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MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  14-1216 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 14 - Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions|Subtitle 12 - Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies|Part II - Registration and Bond Requirements|Section 14-1216 - Requirements for Submission of Registration

    (a)    To submit a registration, a consumer reporting agency shall:        (1)    Submit to the Commissioner a registration on the form that the Commissioner provides;        (2)    Unless granted an exemption by the Commissioner, file with the Commissioner a bond or bond alternative as required under § 14–1217 of this subtitle; and        (3)    Fulfill any other requirements for registration.    (b)    The registration shall include any information that the Commissioner requires by regulation.    (c)    A registration is not complete unless it meets the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section.    (d)    Except as provided in § 14–1226 of this subtitle, all fees and other revenues collected under this subtitle shall be deposited into the nondepository special fund established under § 11–610 of the Financial Institutions Article.    (e)    The Commissioner may require a consumer reporting agency to register through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry or through other means specified by the Commissioner by regulation.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  14-1218 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 14 - Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions|Subtitle 12 - Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies|Part II - Registration and Bond Requirements|Section 14-1218 - Violations

    (a)    (1)    A consumer who has reason to believe that this subtitle, or any other law regulating consumer credit reporting, has been violated by a person may file with the Commissioner a written complaint setting forth the details of the alleged violation.        (2)    The Commissioner may initiate an investigation if the Commissioner has reason to believe that this subtitle, or any other law regulating consumer credit reporting, has been violated.    (b)    After receipt of a written complaint or initiating an investigation under this section, the Commissioner may inspect the books, records, letters, and contracts of a consumer reporting agency, and of each person who has furnished information to the consumer reporting agency relating to the specific written complaint.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  14-1222 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 14 - Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions|Subtitle 12 - Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies|Part III - Enforcement, Penalties, and Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 14-1222 - Limitation of Actions

    An action to enforce any liability created under this subtitle may be brought within two years from the date on which the liability arises, except that where a defendant has materially and willfully misrepresented any information required under this subtitle to be disclosed to an individual and the information so misrepresented is material to the establishment of the defendant’s liability to that individual under this subtitle, the action may be brought at any time within two years after discovery by the individual of the misrepresentation.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  14-1223 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 14 - Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions|Subtitle 12 - Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies|Part III - Enforcement, Penalties, and Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 14-1223 - Obtaining Information Under False Pretenses

    Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  14-1224 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 14 - Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions|Subtitle 12 - Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies|Part III - Enforcement, Penalties, and Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 14-1224 - Unauthorized Disclosures by Officers or Employees

    Any officer or employee of a consumer reporting agency who knowingly and willfully provides information concerning an individual from the agency’s files to a person not authorized to receive that information shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  14-1225 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 14 - Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions|Subtitle 12 - Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies|Part III - Enforcement, Penalties, and Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 14-1225 - Consumer Complaints

    (a)    Any consumer who has reason to believe that this subtitle, or any other law regulating consumer credit reporting, has been violated by any person may file with the Commissioner a complaint setting forth the details of an alleged violation.    (b)    After receipt of the complaint, the Commissioner may inspect the pertinent books, records, letters and contracts of any agency, and of any person who has furnished information to the agency relating to the specific written complaint.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-301 - Definitions

    (a)    In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Church” means any church, religious society, or congregation of any sect, order, or denomination.    (c)    “Plan” includes any plan, agreement, or regulation adopted under § 5-302 of this subtitle.    (d)    “Record book” means the book in which the proceedings of the religious corporation are recorded.    (e)    “Trustees” means:        (1)    As to a religious corporation subject to Part II of this subtitle, the corporators appointed or elected as provided in that part; and        (2)    As to a religious corporation subject to Part V or Part VI of this subtitle, the members of the vestry.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-301.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-301.1 - Scope of Part

    Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or in any other provision of law, this part applies to every religious corporation formed in this State by any church.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-302 - Formation and Plan of Religious Corporation

    (a)    The adult members of a church may form a religious corporation as provided in this part.    (b)    The members shall:        (1)    Elect at least four individuals to act as trustees in the name of and on behalf of the church; and        (2)    Prepare a plan of the church.    (c)    The plan shall include:        (1)    The purposes for which the religious corporation is formed;        (2)    The name of the religious corporation and the church;        (3)    The time and manner for election and succession of trustees; and        (4)    The exact qualifications of individuals eligible:            (i)    To vote at elections; and            (ii)    To be elected to office.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-303 - Acknowledgment and Entry of Plan in Record Book

