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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 02.01.09.04" title_num="02" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="09" heading="Procedures and Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Form of Bond or Letter of Credit. Home builders and sellers of new homes shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Use the corporate surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit form provided by the Unit; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Submit other corporate surety bond or letter of credit forms to the Unit for its consideration and prior approval for use as required under Real Property Article, §§10-302 and 10-303, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Filing of Bonds and Letters of Credit. A home builder or seller shall file with the Unit at 200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, the corporate surety bonds and irrevocable letters of credit required by Real Property Article, §§10-302, 10-303, and 10-504, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Certification of Compliance.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A home builder or seller shall file with the Unit a statement in a form provided by the Unit, signed by its president or vice president if a corporation, or by a general partner of the home builder or seller or by the home builder or seller individually if not a corporation, that the bond, letter of credit, or escrow account is in the amount required by Real Property Article, §§10-302, 10-303, and 10-504, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the home builder or seller maintains escrow accounts instead of bonds or letters of credit, it shall file with the Unit a statement in a form provided by the Unit which shall be deemed to be a continuing representation until the Unit is notified in writing by the home builder or seller that the statement is to the contrary.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The statements required by §C of this regulation shall be filed with the Unit:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>With the home builder's registration with the Unit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>With each renewal of the home builder's registration with the Unit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>For a seller that is not a home builder, that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Files a bond or letter of credit, upon filing the bond or letter of credit with the Unit;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Establishes an escrow account on, before, or within 20 days after the effective date of this chapter, within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Establishes an escrow account 21 or more days after the effective date of this chapter, within 10 days after establishing the escrow account; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Within 10 days of any change to the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Method by which the home builder or seller complies with Real Property Article, Title 10, Subtitles 3 and 5, Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Amount of the bond or letter of credit.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The home builder or seller of new homes shall provide the Unit, upon request, any documents or information the Unit considers necessary to ensure compliance with Real Property Article, Title 10, Subtitles 3 and 5, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>