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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 7, § 454: Licensing required, 1981

A person must be licensed before acting as an agent, broker, dealer, or processor, and must file a license application and fee with the commissioner before doing so. A person may not sell licensed…

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“A person must be licensed before acting as an agent, broker, dealer, or processor, and must file a license application and fee with the commissioner before doing so. A person may not sell licensed commodities as a representative unless authorized in writing by a licensee and the authorization is filed with the commissi”

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A person must be licensed before acting as an agent, broker, dealer, or processor, and must file a license application and fee with the commissioner before doing so. A person may not sell licensed commodities as a representative unless…

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A person must be licensed before acting as an agent, broker, dealer, or processor, and must file a license application and fee with the commissioner before doing so. A person may not sell licensed commodities as a representative unless authorized in writing by a licensee and the authorization is filed with the commissioner, except when working in the licensee’s office. A licensee must notify the commissioner in writing immediately after ending a person’s authorization as a representative.

A person may not act as agent, broker, dealer or processor unless duly licensed as provided in this subchapter. Before acting as a dealer, processor, broker or agent, a person shall file an application with the commissioner for a license to transact the business of a dealer, processor, broker or agent and the application must be accompanied by the license fee provided in this subchapter. [PL 2005, c. 512, §13 (AMD).] A person may not buy, solicit or negotiate the sale of any licensed commodity in this State as a representative of any agent, broker, dealer or processor unless that person has been authorized as a representative by a licensee in writing, and a copy of the authorization is filed with the commissioner, except when the person conducts business in the office of the licensee. A licensee shall notify the commissioner in writing immediately upon terminating the authorization for a person to act as that licensee's representative. [PL 2005, c. 512, §13 (AMD).]
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