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MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 4 - Real Estate Guaranty Fund|Section 17-404 - Claims Against Guaranty Fund

    (a)    (1)    Subject to the provisions of this subtitle, a person may recover compensation from the Guaranty Fund for an actual loss.        (2)    A claim shall:            (i)    be based on an act or omission that occurs in the provision of real estate brokerage services by:                1.    a licensed real estate broker;                2.    a licensed associate real estate broker;                3.    a licensed real estate salesperson; or                4.    an unlicensed employee of a licensed real estate broker;            (ii)    involve a transaction that relates to real estate that is located in the State; and            (iii)    be based on an act or omission:                1.    in which money or property is obtained from a person by theft, embezzlement, false pretenses, or forgery; or                2.    that constitutes fraud or misrepresentation.    (b)    The amount recovered for any claim against the Guaranty Fund may not exceed $50,000 for each claim.    (c)    (1)    A person may not recover from the Guaranty Fund for any loss that relates to:            (i)    the purchase of any interest in a limited partnership that is formed for the purpose of investment in real estate;            (ii)    a joint venture that is promoted by a licensed real estate broker, a licensed associate real estate broker, or licensed real estate salesperson for the purpose of investment in real estate by 2 or more individuals; or            (iii)    the purchase of commercial paper that is secured by real estate.        (2)    A claim under the Guaranty Fund may not be made by:            (i)    the spouse of the licensee or the unlicensed employee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim; or            (ii)    the personal representative of the spouse of the licensee or the unlicensed employee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim.    (d)    A claim under this subtitle shall be submitted to the Commission within 3 years after the claimant discovers or, by the exercise of ordinary diligence, should have discovered the loss or damage.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 4 - Real Estate Guaranty Fund|Section 17-405 - Notice to Buyer

    A real estate broker shall include in each sales contract that is provided by the real estate broker a written notice to the buyer that the buyer is protected by the Guaranty Fund in an amount not exceeding $50,000.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 4 - Real Estate Guaranty Fund|Section 17-406 - Form of Claims

    (a)    Each claim against the Guaranty Fund shall be made in accordance with this section.    (b)    Each claim shall:        (1)    be in writing;        (2)    be made under oath;        (3)    state the amount of loss claimed;        (4)    state the facts on which the claim is based; and        (5)    be accompanied by any documentation or other evidence that supports the claim.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 4 - Real Estate Guaranty Fund|Section 17-407 - Action on Claim by Commission

    (a)    The Commission shall act promptly on a claim made under this subtitle.    (b)    Upon receipt of a claim, the Commission shall:        (1)    forward a copy of the claim:            (i)    to each licensee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim;            (ii)    to each unlicensed employee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim; and            (iii)    if the licensee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim is an associate real estate broker or a real estate salesperson, to each real estate broker with whom the associate real estate broker or the real estate salesperson is affiliated; and        (2)    request from each of those individuals a written response within 10 days to the allegations set forth in the claim.    (c)    (1)    The Commission:            (i)    shall review the claim and any response to the claim; and            (ii)    may conduct an investigation of the claim.        (2)    On the basis of its review and any investigation that the Commission conducts, it shall:            (i)    issue a proposed award under subsection (d) of this section;            (ii)    set the matter for a hearing; or            (iii)    if the claim is frivolous, made in bad faith, or legally insufficient, dismiss the claim.    (d)    (1)    (i)    If a claimant’s total claim arising from the conduct of one licensee does not exceed $5,000, the Commission may issue a proposed order to either pay the claim in whole or in part or to deny the claim.            (ii)    The Commission shall send the proposed order to the claimant and the licensee by personal delivery or by both regular and certified mail, return receipt requested.            (iii)    The proposed order shall be sent to the licensee at the most recent address on record with the Commission.        (2)    (i)    Within 30 days after the date of personal service of the proposed order or receipt of the proposed order by certified mail, the licensee or the claimant may request in writing a hearing before the Commission or file written exceptions to the proposed order issued under paragraph (1) of this subsection.            (ii)    On receipt of a written request for a hearing or written exceptions to the proposed order in accordance with subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the Commission shall schedule a hearing on the claim.            (iii)    If a hearing is not requested or if timely exceptions are not filed to the proposed order, the proposed order shall become a final order of the Commission.    (e)    At any claim hearing, the burden of proof shall be on the claimant to establish the validity of the claim.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-408 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 4 - Real Estate Guaranty Fund|Section 17-408 - Right to Participate in Hearing; Notice

