# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 14. Business Opportunities, Franchises, and Multilevel Distribution Companies

### Subtitle 2. Franchises

#### Section 14-215

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an applicant for registration shall:

  (1) file with the Commissioner:

    (i) an application in the form that the Commissioner requires; and

    (ii) a prospectus for the franchise; and

  (2) pay an application fee of $500.

(b) Instead of the application for registration and prospectus described in subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner may accept an application for registration and prospectus that:

  (1) are found by the Commissioner to include disclosure requirements similar to those of this subtitle; and

  (2) are:

    (i) required by a unit of the federal government or another state government; or

    (ii) approved by an association of administrators of state franchise laws.

(c) The applicant shall sign and verify the application for registration.

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