Terms Used In Maryland Code, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 12-416

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • 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) A licensee shall submit to NMLS a call report once each quarter on the date, in the form, and containing the information that NMLS requires.

(b) (1) Within 15 days after the occurrence of any of the following events, a licensee shall file a written report with the Commissioner describing the event and its expected impact on the licensee’s activities in the State:

(i) The filing for bankruptcy or reorganization by the licensee;

(ii) The institution of revocation or suspension proceedings against the licensee by any state or governmental authority with regard to the licensee’s money transmission activities in any state;

(iii) Any felony indictment or conviction of the licensee or any of its officers or directors related to money transmission activities;

(iv) The commencement of any civil action by a buyer or holder of a payment instrument or person for whom or to whom money is transmitted against a licensee; and

(v) The filing of any material litigation against the licensee.

(2) The written report required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be submitted to the Commissioner through NMLS.

(c) A licensee shall submit to NMLS the Uniform Authorized Agent Reporting once each quarter on the date that NMLS requires.

(d) A licensee promptly shall file with the Commissioner any demand borrowing agreement or agreements into which the licensee may enter as a permissible investment or a deposit in lieu of a surety bond.