Maryland Statutes
Business Regulation
Title 4.5 - Home Builder Registration

Subtitle 1 - Definitions

Section 4.5-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...

Subtitle 2 - Home Builder Registration Unit; Home Builder Registration Fund

Section 4.5-201 - Home Builder and Home Builder Sales Representative Registration Unit - There is a Home Builder and Home Builder Sales Representative...

Section 4.5-202 - Powers and Duties of Unit - (a) The Unit shall maintain a list of all registrants...

Section 4.5-203 - Home Builder Registration Fund - (a) (1) There is a Home Builder Registration Fund. (2)...

Subtitle 3 - Registration

Section 4.5-301 - Registration Required - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person...

Section 4.5-302 - Liability Insurance - (a) Each person that constructs new homes for sale to...

Section 4.5-303 - Registration -- Application; Fee - (a) To apply for registration as a home builder or...

Section 4.5-304 - Issuance of Home Builder Registration Number; Authority Conferred - (a) The Unit shall register and issue a home builder...

Section 4.5-304.1 - Issuance of Home Builder Sales Representative Registration Certificate; Authority Conferred - (a) The Unit shall register and issue a registration certificate...

Section 4.5-305 - Renewal of Registration Number or Certificate - (a) (1) Unless renewed under this section, a registration or...

Section 4.5-306 - Change of Information - (a) (1) A registrant shall send the Unit written notice...

Section 4.5-307 - Display of Registration Number or Certificate - (a) (1) Each registrant shall display its home builder registration...

Section 4.5-308 - Denial, Suspension, and Revocation - (a) (1) The Unit may deny registration or a registration...

Subtitle 4 - Remedies

Section 4.5-401 - Remedies - (a) The Division shall encourage the owner or buyer to...

Subtitle 5 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties

Section 4.5-501 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Exemptions From Title - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person...

Section 4.5-502 - Civil Administrative Action - (a) Subject to the notice and hearing provisions of Title...

Section 4.5-503 - Advertising Without Registration Number - A person may not advertise in any way that the...

Section 4.5-504 - Criminal Penalty - (a) This section only applies if there is no greater...

Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 4.5-601 - Permits - (a) Except for a building permit for construction to be...

Section 4.5-602 - "Building Code" Defined; Notice of Building Code Violations - (a) In this section, “building code” includes a code provision...

Section 4.5-603 - Information Required for Initial New Home Sale - (a) (1) This subsection applies only to a development that...

Section 4.5-604 - Industrialized Building - A home builder who installs an industrialized building intended for...

Section 4.5-605 - Contracts With Unregistered Home Builders - A contract for the performance of any act for which...

Subtitle 7 - Home Builder Guaranty Fund

Section 4.5-701 - "Actual Loss" Defined - In this subtitle, “actual loss” means: (1) the costs of...

Section 4.5-702 - Authority to Take Disciplinary Action Not Limited - This subtitle does not: (1) limit the authority of the...

Section 4.5-703 - Home Builder Guaranty Fund Established - (a) The Division shall: (1) establish a Home Builder Guaranty...

Section 4.5-704 - Guaranty Fund Fee - (a) (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of...

Section 4.5-705 - Recovery From Fund for Actual Loss Caused by Registrant - (a) Subject to this subtitle a claimant may recover compensation...

Section 4.5-706 - Proceedings for Recovery - (a) To begin a proceeding to recover from the Guaranty...

Section 4.5-707 - Notice, Hearings, and Review - (a) The procedures for notice, hearings, and judicial review that...

Section 4.5-708 - Joinder of Proceedings - (a) (1) The Division may join a proceeding on a...

Section 4.5-709 - Appeals - A party to a proceeding before the Division who is...

Section 4.5-710 - Payment of Claims - (a) The Division may order payment of a claim against...

Section 4.5-711 - Subrogation - (a) (1) After the Division pays a claim from the...

Section 4.5-712 - Suspension of Registration Pending Reimbursement of Fund - (a) If the Division pays a claim against the Guaranty...

Subtitle 8 - Short Title

Section 4.5-801 - Short Title - This title may be cited as the Maryland Home Builder...