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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="17-501" title_number="17" title_name="Real Estate Brokers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this Part I of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the benefit of the owner or beneficial owner of the trust money; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a purpose that relates to a real estate transaction involving real estate in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