    (a)    The Commission shall give the claimant and the licensee or unlicensed employee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim an opportunity to participate in the hearing before the Commission.    (b)    The Commission shall give notice of the hearing to:        (1)    the claimant;        (2)    each licensee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim; and        (3)    each unlicensed employee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim.    (c)    The Commission may not proceed with the hearing unless the records of the Commission show that all notices required under this subtitle were sent to each licensee and each unlicensed employee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-409 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 4 - Real Estate Guaranty Fund|Section 17-409 - Joinder of Proceedings

    (a)    If a claim against the Guaranty Fund alleges that the act or omission giving rise to the claim was performed by a licensed real estate broker, a licensed associate real estate broker, or a licensed real estate salesperson, the Commission shall join the proceeding on the claim with any disciplinary proceeding against the licensee under this title arising from the same facts alleged in the claim.    (b)    (1)    For that part of a hearing on consolidated proceedings that relates to disciplinary action but does not relate to the Guaranty Fund claim against a licensee, the claimant:            (i)    may not be a party; and            (ii)    may participate only as a witness.        (2)    For that part of a hearing on consolidated proceedings that relates to the claim against the Guaranty Fund, the claimant is a party.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-410 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 4 - Real Estate Guaranty Fund|Section 17-410 - Payments by Guaranty Fund

    (a)    The Commission shall order payment of a claim by the Guaranty Fund if, on the hearing, the claimant:        (1)    proves that the claimant has a valid claim under this subtitle; and        (2)    presents evidence, satisfactory to the Commission, that the claimant is not:            (i)    the spouse of the licensee or the unlicensed employee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim; or            (ii)    the personal representative of the spouse of the licensee or the unlicensed employee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim.    (b)    (1)    The Commission may order payment by the Guaranty Fund only for the actual monetary loss suffered by the claimant as a result of the claim proven by the claimant.        (2)    For any claim, the Commission may not order a payment by the Guaranty Fund of more than $50,000.    (c)    A payment may not be made by the Guaranty Fund under an order of the Commission until:        (1)    the expiration of the time provided under Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article for seeking judicial review of the Commission’s order; or        (2)    the expiration of any judicial stay of the order of the Commission.    (d)    The Commission shall order payment of each claim due in the order in which the claim was awarded.    (e)    If, at the time a payment is due, the money in the Guaranty Fund is insufficient to satisfy fully the order for payment, the Commission:        (1)    immediately shall pay to the claimant the amount that is available in the Guaranty Fund; and        (2)    when sufficient funds are available in the Guaranty Fund, shall pay the claimant:            (i)    the balance due on the order; plus            (ii)    interest calculated on that balance at an annual rate of 10%.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-412 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 4 - Real Estate Guaranty Fund|Section 17-412 - Suspension of License

    (a)    If the Commission orders payment by the Guaranty Fund of a claim based on an act or omission for which a licensee is responsible, the Commission immediately and without further proceedings shall suspend the license of the licensee.    (b)    The Commission may not reinstate a license that is suspended under this section until the individual whose license was suspended:        (1)    repays in full:            (i)    the amount paid by the Guaranty Fund; and            (ii)    the interest due under § 17-411(a)(2) of this subtitle; and        (2)    applies to the Commission for reinstatement of the license.    (c)    Regardless of whether the disciplinary sanction was imposed for the same act or omission that gave rise to the claim against the Guaranty Fund, the reimbursement of the Guaranty Fund by a licensee does not affect any sanction imposed by the Commission against an individual under the disciplinary provisions of Subtitle 3 of this title.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-601 - Providing Real Estate Brokerage Services Without License

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not provide, attempt to provide, or offer to provide real estate brokerage services unless licensed by the Commission as a real estate broker.    (b)    Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not, on behalf of a real estate broker, provide, attempt to provide, or offer to provide real estate brokerage services unless licensed by the Commission as an associate real estate broker or a real estate salesperson to provide real estate brokerage services for that real estate broker.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-602 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-602 - Misrepresentation

    (a)    Unless authorized under this title to provide real estate brokerage services, a person may not represent to the public, by use of the title “licensed real estate broker”, by other title, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the person is authorized to provide real estate brokerage services in the State.    (b)    Unless authorized under this title to provide real estate brokerage services on behalf of a real estate broker, a person may not represent to the public, by use of the titles “licensed associate real estate broker” or “licensed real estate salesperson”, by other title, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the person is authorized to provide real estate brokerage services in the State on behalf of that real estate broker.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-603 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-603 - Real Estate Brokerage Services by Unauthorized Individuals; Lending License of Real Estate Broker

    (a)    A real estate broker may not allow an associate real estate broker, a real estate salesperson, or any other unauthorized individual to provide real estate brokerage services independently as a real estate broker.    (b)    A real estate broker may not retain an unlicensed individual to provide real estate brokerage services on behalf of the real estate broker.    (c)    A licensed real estate broker may not lend the license certificate or pocket card of the broker to another individual.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-604 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-604 - Paying Compensation

