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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-1209" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, a consumer reporting agency may not impose a fee for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A consumer report provided under § 14-1206(a) of this subtitle one time during a 12-month period;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A consumer report or disclosure provided under §§ 14-1206(a) and 14-1208(e) of this subtitle if the consumer makes a request for the report within 30 days after receipt by the consumer of a notification under § 14-1212 of this subtitle or notification from a debt collection agency affiliated with a consumer reporting agency stating that the consumer’s credit rating may be or has been adversely affected; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A disclosure made under § 14-1208(e) of this subtitle to a person designated by the consumer of the deletion from the consumer report of information that is found to be inaccurate or can no longer be verified.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A consumer reporting agency may charge a consumer a reasonable fee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>For a second or subsequent report made during a 12-month period under § 14-1206(a) of this subtitle, not exceeding $5; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For furnishing information under § 14-1208(e) of this subtitle, not exceeding the fee that the consumer reporting agency would impose on each designated recipient for a consumer report.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The consumer reporting agency shall indicate the amount of the fee to the consumer before providing the report or furnishing the information.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
