2013 Maryland Code
REAL PROPERTY
§ 11B-109 - Untrue statements or omissions by vendor

(a) Liability for damages; limitations period. -- Any vendor, required under § 11B-105, § 11B-106, or § 11B-107 of this title to disclose information to a purchaser, who makes an untrue statement of a material fact, or who omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, shall be liable for damages proximately caused by the untrue statement or omission to the person purchasing a lot from that vendor. However, an action may not be maintained to enforce a liability created under this section unless brought within one year after the facts constituting the cause of action have or should have been discovered.

(b) Exception to liability. -- A vendor may not be liable under subsection (a) of this section if the vendor had, after reasonable investigation, reasonable grounds to believe, and did believe, at the time the information required to be disclosed under § 11B-105, § 11B-106, or § 11B-107 of this title was provided to the purchaser, that the statements were true and that there was no omission to state a material fact necessary to make the statements not misleading.

(c) Provisions inapplicable to foreclosure sale. -- The provisions of this section do not apply to trustees, mortgagees, assignees of mortgagees or other persons selling a lot in an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust.