# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 17. Real Estate Brokers

### Subtitle 6. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

#### Section 17-603

(a) A real estate broker may not allow an associate real estate broker, a real estate salesperson, or any other unauthorized individual to provide real estate brokerage services independently as a real estate broker.

(b) A real estate broker may not retain an unlicensed individual to provide real estate brokerage services on behalf of the real estate broker.

(c) A licensed real estate broker may not lend the license certificate or pocket card of the broker to another individual.

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