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Terms Used In Maryland Code, BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS 16-5B-07

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
An appraisal management company may not:

(1) knowingly employ a person in a position in which the person has the responsibility to order appraisals or to review completed appraisals who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, revoked, or surrendered in any state, unless the license or certificate was subsequently granted or reinstated;

(2) knowingly enter into an independent contractor arrangement for real estate appraisal services with a person who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, revoked, or surrendered in any state, unless the license or certificate was subsequently granted or reinstated; or

(3) knowingly enter into a contract, an agreement, or any other business relationship, for the purpose of obtaining real estate appraisal services, with an entity that employs, has entered into an independent contract arrangement with, or has entered into a contract, an agreement, or any other business relationship with a person who has ever had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, revoked, or surrendered in any state, unless the license or certificate was subsequently granted or reinstated.