Ch. 547                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) failed to reclaim the merchandise within the time agreed on with
the jeweler,

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this title, this title does not apply to a
pawnbroker located in a county that regulates pawnbrokers unless the pawnbroker does
business as a dealer.

(D) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE, THIS TITLE DOES NOT
APPLY TO A SECONDHAND PERSONAL PROPERTY DEALER LOCATED IN A COUNTY
THAT REGULATES SECONDHAND PERSONAL PROPERTY DEALERS UNLESS THE
SECONDHAND PERSONAL PROPERTY DEALER DOES BUSINESS AS A SECONDHAND
PRECIOUS METAL OBJECT DEALER OR PAWNBROKER.

[(d)](E) (1) A county or municipal corporation may not enact a law to regulate
dealers, coins, or numismatic items.

(2) This title supersedes any existing law of a county or municipal
corporation that regulates dealers, coins, or numismatic items.

12-201.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall have a license
before the individual does business as a dealer in the State.

(b) Except those pawnbrokers who are exempt from State licensing under §
12-102(c) of this title, all pawnbrokers must be licensed as dealers.

(C) EXCEPT/THOSE SECONDHAND PERSONAL PROPERTY DEALERS WHO ARE
EXEMPT FROM STATE LICENSING UNDER § 12-102(D) OF THIS TITLE, ALL
SECONDHAND PERSONAL PROPERTY DEALERS MUST BE LICENSED AS DEALERS.

12-209.

(a) (2) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 12-210 of this subtitle, the
Secretary may deny a license to an applicant, reprimand a licensee, or suspend or revoke
a license if the applicant or licensee or an agent, employee, manager, or partner of the
applicant or licensee:

(i) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license
for the applicant or licensee or for another person;

(ii) fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;

(iii) has a similar license denied, suspended, or revoked in another
jurisdiction;

(iv) PLEADS GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE TO, RECEIVES
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT WITH RESPECT TO, OR is convicted of a felony, theft
offense, or crime of moral turpitude;

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