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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="11-414" title_number="11" title_name="Consumer Credit" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Sales Finance Companies -- Licensing Provisions">
  <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 11–415 of this subtitle, the Commissioner may suspend or revoke the license of any licensee, if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The licensee knowingly or without exercising due care:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Violates any provision of this subtitle or of any other law that regulates agreements; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Fails to comply with any demand or requirement that the Commissioner makes under this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The licensee makes any material misstatement in an application for a license;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>The licensee defrauds any buyer, to the buyer’s damage;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>The licensee willfully fails to carry out any written agreement with a buyer;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>The licensee knowingly and repeatedly violates any provision of the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>An officer, director, or trustee of or partner in the licensee is responsible for any act or omission that would be a ground for suspending or revoking a license; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>Any agent or employee of the licensee is responsible for any act or omission that would be a ground for suspending or revoking a license, if the licensee:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Approves or knows of that or similar acts or omissions; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>After giving approval or learning of the act or omission, keeps any benefit, proceeds, profit, or advantage resulting from the act or omission or otherwise ratifies the act or omission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
