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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="16-706" 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>Except for a violation of § 16–703.2 of this subtitle, a person who violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may impose on a person who violates any provision of this title a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In setting the amount of the penalty, the Commission shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the harm caused by the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the good faith of the violator;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any history of previous violations by the violator; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>any other relevant factors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commission shall pay any penalty collected under this subsection into the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
