# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 22. Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act

### Subtitle 5. Transfer of Interests and Rights; Ownership and Transfers; Financing Arrangements

#### Section 22-505

(a) A party may perform its contractual duties or exercise its contractual rights through a delegate or a subcontract unless:

  (1) The contract prohibits delegation or subcontracting; or

  (2) The other party has a substantial interest in having the original promisor perform or control the performance.

(b) Delegating or subcontracting performance does not relieve the delegating party of a duty to perform or of liability for breach.

(c) An attempted delegation that violates a term prohibiting delegation is not effective.

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