WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 631

Section 10-206(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter______(S.B. 1) 3 of

the Acts of the General Assembly of 1989)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Business Occupations
Section 10-206(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter______(S.B. 1) 3 of

the Acts of the General Assembly of 1989)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

14.

It shall be unlawful for any corporation or voluntary
association to assume, use or advertise in any newspaper,
periodical, or by use of any notice, circular, letterhead, card,
or in any manner whatsoever, the title of lawyer, or attorney,
attorney-at-law, or equivalent terms in any language in any such
manner as to convey the impression that either alone or together
with, or by, or through any person, whether a duly and regularly
admitted attorney-at-law or not, it has, owns, conducts or
maintains a law office, or an office or facilities for the
practice of law, or for furnishing legal advice, services or
counsel. It shall be unlawful further, for any corporation or
voluntary association to solicit itself or by, or through its
officers, agents or employees, employment in connection with the
rendition of legal advice, services or counsel of any kind
whatsoever, or to solicit any claim or demand for the purpose of
bringing an action thereon, or representing as attorney-at-law,
or for furnishing legal advice, services or counsel, to a person
sued, or about to be sued in any action or proceeding, or against
whom an action or proceeding has been, or is about to be brought,
or who may be affected by any action or proceeding which has been
or may be instituted in any court or before any judicial body, or
for the purpose of representing any person in the pursuit of any
civil remedy. Any corporation or voluntary association violating
the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars, and every officer, trustee,
director, agent or employee of such corporation or voluntary
association, who directly or indirectly engages in any of the
acts herein prohibited, or assists such corporation or voluntary
association to do such prohibited acts, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than
five hundred dollars. The fact that any such officer, trustee,

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