# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 8. Home Improvement

### Subtitle 6. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

#### Section 8-610

(a) A person may not:

  (1) directly or indirectly publish a false, deceptive, or misleading advertisement about home improvement; or

  (2) advertise or offer, by any means, to perform a home improvement if the person does not intend to accept a home improvement contract:

    (i) to do the particular home improvement; or

    (ii) at the price advertised or offered.

(b) An advertisement that is subject to and complies with regulations adopted by the Federal Trade Commission is not false, deceptive, or misleading.

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