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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="11-409" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Securities Act" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Requirements of Broker-Dealers, Agents, Investment Advisers, Investment Adviser Representatives, and Federal Covered Advisers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commissioner may require by rule or order:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A minimum capital for a registered broker-dealer, subject to the limitations of § 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Minimum financial requirements for an investment adviser, subject to the limitations of § 222 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>These financial requirements may include different requirements for those investment advisers who maintain custody of clients’ funds or securities, or who require payment more than 6 months in advance of fees in excess of $500, and those investment advisers who do not.</text>
  </level>
</section>
