Section 6-301 – Registration Required

    (a)    A person must have applied to register appropriately with the Secretary of State whenever the person acts as:         (1)    an associate solicitor;         (2)    a professional solicitor; or         (3)    a fund-raising counsel.     (b)    If, within 10 days after a person starts employment as an associate solicitor, the person’s name is submitted to the Secretary of State in accordance with this […]

Section 6-302 – Applications for Registration

    (a)    An applicant for registration as a professional solicitor or fund–raising counsel shall:         (1)    submit to the Secretary of State an application under oath on the form that the Secretary of State provides;         (2)    pay to the Secretary of State an application fee of:             (i)    $250 for registration as a fund–raising counsel; or             (ii)    $350 for registration as a professional […]

Section 6-303 – Surety Bond; Irrevocable Letter of Credit

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, on applying for registration as a professional solicitor, an applicant shall execute and submit to the Secretary of State a bond in the sum of $25,000, with surety that the Secretary of State approves.         (2)    The bond shall run to the State for the use of the […]

Section 6-304 – Issuance of Registration

    (a)    If the Secretary of State finds that an applicant for registration has complied with this title and the regulations adopted under it, the Secretary of State shall approve the application.     (b)    If the Secretary of State finds that an applicant for registration has not complied with this title and the regulations adopted under it applicable to […]

Section 6-305 – Term of Registration

    Each registration expires on the first anniversary of its effective date.

Section 6-306 – Registration Before Accounting

    (a)    If a currently registered professional solicitor applies for a new registration and has not yet submitted the accounting required by § 6-506 of this title, the professional solicitor shall submit with the new application:         (1)    that accounting; or         (2)    an interim accounting, under oath and in a form that the Secretary of State requires, that accounts for […]

Section 6-307 – Acting as Charitable Representative After Application for Registration

    (a)    A person who has applied to register as an associate solicitor, professional solicitor, or fund-raising counsel may act as such unless and until the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County or other court of competent jurisdiction orders the applicant to stop.     (b)    The Secretary of State has the burden of proof in any proceeding to restrain […]