Terms Used In Maryland Code, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 12-1105

  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • 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) (1) The Commissioner may use the investigative and enforcement powers provided under §§ 2-113 through 2-116 of this article to enforce this subtitle.

(2) In addition to the Commissioner, the Attorney General or the State‘s Attorney for the county in which a violation occurs may enforce the requirements of this subtitle and use the same investigative and enforcement powers applicable to the Commissioner under §§ 2-113 through 2-116 of this article.

(b) A student financing product provided or acquired by a student financing company that is owed by a resident of the State shall be void and unenforceable if the Commissioner finds, after notice and a hearing, that a student financing company has knowingly violated this subtitle, at the time that the product was provided or acquired, by:

(1) Failing to comply with any registration or reporting requirement; or

(2) Furnishing inaccurate information to the Commissioner.

(c) The Commissioner may order a person barred from acting as a stockholder, an officer, a director, a partner, an owner, or an employee of a student financing company for a term of 10 years or less if the person has:

(1) Been found to have knowingly violated any provision of this subtitle or regulation adopted under this subtitle; and

(2) Caused financial harm to a consumer.