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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="14-301" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Rules" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated unless the context requires otherwise.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Broker” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An individual licensed as, or otherwise authorized to act as, a real estate broker under Title 17 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A corporation or partnership authorized to provide real estate brokerage services under Title 17 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Broker’s lien” means a lien established in accordance with this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Claimant” means a broker claiming a broker’s lien under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Commercial lease” means a lease of building floor space intended to be used by the tenant for a nonresidential use whether or not the lease expressly sets forth a use.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Commercial leasing brokerage agreement” or “brokerage agreement” means a written agreement between a broker and the owner of commercial property that provides for the payment of a commercial leasing commission by the owner to the broker for services in obtaining a commercial tenant regardless as to whether the broker acted as the agent for the owner or the commercial tenant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Commercial leasing brokerage agreement” or “brokerage agreement” includes a written unilateral offer from an owner of commercial property to one or more brokers, including the broker claiming a lien under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Commercial leasing commission” or “commission” means the compensation payable by the owner of commercial property to a broker for obtaining a commercial tenant under a commercial leasing brokerage agreement.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Commercial property” means land, and any improvements on the land, used or intended to be used for a nonresidential purpose.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Commercial tenant” means a tenant under a commercial lease.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Lien property” means the commercial property against which a broker’s lien is claimed or against which a broker’s lien has attached under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Owner” means the owner of the commercial property.</text>
  </level>
</section>
