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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="17-3A-04" title_number="17" title_name="Real Estate Brokers" subtitle_number="3A" subtitle_name="Reciprocity">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the Commission shall issue a reciprocal license to an applicant licensed in another state to provide real estate brokerage services if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the applicant files with the Commission an application for a reciprocal license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>the jurisdiction in which the principal place of business of the applicant is located submits a certified copy of a current license issued to the applicant; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the licensing body for the other state submits a certified statement indicating that the applicant holds a current license in the other state;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the licensing body for the other state submits:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a statement indicating whether the applicant has been the subject of any disciplinary proceeding; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the applicant has been the subject of any disciplinary proceeding, the details of the proceeding;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the applicant submits to the Commission a statement attesting to the fact that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to the knowledge of the applicant, the applicant is not the subject of discipline or a current investigation or proceeding alleging misconduct under a licensing law or criminal law of this State or any other jurisdiction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the applicant has not been convicted under the laws of the United States or of any state of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a felony;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a misdemeanor that is directly related to the fitness and qualifications of the applicant to provide real estate brokerage services; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a crime that constitutes a violation of any provision of this title;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the applicant has reviewed, is familiar with, and agrees to be bound by the:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>provisions of this title;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>regulations of the Commission; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Maryland Code of Ethics; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the applicant agrees to permit the disclosure to the Commission of the record in any disciplinary proceeding involving alleged misconduct by the applicant from any jurisdiction in which the applicant is or has been licensed;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the applicant pays the fees required under this title for the comparable or equivalent license for which the applicant is seeking a reciprocal license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the applicant submits a consent form to service of process, in a form required by the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission may deny an application for a reciprocal license if the Commission finds that an applicant is not of good character and conduct based on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the applicant’s violation of a real estate licensing law of another state;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the applicant’s conviction of a crime described in subsection (a)(4)(ii) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the applicant’s being the subject of a disciplinary proceeding in another jurisdiction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
