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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-2203" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="22" subtitle_name="Maryland Telephone Solicitations Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A contract made pursuant to a telephone solicitation is not valid and enforceable against a consumer unless made in compliance with this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A contract made pursuant to a telephone solicitation:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall be reduced to writing and signed by the consumer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Shall comply with all other applicable laws and regulations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Shall match the description of goods or services as that principally used in the telephone solicitation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Shall contain the name, address, and telephone number of the seller, the total price of the contract, and a detailed description of the goods or services being sold;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Shall contain, in at least 12 point type, immediately preceding the signature, the following statement:</text>
      <text>“You are not obligated to pay any money unless you sign this contract and return it to the seller.”; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>May not exclude from its terms any oral or written representations made by the merchant to the consumer in connection with the transaction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
