# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 8. Home Improvement

### Subtitle 5. Miscellaneous Provisions

#### Section 8-503

(a) As an inducement to make a home improvement contract, a person may not promise or offer to pay to an owner any compensation or reward for obtaining or placing home improvement business with others.

(b) A contractor or salesperson may not offer, give, or pay to an owner a gift, bonus award, merchandise, trading stamps, or cash loan as an inducement to make a home improvement contract.

(c) To advertise or to promote sales, a contractor or salesperson may give to a prospective customer a tangible item if:

  (1) the cost to the contractor or salesperson does not exceed $25;

  (2) the gift is not contingent on making a home improvement contract; and

  (3) the customer does not receive more than 1 item for 1 transaction.

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