# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 17. Real Estate Brokers

### Subtitle 6. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

#### Section 17-609

If one of the purposes of the solicitation or attempted solicitation is to change the racial composition of a neighborhood, a person may not solicit or attempt to solicit the listing of residential properties for sale or lease by:

(1) in person door-to-door solicitation;

(2) telephone solicitation; or

(3) mass distribution of circulars.

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