Old Republic Insurance v. Gordon

In Finch v. LVNV Funding LLC, 212 Md.App. 748, 71 A.3d 193, cert. denied, 435 Md. 266, 77 A.3d 1084 (2013), this Court held that judgments obtained by collections agencies that do not have a license are void. In this case, we must determine whether Old Republic Insurance Company (“Old Republic”), appellant, is a collection agency pursuant to Md.Code (2010 RepLVol.) § 7-101(c) of the Business Regulation Article (“BR”), part of the Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act (“MCALA”), and therefore, was required to be licensed as a *3collection agency to pursue this action against Nancy Gordon,…