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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-301" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Door-to-Door Sales">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Business day” means any calendar day except Sunday or the following business holidays: New Year’s Day, Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Consumer goods” and “consumer services” mean:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Goods or services purchased, leased, or rented primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Courses of instruction or training regardless of the purpose for which they are taken.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Door–to–door sale” means a sale, lease, or rental of consumer goods or consumer services under single or multiple contracts with a purchase price of $25 or more, in which:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The seller or the seller’s representative personally solicits the sale, including a solicitation in response to or following an invitation by the buyer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The buyer’s agreement or offer to purchase is made at a place other than the place of business of the seller.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Home improvement contract” has the meaning stated in § 8–101 of the Business Regulation Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Home improvement contract” does not include an oral or written agreement between a contractor and an owner for the installation of a smoke detector, a heat detector, or a carbon monoxide detector.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Person” includes an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Place of business” means the main or permanent branch office or local address of a seller.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Purchase price” means the total price paid or to be paid for the consumer goods or consumer services, including all interest and service charges.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Sale” means a door–to–door sale.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Seller” means a person engaged in the door–to–door sale of consumer goods or consumer services.</text>
  </level>
</section>
