MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  19-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 19 - Miscellaneous State Business Regulation|Subtitle 3 - Returnable Containers and Returnable Textiles|Section 19-303 - Registration

    (a)    (1)    A person may register:            (i)    a class of returnable containers if:                1.    the person owns or deals in goods handled or delivered in a returnable container; and                2.    the returnable container has an identifying name, mark, or device securely attached, impressed, or imprinted; or            (ii)    a class of returnable textiles, if the person:                1.    is in the business of regularly supplying clean laundered returnable textiles; and                2.    periodically exchanges the clean returnable textiles for soiled returnable textiles.        (2)    A person who has registered a returnable container or returnable textile under State law is not required to reregister the returnable container or returnable textile.    (b)    To register a returnable container or returnable textile a person shall:        (1)    (i)    prepare a clear statement of the character of the returnable container or returnable textile; and            (ii)    prepare a comprehensive description of the identifying name, mark, or device attached, impressed, imprinted, woven, or produced;        (2)    sign and acknowledge the comprehensive description before an officer qualified to take an acknowledgment to deeds in the State;        (3)    publish the signed and acknowledged comprehensive description:            (i)    in two successive issues, in different weeks, of a newspaper published in the county in which the principal office, place of business, or agency of the person is located; or            (ii)    twice a week for 2 successive weeks in a daily newspaper published in Baltimore City if the principal office, place of business, or agency of the person is located in Baltimore City; and        (4)    file with the Secretary of State the comprehensive description and a certificate of publication, certified by the owner or manager of the newspaper in which the comprehensive description was published.    (c)    A person may transfer a registration by filing a copy of the assignment or transfer with the Secretary of State.    (d)    (1)    The Secretary of State shall record each:            (i)    comprehensive description filed under subsection (b) of this section;            (ii)    certificate of publication filed under subsection (b) of this section; and            (iii)    transfer filed under subsection (c) of this section.        (2)    On application, the Secretary of State shall provide to the applicant a certified copy of a recorded filing.        (3)    The Secretary of State shall establish reasonable fees:            (i)    for recording under this section; and            (ii)    for providing copies of records filed under this section.    (e)    A certified copy of a comprehensive description and a certificate of publication or of a transfer with the seal of the Secretary of State attached is:        (1)    evidence that the person complied with this subtitle; and        (2)    prima facie evidence of:            (i)    title to or right to use, collect, or deliver the corresponding returnable containers; and            (ii)    title to the corresponding returnable textiles.