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<subtitle article="gcl" title_number="24" subtitle_number="2" title_name="Maryland Commercial Receivership Act" subtitle_name="Appointment of Receiver">
  <section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="24-201" title_number="24" title_name="Maryland Commercial Receivership Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Appointment of Receiver">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A court may appoint a receiver:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Before judgment, to protect a party that demonstrates an apparent right to property that is the subject of the action, if the property or the revenue–producing potential of the property:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>Is being subjected to or is in danger of waste, loss, dissipation, or impairment; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Has been or is about to be the subject of a fraudulent conveyance voidable under Title 15, Subtitle 2 of this article;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>After judgment, to:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>Carry the judgment into effect; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Preserve nonexempt property:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>Pending appeal; or</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>When an execution has been returned unsatisfied and the owner refuses to apply the property in satisfaction of the judgment;</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>In an action seeking dissolution of a corporation under § 3–411 or § 3–415 of the Corporations and Associations Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>To a receivership under § 24–103(a)(3) of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>In connection with or anticipation of a foreclosure or any other enforcement of a mortgage, a mortgagee is entitled to the appointment of a receiver.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>On request, a court shall appoint a receiver for the mortgaged property if:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>There is a default under the mortgage; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <level label="1">
            <text>Appointment of a receiver is necessary to protect the property from waste, loss, transfer, dissipation, or impairment;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>The mortgagor agreed in a signed record, including the mortgage or an assignment of leases and rents, to the appointment of a receiver on default;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="3">
            <text>The owner agreed, after default and in a signed record, to the appointment of a receiver;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="4">
            <text>The property and any other collateral held by the mortgagee are not sufficient to satisfy the secured obligation;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="5">
            <text>The owner fails to turn over to the mortgagee proceeds or rent the mortgagee was entitled to collect; or</text>
          </level>
          <level label="6">
            <text>The holder of a subordinate lien obtains the appointment of a receiver for the property.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>A court may condition appointment of a receiver without prior notice under § 24–501(b)(1) of this title, or without a prior hearing under § 24–501(b)(2) of this title, on the giving of security by the person seeking the appointment for:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>The payment of damages;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Reasonable attorney’s fees; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>If the court concludes that the appointment was not justified, costs incurred by any person.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>If the court later concludes that the appointment was justified, the court shall release the security.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="24-202" title_number="24" title_name="Maryland Commercial Receivership Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Appointment of Receiver">
    <level label="a">
      <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a court may appoint as an ancillary receiver for property located in the State or subject to the jurisdiction of the court for which a receiver could be appointed under this title:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>A receiver appointed in another state; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A nominee of the receiver in the other state.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>An ancillary receiver under subsection (a) of this section shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Be eligible to serve as a receiver under § 24–203 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Further the person’s possession, custody, control, or disposition of property subject to the receivership in the other state.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A court may issue an order that gives effect to an order entered in another state appointing or directing a receiver.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>Unless the court orders otherwise, an ancillary receiver appointed under subsection (a) of this section has the rights, powers, and duties of a receiver appointed under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="24-203" title_number="24" title_name="Maryland Commercial Receivership Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Appointment of Receiver">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A court may not appoint a person as a receiver unless the person provides a statement under penalty of perjury that the person is not disqualified under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person is disqualified from appointment as a receiver if the person:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Is an affiliate of a party;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Has a material financial interest in the outcome of the action, other than compensation the court may allow the receiver;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Has a debtor–creditor relationship with a party;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>Holds an equity interest in a party, other than a noncontrolling interest in a publicly traded company;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>Is or was a director, an officer, or an employee of the owner within 2 years immediately preceding the appointment of the receiver;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <level label="i">
          <text>Has been convicted of a felony or any other crime involving moral turpitude; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Is supervised by or an employee of a person who has been convicted of a felony or any other crime of moral turpitude;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <level label="i">
          <text>Has been found liable in civil court for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, theft, or similar misconduct; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Is controlled by a person who has been found liable in civil court for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, theft, or similar misconduct; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="8">
        <text>Otherwise has an interest materially adverse to an interest of a party or the receivership estate, or of any creditor or equity security holder, by reason of any direct or indirect relationship to, connection with, or interest in the owner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>A person is not disqualified from appointment as a receiver solely because the person:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>Was appointed as a receiver of another receivership;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Is owed compensation in an unrelated matter involving a party;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>Was engaged by a party in a matter unrelated to the receivership;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>Is an individual obligated to a party on a debt that:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>Is not in default; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>Was incurred primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; or</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="v">
          <text>Maintains with a party a deposit account as defined in § 9–102(a)(29) of this article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Notwithstanding subsection (b)(5) of this section, a person who is or was a director, an officer, or an employee of the owner within 2 years immediately preceding the appointment of the receiver is not disqualified from appointment as a receiver if the court:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>Appoints the person as a receiver; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Determines that:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>The appointment would be in the best interest of the receivership estate; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>The person is not disqualified for a reason listed in subsection (b)(1) through (4) or (b)(6) through (8) of this section.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <level label="1">
        <text>A person seeking appointment of a receiver may nominate a person to serve as receiver.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A court is not bound by a nomination received under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="24-204" title_number="24" title_name="Maryland Commercial Receivership Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Appointment of Receiver">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The court may:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Require a receiver to post a bond or security with the court;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Authorize a receiver to act without posting a bond or other security; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Authorize a receiver to act before the receiver posts any bond required by the court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>If a court requires a bond to be posted under subsection (a) of this section, the bond shall be:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Conditioned on the faithful discharge of the receiver’s duties;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>With one or more sureties approved by the court;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>In an amount the court specifies; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>Effective as of the date of the receiver’s appointment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The court may also authorize a receiver to act without posting a bond or other security.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="24-205" title_number="24" title_name="Maryland Commercial Receivership Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Appointment of Receiver">
    <text>A court that appoints a receiver under this title:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has exclusive jurisdiction to direct the receiver and determine any controversy related to the receivership or receivership property wherever located within the State, including all controversies relating to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The collection, preservation, improvement, disposition, and distribution of receivership property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The exercise of the receiver’s powers; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The performance of the receiver’s duties; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May, on motion by a party in interest or on its own initiative, assign the receivership to a judge who shall be responsible for the entire case during the course of the receivership.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>