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MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-4A-01 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 4A - Miscellaneous Provisions for Home Inspectors|Section 16-4A-01 - Report; Limitation of Liability

    (a)    A licensed home inspector shall give to each person for whom the licensee performs a home inspection for compensation or to the person’s representative, a written report that states:        (1)    the scope and the exclusions of the inspection;        (2)    the conditions observed during the home inspection that are subject to the adopted standards of practice and code of ethics approved by the Commission;        (3)    the license number of the licensee; and        (4)    a disclosure in 14–point bold type that includes the following statements:            (i)    “An inspection is intended to assist in the evaluation of the overall condition of a building. The inspection is based on observation of the visible and apparent condition of the building and its components on the date of the inspection”;            (ii)    “The results of this home inspection are not intended to make any representation regarding latent or concealed defects that may exist, and no warranty or guaranty is expressed or implied”;            (iii)    “If your home inspector is not a licensed structural engineer or other professional whose license authorizes the rendering of an opinion as to structural integrity of a building or the condition of its components or systems, you may wish to seek the professional opinion of a licensed structural engineer or other professional regarding any possible defects or other observations set forth in this report”; and            (iv)    “Only home inspections performed by Maryland licensed home inspectors will be recognized as a valid home inspection under a real estate contract”.    (b)    The licensee shall give the person or the person’s representative the report:        (1)    by the date set in a written agreement by the parties to the home inspection; or        (2)    within 7 business days after the home inspection was performed, if no date was set in a written agreement by the parties to the home inspection.    (c)    Any limitation of the liability of the licensee for any damages resulting from the report on the home inspection shall be agreed to in writing by the parties to the home inspection prior to the performance of the home inspection.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-4A-02 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 4A - Miscellaneous Provisions for Home Inspectors|Section 16-4A-02 - Display of License Certificate

    Each licensee shall display the license certificate in the manner required by the Commission.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-4A-03 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 4A - Miscellaneous Provisions for Home Inspectors|Section 16-4A-03 - Change of Address

    A licensee must report any change of address to the Commission in writing within 15 days.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-4A-04 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 4A - Miscellaneous Provisions for Home Inspectors|Section 16-4A-04 - General Liability Insurance

    (a)    A home inspector licensed by the Commission shall maintain general liability insurance in the amount of at least $150,000.    (b)    (1)    An applicant shall submit proof of the insurance required under this section to the Commission with the license application.        (2)    The Commission may not issue a license to an applicant unless the applicant submits proof of the insurance.    (c)    Unless an applicant meets the insurance requirements of this section, the Commission may not renew the license.    (d)    A licensee shall give the Commission notice of the cancellation of insurance required under this section at least 10 days before the effective date of the cancellation.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-4A-05 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 4A - Miscellaneous Provisions for Home Inspectors|Section 16-4A-05 - Record Retention Requirements

    (a)    Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, a licensed home inspector shall keep, for 5 years from the date of delivery to the client, the original or a copy of:        (1)    each contract the licensee enters into for the provision of home inspection services;        (2)    each home inspection report the licensee prepares or signs; and        (3)    all supporting data that the licensee assembles or formulates to prepare a home inspection report.    (b)    If, within the 5–year period for the retention of records, a licensed home inspector is given notice that a home inspection is involved in litigation, a new 5–year period shall start on the date of the final disposition of the litigation.    (c)    A licensed home inspector shall make any record required to be kept under this section available to the Commission to inspect or copy.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-501 - Certification Required; Exceptions

    (a)    After June 30, 1991, and except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall be certified by the Commission to provide certified real estate appraisal services before the individual may provide certified real estate appraisal services in the State.    (b)    Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a licensed real estate appraiser who is not certified may:        (1)    help a certified real estate appraiser to prepare a certified appraisal report; and        (2)    cosign the report.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-502 - Classes of Certifications

    An individual may be certified by the Commission as a certified real estate appraiser for residential real estate or as a certified real estate appraiser for general real estate as those classifications are permitted under the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-503 - Qualifications of Applicants for Residential or General Real Estate Appraisal Certificate

