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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-401" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Procedures for Complaint of Violation of Title">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any entity may file with the Ethics Commission a written complaint alleging a violation of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A complaint filed under this subsection shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>signed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>made under oath.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Ethics Commission on its own motion may issue a complaint alleging a violation of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Ethics Commission shall promptly transmit a copy of the complaint to the respondent.</text>
  </level>
</section>
