a plan or articles of incorporation of a religious corporation were properly filed for record in the appropriate office and that these records were lost or destroyed, if:

(c) Any plan or articles of incorporation entitled to the presumption under subsection (b) of this section, shall be filed with the Department and, if the original cannot be found, the Department may record the plan or articles of incorporation from the record book of the religious corporation.