# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 2. Court Personnel

### Subtitle 2. General Duties of Clerk

#### Section 2-209

(a) This section applies to all licenses issued by the clerk of a circuit court other than those issued under Title 17 of the Business Regulation Article.

(b) Before the clerk of a circuit court may issue a license or permit to an employer to engage in an activity in which the employer may employ a covered employee, as defined in Sec. 9-101 of the Labor and Employment Article, the employer shall file with the clerk:

  (1) A certificate of compliance with the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act; or

  (2) The number of a workers' compensation insurance policy or binder.

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Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)