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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="16-705" title_number="16" title_name="Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless authorized under this title to provide certified real estate appraisal services, a person may not represent to the public, by use of a title, including “certified real estate appraiser”, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the person is authorized to provide certified real estate appraisal services in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not use the title “certified real estate appraiser” after or with the name or signature of a firm, partnership, corporation, or group in a way that the title could be interpreted to refer to anyone other than the individual who is certified under this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
