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Terms Used In Maryland Code, COMMERCIAL LAW 24-202

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a court may appoint as an ancillary receiver for property located in the State or subject to the jurisdiction of the court for which a receiver could be appointed under this title:

(1) A receiver appointed in another state; or

(2) A nominee of the receiver in the other state.

(b) An ancillary receiver under subsection (a) of this section shall:

(1) Be eligible to serve as a receiver under § 24-203 of this subtitle; and

(2) Further the person‘s possession, custody, control, or disposition of property subject to the receivership in the other state.

(c) A court may issue an order that gives effect to an order entered in another state appointing or directing a receiver.

(d) Unless the court orders otherwise, an ancillary receiver appointed under subsection (a) of this section has the rights, powers, and duties of a receiver appointed under this title.