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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="4.5-701" title_number="4.5" title_name="Home Builder Registration" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Home Builder Guaranty Fund">
  <text>In this subtitle, “actual loss” means:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the costs of restoration, repair, replacement, or completion that arise from:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>the incomplete construction of a new home or the breach of an express or implied warranty, as defined in §§ 10–202 and 10–203 of the Real Property Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>the failure to meet standards or guidelines required in § 14–117 of the Real Property Article; or</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>deposits or other payments made to a home builder required to be held in an escrow account or protected by a surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit under § 10–301 or § 10–504 of the Real Property Article, that are not returned to a consumer who is entitled to a return of the deposit or other payments.</text>
  </level>
</section>
