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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 9

(e)  Every public adjuster license shall expire on the
thirty-first day of December of every odd-numbered year, but if
an application for the renewal of any such certificate shall have
been filed with the Commissioner before January first of any year
the license sought to be renewed shall continue in full force and
effect until the issuance by the Commissioner of the new license
or until five days after the Commissioner shall have refused in
writing to issue such new license and shall have served notice of
such refusal on the applicant therefor.

(f)  Before any original public adjuster license shall be
issued by the Commissioner, there must be filed in his office a
written application therefor. Such application shall be in the
form prescribed by the Commissioner and must set forth (1) the
name and address of the applicant, and if the applicant be a
partnership or association, the name and address of each member
thereof, and if the applicant be a corporation, the name and
address of each of its officers and directors; (2) whether any
other insurance license or certificate has been issued to the
applicant, and, if the applicant be an individual, whether any
such license has been issued theretofore to any officer or
director of such corporation; (3) the business in which the
applicant has been engaged for the year next preceding the date
of the application, and, if employed by another, the name or
names and address or addresses of such employer or employers; (4)
such other information as the Commissioner may require of
applicants to enable him to determine their trustworthiness and
competency to transact the business of public adjuster in such
manner as to safeguard the interest of the public.

(1) An examination may not be required of any individual
who was licensed as a public adjuster in this State on June 30,
1985.

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(c) Nothing contained in this section shall apply (1) to
any officer, employee, agent or other representative of any
authorized insurer while acting for such insurer; (2) to any
broker possessing a certificate of qualification who acts on
behalf of his client; (3) to any attorney at law of this State
acting within the course or scope of his profession, nor (4) to
any licensed public adjuster acting within the scope of his
license.

(h) Every insurance adviser's license issued pursuant to
this section shall be for a term expiring on the thirty-first day
of December of every odd-numbered year, and may be renewed for
the ensuing years upon the filing of an application in conformity
with subsection (e). If an application for a renewal license
shall have been filed with the Commissioner before January first
of the licensing year, the license sought to be renewed shall
continue in full force and effect either until the issuance of
the renewal license or until five days after the Commissioner