# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 1. Definitions; General Provisions

### Subtitle 6

#### Section 1-603

(a) This section applies to the portion of the price of an in-person transaction or a telephone, mail, or Internet transaction for which a customer pays using cash if the price totals at least 5 cents.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a merchant doing business in the State may:

  (1) round the price for a good or service in the following manner:

    (i) if the price ends in 1 cent, 2 cents, 6 cents, or 7 cents, by rounding the price down to the nearest cent divisible by five; or

    (ii) if the price ends in 3 cents, 4 cents, 8 cents, or 9 cents, by rounding the price up to the nearest cent divisible by five; or

  (2) round the amount of change due to a customer up or down consistent with item (1) of this subsection.

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