    (a)    To qualify for a certificate for residential or general real estate appraisal, an applicant shall be an individual who meets the requirements of this section.    (b)    (1)    An applicant shall:            (i)    be of good character and reputation;            (ii)    be at least 18 years old; and            (iii)    satisfy the minimum real estate appraiser qualifications for residential certification or general certification, as appropriate, established under the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.        (2)    An applicant shall have completed at least 1,500 hours providing real estate appraiser services as a real estate appraiser trainee under the supervision of a certified appraiser.        (3)    Classroom hours of study required under this section may be conducted by:            (i)    an accredited university, college, or community or junior college;            (ii)    an approved appraisal society, institute, or association; or            (iii)    another school that the Commission approves.        (4)    The Commission shall approve all courses of study required under this section.    (c)    An applicant shall pass the examination for a certificate for residential or general real estate appraisal given by the Commission or the Commission’s designee under this subtitle.    (d)    (1)    If an applicant is not a resident of the State, the applicant shall submit to the Commission an irrevocable consent, as provided under this subsection.        (2)    The consent required under this subsection shall specify that service of process on the Secretary of State shall bind the applicant in any action about the provision of certified real estate appraisal services against the applicant in any county of the State.    (e)    An applicant shall meet any other requirement that the Commission adopts by regulation.    (f)    The Commission shall adopt additional requirements under this section if necessary to comply with the minimum real estate appraiser qualifications established under the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-504 - Certification for Residential or General Real Estate Appraisal

    An applicant shall specify whether the applicant is a holder of a certificate for residential or general real estate appraisal.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-505 - Applications for Licenses

    (a)    An applicant for a certificate shall:        (1)    submit to the Commission an application on the form that the Commission provides;        (2)    pay to the Commission an application fee set by the Commission;        (3)    apply to the Central Repository for a national and State criminal history records check on a form approved by the Director of the Central Repository;        (4)    submit to the Central Repository a complete set of legible fingerprints taken at any designated State or local law enforcement office in the State or other agency or location approved by the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services;        (5)    pay the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check; and        (6)    pay the fee authorized under § 10–221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to the State criminal history records.    (b)    The Central Repository shall provide to the Commission:        (1)    the national and State criminal history records of each applicant requiring a criminal history records check under subsection (a) of this section and a printed statement listing any convictions and pleas of guilty or nolo contendere to any criminal charge; and        (2)    an acknowledged receipt of the application for a criminal history records check by an applicant requiring a criminal history records check.    (c)    Information obtained by the Commission from the Central Repository under this section shall be confidential and may be disseminated only to the individual who is the subject of the criminal history records check.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-506 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-506 - Examinations

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in § 16-506.1 of this subtitle, an applicant who otherwise qualifies for a certificate is entitled to be examined as provided in this section.    (b)    The Commission periodically shall give examinations to qualified applicants at the times and places that the Commission determines.    (c)    The Commission shall give each qualified applicant notice of the time and place of examination.    (d)    To take an examination, an applicant shall pay an examination fee to the Commission or the Commission’s designee in an amount not to exceed the cost of the examination as established by the Commission.    (e)    (1)    Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Commission shall determine the scope and the passing score for examinations given under this subtitle.        (2)    The form of an examination shall be written.        (3)    An examination shall test knowledge of:            (i)    technical terms commonly used in real estate appraising and economic concepts applicable to real estate;            (ii)    real estate appraisal theory and practice and real estate appraisal process;            (iii)    standards for the development and communication of real estate appraisals;            (iv)    standards of conduct that the Commission adopts under § 16-208 of this title;            (v)    theories of depreciation, cost estimating, methods of capitalization, the mathematics of real estate appraisal, and other principles that are appropriate for the certificate for which the applicant applies;            (vi)    basic real estate law; and            (vii)    misconduct for which disciplinary proceedings may be started against a certified real estate appraiser for residential real estate or a certified real estate appraiser for general real estate.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-506.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-506.1 - Use of Testing Service to Administer Examinations

    (a)    The Commission may use a testing service to administer the examinations given under this subtitle.    (b)    If the Commission uses a testing service, the testing service, subject to the requirements set by the Commission, may:        (1)    set the time and place of examinations;        (2)    give qualified applicants notice of the time and place of examinations; and        (3)    furnish any other information that the Commission may require the testing service to provide.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-507 - Waiver of Examination Requirements

    (a)    Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commission may waive the examination requirements of this subtitle for an individual who is certified to provide certified real estate appraisal services in another state.    (b)    The Commission may grant a waiver under this section only if the applicant:        (1)    pays to the Commission the application fee set by the Commission under § 16–505 of this subtitle; and        (2)    provides adequate evidence that the applicant:            (i)    is certified by a state that is in compliance with Title XI of the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as determined by the Appraisal Subcommittee of the federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council;            (ii)    holds a valid certificate issued by that state; and            (iii)    was certified in the other state after meeting, in that state, requirements that are substantially equivalent to or exceed the certification requirements of this State.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-508 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-508 - Granting of Certificate; Issuance, Form, and Contents of Certification Documents and Pocket Cards

