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Maryland Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 6-406.1

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A creditor of a person engaged in a mercantile, trading, or manufacturing business as an agent or doing business or trading under any designation, title, or name other than the person's own name who fails to file the certificate required under § 1-406 of the Corporations and Associations Article, may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the person or the name, title, or designation under which the business is conducted and service on the person shall be valid.

(b) All the assets used in or owned by the person's business are subject to seizure and sale under execution in satisfaction of the judgment.

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