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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="12.5-202" title_number="12.5" title_name="Locksmiths" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The owner of a business or the owner’s designee shall apply on behalf of the business for a license under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant for a license shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>submit to the Secretary an application on the form that the Secretary provides;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>submit a passport–size photograph, taken within 6 months immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, of each of the following individuals:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the owner of the business; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>each employee of the applicant;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>provide any other documents or information required by this section or required by the Secretary; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>pay to the Secretary an application fee set by the Secretary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The application fee is nonrefundable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The applicant owner or designee shall sign the application under oath.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In addition to any other information that the Secretary requires, the application shall state:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name, birth date, and residence address of the following individuals:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the applicant owner or designee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>each employee of the applicant;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the fixed business address of the applicant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a telephone number at which the applicant can be reached during normal business hours, and, if applicable, an electronic mail address;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>each address where the applicant has conducted any business during the 36 months before application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the driver’s license number of the applicant owner or designee and each employee of the applicant; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the name of the insurer and policy number of the general liability insurance coverage required under § 12.5–205 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The application form provided by the Secretary shall contain a statement advising the applicant that willfully making a false statement on an application is a misdemeanor, subject to a fine or imprisonment or both, as provided under § 12.5–504 of this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
