# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 8. Home Improvement

### Subtitle 3. Licensing

#### Section 8-315

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a contractor may not pay or otherwise compensate another person for performing or selling a home improvement unless:

  (1) the person to be paid or compensated is licensed;

  (2) the person to be paid or compensated is not subject to the licensing requirements of this title; or

  (3) the transaction for which the consideration is to be paid is not subject to this title.

(b) After the expiration, suspension, or revocation of a license, a person:

  (1) is not relieved of outstanding obligations; and

  (2) may complete and be paid under a home improvement contract that is made but not performed on the date of the expiration, suspension, or revocation.

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