2010 Maryland Code
COMMERCIAL LAW
TITLE 12 - CREDIT REGULATIONS
Subtitle 3 - Consumer Loans - Credit Provisions
Section 12-305 - Discrimination prohibited.
§ 12-305. Discrimination prohibited.
(a) In general.- In granting or denying an application for a loan, a licensee may not discriminate against any loan applicant only on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, marital status, or age.
(b) Compliance with federal requirements; minors.-
(1) A licensee is not in violation of this section if the licensee is in compliance with the federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the regulations adopted under that act.
(2) Denying an application for a loan by an applicant who is a minor is not discrimination on the basis of age.
[An. Code 1957, art. 11, § 206; 1975, ch. 49, § 3; 1976, ch. 166, § 1; 1977, ch. 693, § 2.]
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