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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 07.03.16.10" title_num="07" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="16" heading="Assets.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The asset limit for a RCA case is $2,000.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Excluded Assets. Assets excluded from the $2,000 limit are:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The home which is the usual residence of the assistance unit;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Basic items essential to day-to-day living such as:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Personal items such as clothing, toilet articles, and cosmetics;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Household accessories and furnishings in everyday use;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Appliances, including devices for preparation and storage of food, upkeep of clothing, or home maintenance;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Health aids such as wheelchairs, hearing aids, or walking aids;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Educational material; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Children's toys;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Vehicles owned by assistance unit members;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>One burial plot per assistance unit member;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Contracted funeral agreements;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Tools and equipment necessary for employment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Income-producing property, farm machinery, livestock, tools, and business equipment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Life insurance policies;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Trust accounts established by court order under Estates and Trusts Article, §§13-401—13-407, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Individual Development Accounts (IDA);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Up to $2,000 held in a separate bank account for each child's earnings;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Real property, other than the home, if it is listed for sale with a realtor; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Assets remaining in the applicant's country of origin.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Countable Assets.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Assets, except for those excluded in §B of this regulation, in which the applicant or recipient has legal interest and which are actually available are countable.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The countable amount of an asset is the equity value.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Countable assets include the assets of individuals not included in the assistance unit as described in Regulation .06C of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The LDSS may not consider a sponsor's resources to be accessible to a refugee solely because the individual is serving as a sponsor.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>