1. (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
2. (b) “Business day” means any calendar day except Sunday or the following business holidays: New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

3. (c) “Consumer goods” and “consumer services” mean:

   1. (1) Goods or services purchased, leased, or rented primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; and
   2. (2) Courses of instruction or training regardless of the purpose for which they are taken.

4. (d) “Door-to-door sale” means a sale, lease, or rental of consumer goods or consumer services under single or multiple contracts with a purchase price of $25 or more, in which:

   1. (1) The seller or the seller's representative personally solicits the sale, including a solicitation in response to or following an invitation by the buyer; and
   2. (2) The buyer's agreement or offer to purchase is made at a place other than the place of business of the seller.

5. (e)

   1. (1) “Home improvement contract” has the meaning stated in § 8-101 of the Business Regulation Article.
   2. (2) “Home improvement contract” does not include an oral or written agreement between a contractor and an owner for the installation of a smoke detector, a heat detector, or a carbon monoxide detector.
6. (f) “Person” includes an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.
7. (g) “Place of business” means the main or permanent branch office or local address of a seller.
8. (h) “Purchase price” means the total price paid or to be paid for the consumer goods or consumer services, including all interest and service charges.
9. (i) “Sale” means a door-to-door sale.
10. (j) “Seller” means a person engaged in the door-to-door sale of consumer goods or consumer services.

Added by Acts 1975, c. 49, § 3, eff. July 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 2010, c. 611, § 2, eff. June 1, 2010; Acts 2016, c. 485, § 1, eff. June 1, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 93, § 1, eff. June 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 94, § 1, eff. June 1, 2017.

Formerly Art. 83, § 28.