# Financial Institutions (GFI)

## Title 12. Miscellaneous Institutions and Activities

### Subtitle 10. Maryland Debt Settlement Services Act

#### Section 12-1012.1

A debt settlement services provider engaged in student education loan debt relief may not:

(1) Advise, expressly or by implication, that a consumer stop making payments or stop communicating with the consumer's student loan servicer; or

(2) Access or obtain a consumer's student aid information in violation of federal law.

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