    (a)    On receipt of a complete national and State criminal record report from the Central Repository, the Commission shall grant the appropriate certificate to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle.    (b)    The Commission shall issue an appropriate certification document and pocket card to each applicant who has been granted certification under this section.    (c)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Commission shall determine the size, form, and content of any certification document or pocket card that the Commission issues.        (2)    On each certification document or pocket card that the Commission issues, the Commission shall include:            (i)    an expiration date; and            (ii)    a certification number.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-509 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-509 - Classifications of Certified Real Estate Appraisers

    The certified residential and certified general real estate appraiser classifications shall consist of those classifications as established under the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-510 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-510 - Term and Renewal of Certificates

    (a)    Unless a certificate is renewed for a 3-year term as provided in this section, the certificate expires on a staggered basis as determined by the Secretary.    (b)    The Commission need not give notice to the holder of the expiration date of the certificate.    (c)    Not earlier than 120 days and not later than 30 days before a certificate expires, the certificate holder may renew it for an additional 3–year term, if the certificate holder:        (1)    otherwise is entitled to hold a certificate;        (2)    pays to the Commission a renewal fee set by the Commission; and        (3)    submits to the Commission:            (i)    a renewal application on the form that the Commission provides; and            (ii)    adequate evidence of compliance with the continuing education requirements set under this subtitle for certificate renewal.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-511 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-511 - Renewal of Certificate -- Continuing Education Requirements

    (a)    To qualify for renewal of a certificate under this subtitle, a holder of a certificate shall provide to the Commission adequate evidence that the holder meets the continuing education requirements established for certification under the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.    (b)    A holder of a certificate may partly satisfy the requirement of subsection (a) of this section if the holder provides to the Commission adequate evidence that the holder:        (1)    has completed an educational program that the Commission determines to be equal to that which the Commission approves; or        (2)    in an educational program that the Commission approves and that is about real property appraisal theory and practice:            (i)    has participated as a teacher, preparer of instructional materials, or in another similar capacity; but            (ii)    has not participated as a student.    (c)    The continuing education courses shall be conducted by:        (1)    an accredited university, college, or community or junior college;        (2)    an approved appraisal society, institute, or association; or        (3)    another school that the Commission approves.    (d)    If feasible, continuing education courses shall be offered at reasonable intervals in each county and in each major geographic area of the larger counties.    (e)    On completion of a continuing education course by a certificate holder, the entity that conducted the course or the instructor shall issue to the certificate holder a document of completion that states the number of classroom hours of that course.    (f)    The Commission may waive the requirements of this section for a certificate holder if the certificate holder shows good cause for being unable to meet the requirements.    (g)    (1)    A real estate appraiser has a grace period of 6 months after the certificate of the real estate appraiser expires in which to renew it retroactively, if:            (i)    the real estate appraiser is otherwise entitled to have it renewed;            (ii)    the Commission determines that the real estate appraiser has failed to meet the requirements for renewal through mistake, misunderstanding, or circumstances beyond the control of the real estate appraiser; and            (iii)    pays the renewal fee to the Commission.        (2)    If a real estate appraiser renews a certificate within the 6-month grace period, the term of the renewal shall start the day after the certificate held originally by the real estate appraiser expired.
MD. Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. §  16-512 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Occupations and Professions|Title 16 - Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors|Subtitle 5 - Certification of Real Estate Appraisers|Section 16-512 - Reinstatement of Expired Certificate

    (a)    The Commission shall reinstate the certificate of a real estate appraiser who has failed to renew the certificate during the regular term of the certificate or the grace period, if the real estate appraiser:        (1)    applies to the Commission for reinstatement within 3 years after the certificate expires;        (2)    meets the requirements of § 16–511 of this subtitle; and        (3)    in addition to the renewal fee required under § 16–511 of this subtitle, pays to the Commission a reinstatement fee set by the Commission.    (b)    (1)    If an individual fails to renew a certificate for any reason and applies to the Commission for reinstatement more than 3 years after the certificate has expired, the Commission may:            (i)    require the individual to reapply for a certificate under § 16–505 of this subtitle; or            (ii)    subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, reinstate the certificate.        (2)    The Commission may reinstate a certificate under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection only if the individual:            (i)    meets the renewal requirements of § 16–511 of this subtitle;            (ii)    if required by the Commission, states the reasons why reinstatement should be granted; and            (iii)    in addition to the renewal fee required under § 16–511 of this subtitle, pays to the Commission a reinstatement fee set by the Commission.