Ch. 426                         MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               891

RECORDS, OR OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS;

2.  MAKING ANY MATERIAL MISREPRESENTATION UPON ANY
MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION FORM;

3.  WILLFUL OR DELIBERATE DISREGARD AND VIOLATION OF
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE;

4.  CONDUCTING ANY BUSINESS INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE
ADMINISTRATION TRANSACTIONS WITH OR THROUGH ANY
PERSON SUBJECT TO THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SUBTITLE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE IS NOT LICENSED AS
REQUIRED;

5.    MISREPRESENTATION OF A MATERIAL FACT BY AN
APPLICANT IN OBTAINING A TITLE SERVICE AGENT'S LICENSE;

6.   WILLFUL FAILURE TO NOTIFY THE ADMINISTRATION OF
ANY CHANGE OF CONTROL IN OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, OR
BUSINESS NAME OR LOCATION;

7.  WILLFUL FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY LAWFUL ORDER,
DEMAND, OR RULE OR REGULATION MADE BY THE
ADMINISTRATION UNDER AND WITHIN THE AUTHORITY OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

5-808.

(A)  THE ADMINISTRATION MAY REFUSE TO ISSUE, SUSPEND, OR
REVOKE ANY LICENSE UNDER THIS PART IF THE
ADMINISTRATION FINDS THAT:

1.   THE PERSON, HIS MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, OR ANY
OTHER PERSON WHO HAS A FINANCIAL INTEREST, WHETHER
DIRECT OR INDIRECT, IN THE TITLE SERVICE AGENCY, IS
UNTRUSTWORTHY, LACKS COMPETENCE, OR HAS BEEN
CONVICTED BY FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL
COURT OF A CRIME OF MORAL TURPITUDE.

2.  THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE TITLE SERVICE AGENCY WITH
THE MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN MARKED BY
THE PRACTICE OF FRAUD OR BAD FAITH.

3.   THE LICENSEE IS VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF THIS
ARTICLE OR IS PERFORMING OR ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM ANY
ACT PROHIBITED BY THIS ARTICLE OR THE APPLICABLE RULES
AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER THIS PART.

4.   ANY AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF A TITLE SERVICE AGENT
VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, UNLESS IT APPEARS
TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE
INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TITLE
SERVICE AGENCY (I) HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE WRONGFUL
CONDUCT; OR (II) WERE UNABLE TO PREVENT THE VIOLATION.

(B)   THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL SUSPEND OR REVOKE ANY
LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS PART ONLY AFTER A HEARING. AT
LEAST [[TEN (10)]] THIRTY (30) DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE SET FOR
THE HEARING, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL NOTIFY THE
LICENSEE IN WRITING OF ANY CHARGE MADE AND AFFORD THE