Section 12-202 - Applications for licenses. - Maryland Statutes

§ 12-202. Applications for licenses.
 

(a)  Application required.-  

(1) An applicant for a license shall: 

(i) submit to the Secretary an application on the form that the Secretary provides; and 

(ii) pay to the Secretary an application fee of $75. 

(2) The application fee is nonrefundable. 

(b)  Required signature.- The applicant shall sign the application under oath. 

(c)  Contents of application.- In addition to any other information that the Secretary requires, the application shall state: 

(1) the name, date of birth, and residence address of the applicant; 

(2) the fixed business address of the applicant; 

(3) the fixed address in the State where precious metal objects will be stored, if different from the fixed business address, provided, however, that a bank or safe deposit box is not an acceptable storage location unless written consent by the applicant and a bank official authorizing access to the storage facility and examination of its contents by law enforcement officers or agents accompany the application; 

(4) a telephone number at which the applicant can be reached during normal business hours; 

(5) each address where the applicant has conducted any business during the 36 months before application; 

(6) the driver's license number, if any, of the applicant; and 

(7) the name and permanent address of each employee who will work with the applicant in the business of the applicant. 

(d)  Statement about stolen property investigation.- The application form shall contain, immediately above the signature line, the following: 
 

"If issued a license, I agree to allow a municipal, county, or State police officer or agent acting in the course of a stolen property investigation or an investigation of a violation of this title to inspect and photograph all precious metal objects and records at my business or storage locations." 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 56, § 418; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; 1997, chs. 171, 227, 735.]