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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-4503" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="45" subtitle_name="Telephone Solicitations">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a violation of this subtitle is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of Title 13 of this article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions contained in Title 13 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A called party who is aggrieved by a person who violates this subtitle may bring an action in accordance with § 13–408 of this article to enjoin further violations and to recover damages up to $500 or actual damages, whichever is greater.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the court finds the defendant willfully or knowingly violated this subtitle, the court may award damages up to three times the amount of damages under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a rebuttable presumption that a telephone solicitation made to any area code in the State is made to a resident or a person who is reasonably presumed to reside or have a place of business in the State at the time the call is made.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This subtitle does not preclude the applicability of §§ 8–204 and 8–205 and Title 13 of the Public Utilities Article to a telephone solicitation subject to this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except as provided in § 14–4502(a)(3) of this subtitle, the requirements and remedies provided under this subtitle may not be waived by an agreement, unless the agreement is part of a settlement of a legal dispute or action.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Nothing in this subtitle prohibits an agreement from establishing more extensive requirements or remedies than the requirements and remedies contained in this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
