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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="7-506" title_number="7" title_name="Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, and Vendor's Liens" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commissioner may enforce the provisions of this subtitle by exercising any of the powers provided under §§ 2–113 through 2–116 of the Financial Institutions Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner may seek an injunction to prohibit a person who has engaged or is engaging in a violation of this subtitle from engaging or continuing to engage in the violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court may enter any order or judgment necessary to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Prevent the use by a person of any prohibited practice;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Restore to a person any money or real or personal property acquired from the person by means of any prohibited practice; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Appoint a receiver in case of willful violation of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In any action brought by the Commissioner under this section, the Commissioner is entitled to recover the costs of the action for the use of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commissioner may enforce the provisions of this subtitle by requiring a violator to take affirmative action to correct the violation, including the restitution of money or property to any person aggrieved by the violation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Commissioner may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Investigate violations of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Aid any other unit of State government that has regulatory jurisdiction over the business activities of the violator.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Commissioner may cooperate in the investigation and prosecution of any violation of this subtitle with:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Office of the Attorney General, a State’s Attorney, or any other unit of law enforcement in the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