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, or a real estate salesperson may not pay compensation, in any form, for the provision of real estate brokerage services to any person who is not licensed under this title.    (b)    This section does not prohibit the payment of compensation to:        (1)    an individual:            (i)    who is licensed in another state; and            (ii)    who meets the requirements of § 17–513 of this title;        (2)    a professional service corporation formed under § 17–512 of this title;        (3)    a limited liability company formed under § 17–512 of this title; or        (4)    a business entity formed under § 17–512 of this title.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-605 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-605 - Prohibited Payments to Lawyers; Soliciting Referral Business

    (a)    (1)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, or a real estate salesperson may not pay or offer to pay a commission to a lawyer simply for the referral of a person as a possible party to a residential real estate transaction.        (2)    A real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, or a real estate salesperson may not solicit referral business from lawyers by a mass solicitation that offers to pay fees or commissions to the lawyers.    (b)    Subsection (a)(1) of this section does not apply to payments or offers of payments to lawyers who hold a real estate broker license under this title or are otherwise entitled to a commission.    (c)    Other than the commissions expressly prohibited, subsection (a) of this section does not prohibit the payment or the offer of a payment of a commission by a real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, or a real estate salesperson to a lawyer for any service that relates to a real estate transaction.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-606 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-606 - Advertisements on Property Showing Cost and Capitalization of Ground Rent

    A real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, or a real estate salesperson may not post, on real property that is offered for sale or exchange, an outdoor sign or other advertisement on which the cost and capitalization of ground rent on the real property is shown in print or lettering that is smaller than the size of the print or lettering that is used to show the price of the real property.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-607 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-607 - Designation of Title Insurance, Settlement, or Escrow Company, Mortgage Lender, Financial Institution, or Title Lawyer

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, in a real estate transaction involving a single-family dwelling, a real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, a real estate salesperson, or a lawyer acting as a real estate broker may not require a buyer, as a condition of settlement, to employ a particular:        (1)    title insurance company;        (2)    settlement company;        (3)    escrow company;        (4)    mortgage lender, or financial institution as defined in the Financial Institutions Article; or        (5)    title lawyer.    (b)    A seller may not be prohibited from offering owner financing as a condition of settlement.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-608 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-608 - "Blockbusting" Prohibited

    (a)    (1)    In this subsection, “handicap” and “familial status” each have the meanings indicated in the federal Fair Housing Act.        (2)    Whether or not acting for monetary gain, a person may not knowingly induce or attempt to induce another person to sell or rent a dwelling or otherwise transfer real estate or knowingly discourage or attempt to discourage another person from buying real estate by:            (i)    making representations about the entry or prospective entry into a neighborhood of individuals of a particular race, color, sex, religion, handicap, familial status, or national origin;            (ii)    making representations about the existing or potential proximity of real property owned or used by individuals of a particular race, color, sex, religion, handicap, familial status, or national origin; or            (iii)    representing that the existing or potential proximity of real property owned or used by individuals of a particular race, color, sex, religion, handicap, familial status, or national origin will or may result in:                1.    the lowering of property values;                2.    a change in the racial, religious, or ethnic character of the block, neighborhood, or area;                3.    an increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area; or                4.    a decline in the quality of schools serving the area.    (b)    A person may not provide financial assistance by loan, gift, or otherwise to another person if the person has actual knowledge that the financial assistance will be used in a transaction that results from a violation of subsection (a) of this section.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-609 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-609 - Solicitation of Residential Listings

    If one of the purposes of the solicitation or attempted solicitation is to change the racial composition of a neighborhood, a person may not solicit or attempt to solicit the listing of residential properties for sale or lease by:         (1)    in person door-to-door solicitation;        (2)    telephone solicitation; or        (3)    mass distribution of circulars.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-610 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-610 - False Statement About Guaranty Fund

    A person may not submit to the Commission any notice, statement, or other document under Subtitle 4 of this title that a person knows to be false or to contain any material misstatement of fact.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-611 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-611 - Violation of Suspension Order for Real Estate Conservation Areas

    A person may not violate a suspension order issued under § 17-522 of this title.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  17-612 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 17 - Real Estate Brokers|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-612 - Violations by Corporation, Partnership, or Other Association

    A corporation, partnership, or other association may not:         (1)    commit or cause any other person to commit any act that constitutes a ground for disciplinary action against a licensee under § 17-322 or § 17-328 of this title; or        (2)    violate or cause any other person to violate any other provision of this title.