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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="14-126" title_number="14" title_name="Business Opportunities, Franchises, and Multilevel Distribution Companies" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Business Opportunities">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a seller violates a provision of §§ 14-120 through 14-125 of this subtitle, the buyer, within 1 year after the date of a contract for the sale of a business opportunity:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may void the contract; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is entitled to receive from the seller a refund of any money paid to the seller.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On receipt of the refund, the buyer shall make available to the seller any products, equipment, or supplies received from the seller at:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the buyer’s address; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the place where the products, equipment, or supplies were located when notice to void the contract was given.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>However, the buyer may not be unjustly enriched by exercising a remedy under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A buyer may sue for damages, including reasonable attorney’s fees, if the buyer is injured by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a violation of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the seller’s breach of a contract for the sale of a business opportunity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On complaint that a seller has violated this subtitle, the circuit court may enjoin the seller from further violation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The remedies in this section are in addition to any other remedy provided by law or in equity.</text>
  </level>
</section>
