Maryland Commercial Law Section 12-1101
§ 12-1101.
  (a)   In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
  (b)   (1)   "Advertisement" means a commercial message in any medium that aids, promotes, or assists, directly or indirectly, a rental-purchase agreement.
    (2)   "Advertisement" does not include in-store merchandising ads.
  (c)   "Cash price" means the price at which the lessor would have sold rental property covered by a rental-purchase agreement to the consumer unconditionally for cash on the date of consummation.
  (d)   "Consumer" means an individual who rents personal property under a rental-purchase agreement primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
  (e)   "Consummation" means the time at which a consumer enters into a rental-purchase agreement.
  (f)   "Lessor" means a person who regularly provides the use of personal property through rental-purchase agreements to consumers and to whom rental payments are initially payable on the face of a rental-purchase agreement.
  (g)   "Rental property" means personal property that is the subject of a rental-purchase agreement.
  (h)   "Rental-purchase agreement" means an agreement that:
    (1)   Is for the use of personal property by an individual primarily for personal, family, or household purposes;
    (2)   Is for an initial period of 4 months or less;
    (3)   Is automatically renewable for a weekly or monthly period with each rental payment after the initial period; and
    (4)   Allows but does not obligate the consumer to become the owner of the property.