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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="2-204" title_number="2" title_name="Maryland Insurance Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An order or notice of the Commissioner must be in writing and signed by the Commissioner or an individual authorized by the Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An order of the Commissioner shall state:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>its effective date;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>its purpose;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the grounds on which it is based; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the provisions of this article under which action is or proposed to be taken.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Failure to designate a particular provision of this article in accordance with paragraph (1)(iv) of this subsection does not deprive the Commissioner of the right to rely on that provision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An order or notice may be served on a person by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>mailing it to the person at the last known principal place of business of the person, as listed in the records of the Commissioner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>electronic means in accordance with § 2–116 of this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>otherwise delivering it to the person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
