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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-1109" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Layaway Sales">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the seller fails to comply with § 14-1102, § 14-1103, or § 14-1104 of this subtitle, the buyer, before delivery by the seller and acceptance by the buyer of consumer goods purchased under a layaway agreement, may cancel the layaway agreement and receive from the seller a refund of all payments made under the layaway agreement and the return of any goods or property traded in.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any seller who makes a layaway sale in violation of this subtitle is liable to the buyer for a penalty amount equal to three times the amount paid by the buyer under the layaway agreement, plus reasonable attorney’s fees. Any seller who demonstrates that a violation was nonwillful is not liable for the penalty or attorney’s fees. The penalty provided in this subsection is in addition to that provided in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the Division of Consumer Protection, Office of the Attorney General has reason to believe that any seller has violated any provision of this subtitle, the Division may institute a proceeding under Title 13 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