    The plan shall be:         (1)    Entered in the record book required by § 5-307 of this subtitle; and        (2)    Acknowledged by a majority of the trustees.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-304 - Articles of Incorporation

    (a)    The trustees shall file articles of incorporation for record with the Department.    (b)    The articles of incorporation shall contain:        (1)    The plan of the church;        (2)    The address of the principal place of worship of the church; and        (3)    The name and address of the resident agent of the church.    (c)    When the Department accepts the articles of incorporation for record, the trustees become a body corporate under the name stated in the articles.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-305 - Conveyance of Assets on Formation of Religious Corporation

    If a church forms a religious corporation, any assets held in trust for the church by any person shall be conveyed immediately to the religious corporation.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-306 - Trustees -- Powers

    (a)    The trustees have the power to:        (1)    Have perpetual existence under the name of the religious corporation;        (2)    Purchase, take, or acquire by gift, bequest, or in any other manner and hold any interest in any assets in the State;        (3)    Use, lease, mortgage, sell, or convey the assets in the manner that the trustees consider most conducive to the interest of the religious corporation;        (4)    Generally manage any assets of the religious corporation; and        (5)    Adopt rules and ordinances for conducting their affairs as necessary and convenient to accomplish the purpose of the religious corporation, including:            (i)    Appointing the time and place of a meeting of its members; and            (ii)    Determining the number of members necessary to constitute a quorum.    (b)    The provisions of this section do not authorize any sale, mortgage, or other disposition of any asset of the religious corporation which is held under an instrument prohibiting that sale, mortgage, or other disposition.    (c)    By resolution, the trustees may authorize one or more of their members to:        (1)    Execute any instrument required to be executed by the trustees, including any deed, mortgage, or other conveyance of assets which are to be sold, transferred, or encumbered; and        (2)    Attest and affix to the instrument the corporate seal, if any.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-307 - Trustees -- Duties; Succession; Minister

    (a)    The trustees shall:        (1)    Keep an accurate record book;        (2)    Allow inspection of the record book by members of the religious corporation; and        (3)    Allow the proceedings recorded in the record book to be presented before a public meeting, if required by five or more members of the religious corporation.    (b)    Unless the plan provides otherwise, the trustees shall be elected and their successors continued at the time and place ordinarily used for public meetings of the church, by the individuals who, according to the custom and usage of the church, have a voice in the management and direction of congregational or temporal affairs.    (c)    Unless the plan permits otherwise, the minister of the church or, if there is more than one minister, the senior minister shall be a trustee of the religious corporation, in addition to the trustees required by § 5-302(b)(1) of this subtitle.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-308 - Amendment of Plan or Charter

    (a)    A religious corporation may amend its plan or charter as provided in this section.    (b)    A majority of the trustees of a religious corporation proposing to amend its plan or charter shall:        (1)    Adopt a resolution which declares that the amendment is advisable; and        (2)    Call a meeting of the adult members of the religious corporation to vote on the amendment.    (c)    Ten days written notice of the time, place, and purpose of the meeting shall be given to each adult member of the religious corporation by:        (1)    Delivering it to him in person;        (2)    Leaving it at his residence or usual place of business; or        (3)    Mailing it to him at his address as it appears in the record book.    (d)    The proposed amendment shall be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the adult members present at the meeting.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-309 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-309 - Articles of Amendment

    (a)    If an amendment is adopted under § 5-308 of this subtitle, the religious corporation shall adopt articles of amendment which shall set forth the amendment and state that the amendment was advised by the trustees and approved by the members of the religious corporation.    (b)    The articles of amendment shall:        (1)    Be signed and acknowledged for the religious corporation by the trustees who declared the resolution advisable; and        (2)    Have the matters and facts contained in the articles verified under oath by the chairman or secretary of the meeting of members.    (c)    The trustees shall file the articles of amendment for record with the Department.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-310 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-310 - Arbitration of Contested Election

    (a)    If any contest arises over the voting rights or the fair conduct of an election:        (1)    Each contending party shall appoint one individual from among the members of a neighboring church of the same religious persuasion or, if there is no such church, from among the members of any other church; and        (2)    The two appointed individuals shall select a third, similarly qualified, individual.    (b)    The arbitrators shall meet at the place where the contest arose and hear and determine the matter.    (c)    The judgment or award of a majority of the arbitrators, signed and acknowledged by them, is final.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-311 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-311 - Members May Organize Another Church

