# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 17. Real Estate Brokers

### Subtitle 6. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

#### Section 17-607.1

(a) In this section, "commercial real estate" has the meaning stated in Sec. 17-524.1 of this title.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, in a real estate transaction involving commercial real estate, a real estate broker, a nonresident real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, a real estate salesperson, a nonresident real estate salesperson, or a lawyer acting as a real estate broker may not require a buyer, as a condition of settlement, to employ a particular:

  (1) title insurance company;

  (2) settlement company;

  (3) escrow company; or

  (4) title lawyer.

(c) A seller may not be prohibited from offering owner financing as a condition of settlement.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)