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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="17-524" title_number="17" title_name="Real Estate Brokers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each real estate contract submitted to a party by a real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, or a real estate salesperson for use in the sale of a single-family dwelling shall contain, in bold-faced type, a statement that the buyer has the right to select the buyer’s own:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>title insurance company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>settlement company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>escrow company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>mortgage lender, or financial institution as defined in the Financial Institutions Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>title lawyer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The statement required under subsection (a) of this section shall also contain, in bold-faced type, a statement that a seller may not be prohibited from offering owner financing as a condition of settlement.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A real estate contract is not rendered invalid by the omission of the statement to the buyer required under subsections (a) and (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
