1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not act or offer to act as a contractor in the State unless the person has a contractor license.
2. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not sell or offer to sell a home improvement in the State unless the person has a contractor license or salesperson license.
3. (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on first conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both and, on a second or subsequent conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or both.

Added by Acts 1992, c. 4, § 2. Amended by Acts 1997, c. 631, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, c. 632, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 2011, c. 333, § 1, eff. July 1, 2011; Acts 2016, c. 370, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016.

Formerly Art. 56, §§ 246, 261, 268.