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<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>
