# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 22. Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act

### Subtitle 2. Formation and Terms; Formation of a Contract; Terms of Records; Electronic Contracts: Generally

#### Section 22-203

Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or the circumstances:

(1) An offer to make a contract invites acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable under the circumstances.

(2) An order or other offer to acquire a copy for prompt or current delivery invites acceptance by either a prompt promise to ship or a prompt or current shipment of a conforming or nonconforming copy. However, a shipment of a nonconforming copy is not an acceptance if the licensor seasonably notifies the licensee that the shipment is offered only as an accommodation to the licensee.

(3) If the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of acceptance, an offeror that is not notified of acceptance or performance within a reasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.

(4) If an offer in an electronic message evokes an electronic message accepting the offer, a contract is formed:

  (A) When an electronic acceptance is received; or

  (B) If the response consists of beginning performance, full performance, or giving access to information, when the performance is received or the access is enabled and necessary access materials are received.

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Md. Code Ann., Com. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)