# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 17. Real Estate Brokers

### Subtitle 5. Miscellaneous Provisions

#### Section 17-501

(a) In this Part I of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Beneficial owner" means a person, other than the owner of the trust money, for whose benefit a real estate broker or, on behalf of a real estate broker, an associate real estate broker or a real estate salesperson is entrusted to hold trust money.

(c) "Trust money" means a deposit, payment, or other money that a person entrusts to a real estate broker or, on behalf of a real estate broker, to an associate real estate broker or a real estate salesperson to hold for:

  (1) the benefit of the owner or beneficial owner of the trust money; and

  (2) a purpose that relates to a real estate transaction involving real estate in the State.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)