1540                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 407

CHAPTER 407

(House Bill 18)

AN ACT concerning

Licenses - Collection Agencies

FOR the purpose of altering a definition that operates to include

attorneys under the licensing provisions for collection
agencies by providing that attorneys are required to be

licensed as collection agencies only if they are primarily,

rather than regularly, engaged in soliciting debts for

collections or adjustment of debt under certain
circumstances,

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 56 - Licenses

Section 323

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 56 - Licenses

Section 324

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

323.

(a)  In this subtitle, the following words have the meanings
indicated.

(b)  "Collection agency" means all persons directly or
indirectly engaged in the business of soliciting from, or
collecting for others any claim due or asserted to be owed or
due, to a seller, lender, holder, or creditor, arising from
transactions involving a Maryland resident seeking or acquiring
real or personal property, services, money, or credit for
personal, family, or household purposes.

(1) "Collection agency" includes any person who gives
away, sells, or attempts to give away or sell to others, any
system or series of letters or forms used in the collection of
claims which assert or indicate, directly or indirectly that the