(a) (1) A person may register: (i) a class of returnable containers if: 1. the person owns or deals in goods handled or delivered in a returnable container; and 2. the returnable container has an identifying name, mark, or device securely attached, impressed, or imprinted; or (ii) a class of returnable textiles, if the person: 1. is in the business of regularly supplying clean laundered returnable textiles; and 2. periodically exchanges the clean returnable textiles for soiled returnable textiles. (2) A person who has registered a returnable container or returnable textile under State law is not required to reregister the returnable container or returnable textile. (b) To register a returnable container or returnable textile a person shall: (1) (i) prepare a clear statement of the character of the returnable container or returnable textile; and (ii) prepare a comprehensive description of the identifying name, mark, or device attached, impressed, imprinted, woven, or produced; (2) sign and acknowledge the comprehensive description before an officer qualified to take an acknowledgment to deeds in the State; (3) publish the signed and acknowledged comprehensive description: (i) in two successive issues, in different weeks, of a newspaper published in the county in which the principal office, place of business, or agency of the person is located; or (ii) twice a week for 2 successive weeks in a daily newspaper published in Baltimore City if the principal office, place of business, or agency of the person is located in Baltimore City; and (4) file with the Secretary of State the comprehensive description and a certificate of publication, certified by the owner or manager of the newspaper in which the comprehensive description was published. (c) A person may transfer a registration by filing a copy of the assignment or transfer with the Secretary of State. (d) (1) The Secretary of State shall record each: (i) comprehensive description filed under subsection (b) of this section; (ii) certificate of publication filed under subsection (b) of this section; and (iii) transfer filed under subsection (c) of this section. (2) On application, the Secretary of State shall provide to the applicant a certified copy of a recorded filing. (3) The Secretary of State shall establish reasonable fees: (i) for recording under this section; and (ii) for providing copies of records filed under this section. (e) A certified copy of a comprehensive description and a certificate of publication or of a transfer with the seal of the Secretary of State attached is: (1) evidence that the person complied with this subtitle; and (2) prima facie evidence of: (i) title to or right to use, collect, or deliver the corresponding returnable containers; and (ii) title to the corresponding returnable textiles.
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