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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="17-209" title_number="17" title_name="Real Estate Brokers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Real Estate Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall administer and enforce the provisions of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In connection with any disciplinary action under Subtitle 3 of this title or any investigation or proceeding brought for an alleged violation of this title, the Commission, a hearing board, the executive director of the Commission, or the assistant director of the Commission may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>hold hearings;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>administer oaths;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness to testify or the production of evidence; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>take depositions in the same manner as provided in civil cases in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a person fails to comply with a subpoena issued under this subsection, on petition of the Commission or another party, a circuit court may compel compliance with the subpoena.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Commission concludes that conduct alleged to be a violation of any provision of this title may result in irreparable harm to a person, the Commission may sue to enforce a provision of this title by ex parte, interlocutory, or final injunction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In seeking an injunction under this subsection, the Commission is not required to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>post bond, if the injunction is sought against a person who does not hold a license issued under this title; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>allege or prove that an adequate remedy at law does not exist.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commission shall conduct an investigation that relates to any complaint alleging that an unauthorized person has provided real estate brokerage services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A complaint shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be in writing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>state specifically the facts on which the complaint is based; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>be filed with the Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a complaint is made by any person other than a member of the Commission, the complaint shall be made under oath by the person who submits the complaint.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
