# Insurance (GIN)

## Title 2. Maryland Insurance Administration

### Subtitle 2. Enforcement

#### Section 2-212

(a)

  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a demand for a hearing stays an order of the Commissioner pending the hearing and an order resulting from it if the Commissioner receives the demand:

    (i) before the effective date of the order; or

    (ii) within 10 days after the order is served.

  (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to an action taken or proposed under an order:

    (i) resulting from a hearing;

    (ii) resulting from a final decision of the Insurance Commissioner on a complaint in an emergency case under Sec. 15-10A-04 of this article; or

    (iii) based on impairment of assets or unsound financial condition of an insurer.

(b) If the Commissioner does not grant a written request for a stay, the aggrieved person may apply to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City for a stay of the proposed action of the Commissioner.

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Md. Code Ann., Ins. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)