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Maryland Code, Business Regulation § 12.5-101

Current as of December 31, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Business” means a commercial entity that provides locksmith services.

(c) “Employee” means an individual employed by a licensed locksmith to provide locksmith services on behalf of the licensed locksmith.

(d) “Fixed business address” means a single physical location where a licensee conducts business and at which the licensee or an employee of the licensee is available:

(1) during normal business hours;  or

(2) other hours as provided in the application for the license.

(e) “License” means a license issued by the Secretary to provide locksmith services.

(f) “Licensed locksmith” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a business that is licensed by the Secretary to provide locksmith services.

(g) “Local law enforcement unit” means the Department of State Police, a police department in the State, or sheriff in the State:

(1) designated by the county or municipal governing body for a licensee with an in-State fixed business address;  or

(2) designated by the Secretary for a licensee with an out-of-state fixed business address.

(h) “Provide locksmith services” means to engage professionally and for compensation in:

(1) repairing, rebuilding, rekeying, repinning, recombinating, adjusting, or installing mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical locking devices, safes, vaults, or safe deposit boxes;  or

(2) operating a mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical locking device or opening safes, vaults, or safe deposit boxes by a means other than that intended by the manufacturer of such locking devices.

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