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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="13-206" title_number="13" title_name="Consumer Protection Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Division of Consumer Protection; Consumer Council">
  <level label="a">
    <text>As used in this section, “legal assistance organization” means a firm, group, corporation, or other entity which recommends, furnishes, arranges, or pays for legal services for its own members or beneficiaries, whether or not for profit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A legal assistance organization may not sell or offer its services for sale in Maryland except in accordance with this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A legal assistance organization annually shall file a report with the Division of its activities and its financial condition.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A legal assistance organization which sells or offers its legal services in the State is subject to the powers and duties of the Division within this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
