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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-301.1" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Door-to-Door Sales">
  <text>This subtitle does not apply to a transaction if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <level label="i">
      <text>The transaction is made:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Pursuant to prior negotiations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>In the course of a visit by the buyer to a retail business establishment; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>The retail business establishment has a fixed permanent location where, on a continuing basis:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>The consumer goods are exhibited; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The consumer services are offered for sale;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The consumer may rescind the transaction under the provisions of the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act or any regulation adopted under the Act;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <level label="i">
      <text>The buyer has initiated the contact;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>The goods or services are needed to meet a bona fide immediate personal emergency of the buyer, including the addition of components necessary for the renovation or construction of residential property to improve the accessibility of the residential property for individuals who are mobility impaired or otherwise disabled;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>The buyer furnishes to the seller a separate, personal statement that:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Is dated;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Is signed by the buyer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Is in the buyer’s handwriting;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>Describes the situation that requires immediate remedy; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>Expressly acknowledges and waives the right to cancel the sale:</text>
      </level>
      <level label="A">
        <text>For a contract other than a home improvement contract, within 3 business days;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>For a home improvement contract in which the buyer is under 65 years old, 5 business days; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>For a home improvement contract in which the buyer is at least 65 years old, 7 business days; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>The seller in good faith makes a substantial beginning of the performance of the contract;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>The transaction is:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Conducted and consummated entirely by mail, telephone, or electronic communications; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Made without any other contact between the buyer and the seller or the seller’s representative before delivery of the consumer goods or performance of the consumer services;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <level label="i">
      <text>The transaction is the result of a written change order;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>The change order:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Is agreed to by the buyer and the seller; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Is a part of a transaction under a contract previously signed by the buyer and the seller; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>The buyer furnishes to the seller a separate, personal statement that:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Is dated;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Is signed by the buyer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Is in the buyer’s handwriting;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>Generally describes the change order; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>Expressly acknowledges and waives the right to cancel the change order:</text>
      </level>
      <level label="A">
        <text>For a contract other than a home improvement contract, within 3 business days;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>For a home improvement contract in which the buyer is under 65 years old, 5 business days; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>For a home improvement contract in which the buyer is at least 65 years old, 7 business days; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>The transaction pertains to:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>The sale or rental of real property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>The sale of insurance; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>The sale of securities or commodities by a broker–dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Division of Securities of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
