# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 9. Secured Transactions

### Subtitle 6. Default

#### Section 9-609

(a) After default, a secured party:

  (1) May take possession of the collateral; and

  (2) Without removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on a debtor's premises under Sec. 9-610.

(b) A secured party may proceed under subsection (a):

  (1) Pursuant to judicial process; or

  (2) Without judicial process, if it proceeds without breach of the peace.

(c) If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party may require the debtor to assemble the collateral and make it available to the secured party at a place to be designated by the secured party which is reasonably convenient to both parties.

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