2010 Maryland Code
INSURANCE
TITLE 21 - SURETY INSURANCE
Section 21-101 - Authority of surety insurers to execute bonds.

§ 21-101. Authority of surety insurers to execute bonds.
 

(a)  In general.- A surety insurer qualified to act as surety or guarantor under this article may execute: 

(1) a bond, undertaking, recognizance, or other obligation that is required or allowed to be made, given, tendered, or filed with a surety by law or in the charter, ordinances, rules, or regulations of a municipal corporation, board, body, organization, court, judge, or public officer; and 

(2) a guaranty of the performance of an act, duty, or obligation, or the refraining from an act, that is required or allowed to be guaranteed. 

(b)  Effect of execution.- The execution by a qualified surety insurer of a bond, undertaking, recognizance, obligation, or guaranty is in full compliance with each requirement of each law, charter, ordinance, rule, or regulation that: 

(1) the bond, undertaking, recognizance, obligation, or guaranty shall be executed by a surety; or 

(2) the surety shall be a resident, householder, or freeholder, or either or both, or shall have any other qualifications. 

(c)  Acceptance of bond.- Each court, judge, department head, board, body, municipal corporation, and public officer shall accept a bond, undertaking, recognizance, obligation, or guaranty executed by a qualified surety insurer and treat it as conforming to and fully complying with each requirement of each applicable law, charter, ordinance, rule, or regulation. 

(d)  Release from liability on bond.- A surety insurer may be released from its liability on a bond, undertaking, recognizance, obligation, or guaranty executed under subsection (a) of this section on the same terms and conditions provided by law for the release of an individual surety. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 48A, §§ 483, 484; 1996, ch. 11.]