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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="10-209" title_number="10" title_name="Governmental Procedures" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Administrative Procedure Act -- Contested Cases">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Where a licensing statute provides for service other than by regular mail, notice under this subtitle may be sent by regular mail to the address of record of a person holding a license issued by the agency if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the person is required by law to advise the agency of the address; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the agency has been unsuccessful in giving notice in the manner otherwise provided by the licensing statute.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Upon a showing that the person neither knew nor had reasonable opportunity to know of the fact of service, a person served by regular mail under subsection (a) of this section shall be granted a hearing.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person holding a license shall be deemed to have had a reasonable opportunity to know of the fact of service if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the person is required by law to notify the agency of a change of address within a specified period of time;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the person failed to notify the agency in accordance with the law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the agency or the Office mailed the notice to the address of record; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the agency did not have actual notice of the change of address prior to service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
