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Terms Used In Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 7-404.1

  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) The Commissioner may enforce the provisions of this subtitle by exercising any of the powers provided under §§ 2-113 through 2-116 of the Financial Institutions Article.

(b) (1) The Commissioner may seek an injunction to prohibit a person who has engaged or is engaging in a violation of this subtitle from engaging or continuing to engage in the violation.

(2) The court may enter any order or judgment necessary to:

(i) Prevent the use by a person of any prohibited practice;

(ii) Restore to a person any money or real or personal property acquired from the person by means of any prohibited practice; or

(iii) Appoint a receiver in case of willful violation of this subtitle.

(3) In any action brought by the Commissioner under this subsection, the Commissioner is entitled to recover the costs of the action for the use of the State.

(c) The Commissioner may enforce the provisions of this subtitle by requiring a violator to take affirmative action to correct the violation including the restitution of money or property to any person aggrieved by the violation.

(d) The Commissioner may:

(1) Investigate violations of this subtitle; and

(2) Aid any other unit of State government that has regulatory jurisdiction over the business activities of the violator.

(e) The Commissioner may cooperate in the investigation and prosecution of any violation of this subtitle with the Office of the Attorney General, the State’s Attorney, or any other unit of law enforcement.