# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 8. Home Improvement

### Subtitle 6. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

#### Section 8-602

(a) A person may not accept a completion certificate or other proof that performance of a home improvement contract is complete or satisfactorily concluded with knowledge that the document or proof is false and the performance is incomplete.

(b) If a person knows or has good reason to know that a completion certificate or other proof is false, the person may not utter, offer, or use the document or proof to:

  (1) make or accept an assignment or negotiation of the right to receive payment from an owner under a home improvement contract; or

  (2) get or grant credit or a loan on the security of the right to receive payment under a home improvement contract.

(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or both.

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