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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="16-501" title_number="16" title_name="Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Certification of Real Estate Appraisers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, 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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a licensed real estate appraiser who is not certified may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>help a certified real estate appraiser to prepare a certified appraisal report; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>cosign the report.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
