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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="4.5-708" title_number="4.5" title_name="Home Builder Registration" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Home Builder Guaranty Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Division may join a proceeding on a claim against the Guaranty Fund with a disciplinary proceeding against a registrant under this subtitle if the disciplinary hearing is based on the same facts alleged in the claim.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In a consolidated proceeding the claimant is a party, and may participate in the hearing to the extent necessary to establish the claim.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding § 4.5–702(2) of this subtitle, a claimant may not concurrently submit a claim to recover from the Guaranty Fund and bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against a registrant based on the same facts alleged in the claim.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If, after filing a claim, the claimant brings an action in a court of competent jurisdiction based on the same facts alleged in the pending claim, the Division shall stay its proceedings on the claim until there is a final judgment and all rights to appeal are exhausted.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To the extent that a final judgment or final award in arbitration is based on the same factual and legal issues alleged in a pending claim, the Division shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>approve the claim against the Guaranty Fund, if the judgment or award is decided in favor of the claimant and the registrant has failed to pay the judgment or award; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>dismiss the claim against the Guaranty Fund, if the judgment or award is decided in favor of the registrant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
