PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 429

(3) The notice requirements of § 16-203(b) of this subtitle do not apply
when:

(i) The lienor conducts auctions as a business in this State and is
required to maintain records under § 15-113 of the Transportation Article; and

(ii) The lien arises out of that business.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved May 18, 1995.

CHAPTER 429
(House Bill 607)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Procedure - Bail Bonds - Property Bondsmen - Authorized Agents

FOR the purpose of allowing a property bondsman to authorize in writing certain agents
to execute bail bonds and certain documents to secure a bail bond by real estate;
requiring persons authorized by law to take a bail bond to take a bail bond secured
by real estate properly executed by an authorized agent of a property bondsman
under certain circumstances; defining a certain term; and generally relating to the
use of agents by property bondsmen.

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 616 1/2B

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

616 1/2B.

(A)     IN THIS SECTION, "PROPERTY BONDSMAN" MEANS A PERSON OTHER
THAN A DEFENDANT WHO EXECUTES A BAIL BOND SECURED BY ONE OR MORE
PARCELS OF REAL ESTATE IN THE STATE.

(B)     A PROPERTY BONDSMAN MAY AUTHORIZE IN WRITING AN AGENT OR
AGENTS TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY BONDSMAN:

(1) A BAIL BOND; AND

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