# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 2A. Leases

### Subtitle 2. Formation and Construction of Lease Contract

#### Section 2A-217

Identification of goods as goods to which a lease contract refers may be made at any time and in any manner explicitly agreed to by the parties. In the absence of explicit agreement, identification occurs:

(a) When the lease contract is made if the lease contract is for a lease of goods that are existing and identified;

(b) When the goods are shipped, marked or otherwise designated by the lessor as goods to which the lease contract refers, if the lease contract is for a lease of goods that are not existing and identified; or

(c) When the young are conceived, if the lease contract is for a lease of unborn young of animals.

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