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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-1102" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Maryland Rental-Purchase Agreement Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A rental-purchase agreement that complies with this subtitle may not be deemed to be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A “retail sale”, as defined in § 12-601(s) of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An “installment sale agreement”, as defined in § 12-601(m) of this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A “security interest”, as defined in § 1-201(37) of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This subtitle does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A rental-purchase agreement made primarily for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes, or made with governmental agencies, instrumentalities, or organizations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A rental of a safe deposit box;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A lease or bailment of personal property that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is incidental to the rental of real property; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provides that the consumer has no option to purchase the rented real property; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A lease of an automobile.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
