# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 8. Home Improvement

### Subtitle 6. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

#### Section 8-617

(a) A person may not demand or receive any payment for a home improvement before the home improvement contract is signed.

(b) A person may not receive a deposit of more than one-third of the home improvement contract price before or at the time of execution of the home improvement contract.

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