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Builder Online Registration
Welcome
to the Maryland Home Builder Online Registration system,
where you can:
- apply
for registration
- renew
your registration
- reinstate
your registration if it has expired
- update
the information in your registration file
Home
Builder Online
Registration Instructions
These
instructions explain how to set up your online registration
file and how to use the system. Please read all of these instructions
before
beginning.
Setting Up an Online Registration File
For
a Registered Home Builder
If you are a registered home builder, click on Set Up
My File - Registered Builder,
after completing your review of these instructions. You will be asked to enter:
- Your
Home Builder Registration Number, and
- your
federal employer identification number or, if you do not have
one, your social
security number.
You will then be asked to select a user name and password
that will allow you to access your file in the future.
For a New Builder
If you are a new builder, click on Set Up My File - New Builder, after completing
your review of these instructions. You will be asked to create a Registration
File by selecting a user name and password that will allow you to access
your file in the future.
Saving
a Form to Complete Later
If,
while filling out a form online, you are unable to
complete it, you can save what you have entered by clicking on
the Save for Later button at the end of the form. The next
time you log on, you will be able to select the form
on which you were working and finish filling it out.
Information
Needed to Register
To register, you will need some basic information about
the applicant, including:
- Builder’s
name, address, phone number, and e-mail address.
- Name,
address, phone number, and e-mail address of all principals
of the builder. More
information about who is a principal
- Name
of the insurance carrier, the amount of the coverage, and the
policy number of the builder’s general liability insurance
policy.
- If
you will be providing new home warranty security plans to your
customers, the name and address of the warranty company that
will provide those plans.
- If
the builder holds similar registrations or licenses in other
states or jurisdictions, the registration or license number
from each such state or jurisdiction.
- If
the builder will be taking deposits from its customers, information
about the escrow accounts, bonds, or letters of credit that
will be used to protect those deposits. More
information about deposit protection requirements
Payment Amounts
The fee for an initial registration is $600. The fee for a timely
renewal of a registration is $300 for 10 or fewer, and $600
for 11 or more. The fee for reinstating an expired registration
is $600.
How to Pay
You may pay your registration fee online using Visa or Mastercard.
If you prefer to pay by check or money order, you can submit
your application online and then print out an invoice to mail
in with your payment.
How to Select the Correct Form
Renewals
When you begin the renewal process, you will need to select the appropriate
Renewal Form for the renewal fee you are required to pay based on the number
of permits issued to you between January 1 and December 31, 2004.
- If
during that time period 10 or fewer permits were issued
to you, then select the form titled: Renew
My Registration and
Pay $300.
- If
during that time period 11 or more permits were issued
to you, then select the form titled: Renew
My Registration and
Pay $600.
New Registrations
If you are registering a new builder, then select the form titled: Register
a New Builder
Update Information in a Registration File
You must provide this office with any future changes to the information
in your Registration File within 10 working days of the changes
taking effect.
If you need to update information in an existing Registration
File or to add information to a registration or renewal application
that has already been submitted online, then select the form titled:
Update Information in a Registration File
Reinstating an Expired Registration
If you are reinstating the registration of a builder whose registration has
expired, then select the form titled: Reinstate an Expired Registration
For
Assistance
If you experience a problem in using the online registration system, call 410-576-6573
during normal business hours (or toll-free 1-877-259-4525) or e-mail homebuilder@oag.state.md.us.
After hours, send an e-mail and we will contact you on the next work day.
Go
to Access My File
Go
to Set Up My File - Registered
Builder
Go
to Set Up My File - New
Builder
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