    (a)    Members of a church may separate from the church, form a house of worship, and employ a minister if:        (1)    They are of sufficient number to form a house of worship and maintain a minister; and        (2)    All debts and contracts incurred by them as members of the original church are discharged.    (b)    When incorporated, the new church is entitled to the benefits of this subtitle relating to religious corporations.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-312 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-312 - Validation of Religious Corporations and Unfiled, Lost, or Destroyed Plans or Articles of Incorporation

    (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:        (1)    The church is a lawful religious corporation;        (2)    The date of incorporation is the date of the plan or articles of incorporation; and        (3)    If otherwise lawful, every action of the church from the date of incorporation is valid.    (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:        (1)    It appears from the record book of the religious corporation or from any other source that the church adopted a valid plan or articles of incorporation; and        (2)    There is no book or record in the appropriate office for recording the plan or the articles of incorporation of religious corporations.    (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.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-313 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part I - In General|Section 5-313 - Amendment of Charter by Special Acts Prohibited

    A bill may not be introduced at the General Assembly to amend the charter of any religious corporation, whether or not previously incorporated by special act.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-314 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part II - Roman Catholic Church|Section 5-314 - Scope of Part

    This part applies to every religious corporation formed in this State by a congregation of the denomination of Christians known as the Roman Catholic Church.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-315 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part II - Roman Catholic Church|Section 5-315 - Formation of Religious Corporation

    The corporators of a religious corporation subject to this part shall be the following individuals, appointed or elected according to the discipline and government of the Roman Catholic Church:         (1)    The ordinary of the archdiocese;        (2)    The vicar-general of the archdiocese;        (3)    The pastor of the congregation; and        (4)    Any other individual appointed by the ordinary.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-316 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part II - Roman Catholic Church|Section 5-316 - Articles of Incorporation

    (a)    (1)    The corporators shall sign articles of incorporation for the religious corporation. These articles shall contain the information required by Part I of this subtitle.        (2)    At least three of the corporators shall acknowledge the articles.    (b)    The corporators shall file the articles with the Department in the same manner and with the same effect as provided in Part I of this subtitle.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-317 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part II - Roman Catholic Church|Section 5-317 - Conveyance of Assets on Formation of Religious Corporation

    In addition to the requirements of § 5-305 of this subtitle, if a congregation forms a religious corporation under this part, any gift, devise, or bequest made to and intended to enure to the benefit of the congregation enures to the benefit of the religious corporation, whether or not the religious corporation was designated or described accurately in the gift, devise, or bequest.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-318 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part II - Roman Catholic Church|Section 5-318 - Powers of Corporation

    Subject to the discipline and government of the Roman Catholic Church, a religious corporation formed under this part has:         (1)    To the extent that they are consistent with the general character of the religious corporation, the general powers set forth in § 2-103 of this article; and        (2)    The powers set forth in § 5-306 of this subtitle.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-319 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part II - Roman Catholic Church|Section 5-319 - Succession of Corporators

    The corporators of a religious corporation formed under this part continue to constitute the religious corporation until, according to the discipline and government of the Roman Catholic Church, their respective successors are appointed or elected to act as corporators.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-320 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part II - Roman Catholic Church|Section 5-320 - Amendment of Charter; Articles of Amendment

    (a)    The corporators may amend the charter of a religious corporation formed under this part at any time they consider appropriate.    (b)    (1)    If an amendment is adopted under this section, the corporators shall adopt and sign articles of amendment for the religious corporation. These articles shall set forth the amendment and state that the amendment was approved by the corporators.        (2)    At least three of the corporators shall acknowledge the articles and verify under oath the matters and facts contained in the articles.        (3)    The corporators shall file the articles of amendment for record with the Department.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-321 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part III - United Methodist Church|Section 5-321 - Scope of Part

    This part applies to every religious corporation formed in this State by a Methodist Church that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-322 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part III - United Methodist Church|Section 5-322 - Incorporation

    A religious corporation subject to this part may be incorporated only in conformity with the discipline of the United Methodist Church, as authorized and declared by the general conference of that church.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-323 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part III - United Methodist Church|Section 5-323 - Members

    The members of a religious corporation formed by a church under this part are the members of the charge conference of that church.
MD. Corporations and Associations Code Ann. §  5-324 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Corporations and Associations|Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations|Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations|Part III - United Methodist Church|Section 5-324 - Trustees

    (a)    The trustees of a Methodist Church, whether or not it is incorporated, shall be elected by its charge conference in accordance with the discipline of the United Methodist Church, as authorized and declared by the general conference of that church.    (b)    As to a religious corporation subject to this part, the trustees of the church shall be the directors of the religious corporation.