2010 Maryland Code
BUSINESS REGULATION
TITLE 8 - HOME IMPROVEMENT
Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties
Section 8-617 - Payment before signing contract; deposit limited.

§ 8-617. Payment before signing contract; deposit limited.
 

(a)  Payment before signing contract.- A person may not demand or receive any payment for a home improvement before the home improvement contract is signed. 

(b)  Deposit limited.- A person may not receive a deposit of more than one-third of the home improvement contract price before or at the time of execution of the home improvement contract. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 56, § 261; 1992, ch. 4, § 2.] 
 

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