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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="22-206" title_number="22" title_name="Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Formation and Terms; Formation of a Contract; Terms of Records; Electronic Contracts: Generally">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents. If the interaction results in the electronic agents’ engaging in operations that under the circumstances indicate acceptance of an offer, a contract is formed, but a court may grant appropriate relief if the operations resulted from fraud, electronic mistake, or the like.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual acting on the individual’s own behalf or for another person. A contract is formed if the individual takes an action or makes a statement that the individual can refuse to take or say and that the individual has reason to know will:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Cause the electronic agent to perform, provide benefits, or allow the use or access that is the subject of the contract, or send instructions to do so; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Indicate acceptance, regardless of other expressions or actions by the individual to which the individual has reason to know the electronic agent cannot react.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The terms of a contract formed under subsection (b) of this section are determined under § 22-208 or § 22-209 of this subtitle but do not include a term provided by the individual if the individual had reason to know that the electronic agent could not react to the term.</text>
  </level>
</section>
