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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 18.04.10.08" title_num="18" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="10" heading="Expiration.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Unless renewed under Regulation .05 of this chapter, a certificate expires 5 years from the date it is filed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department shall note a certificate's expiration on its records as soon as practical.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Department's failure to note a certificate's expiration does not extend a certificate past its expiration date.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>After a certificate expires, the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Filing of a completed renewal application does not extend the certificate; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Trade name which is the subject of the certificate is available to a person entitled to file a certificate under Corporations and Associations Article, §1-406, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>