In the performance of any home improvement contract, it shall be the nondelegable duty and obligation of the prime contractor to pay the subcontractors and workmen and materialmen so as to avoid the subjection of the property of the owner to mechanics' liens and materialmen's liens.

Authority: Business Regulation Article, §§8-207(a), 8-212(a)(1) and (2), 8-309, 8-311(a)(11)—(13), 8-501(c)(1)(ix), and 8-616, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulation .04 repealed and new Regulation adopted effective May 19, 1986 (13:10 Md. R. 1154)

Regulation .06 repealed effective December 1, 1986 (13:24 Md. R. 2557)

Regulations .07 and .20 amended effective January 16, 1984 (11:1 Md. R. 42)

Regulations .23 and .24 amended effective November 19, 1984 (11:23 Md. R. 1991)

Regulation .31 amended effective August 25, 1978 (5:17 Md. R. 1328)

Regulation .32 amended effective August 3, 1977 (4:16 Md. R. 1211)

Regulations .33—.34 effective June 19, 1974

Regulation .33 repealed and new Regulation .33 adopted effective November 19, 1984 (11:23 Md. R. 1991)

Regulation .35 adopted effective June 1, 1979 (6:11 Md. R. 978)

Regulation .36 adopted effective May 16, 1980 (7:10 Md. R. 952)

Regulation .36D amended effective December 2, 1985 (12:24 Md. R. 2347)

Regulation .37 adopted effective November 19, 1984 (11:23 Md. R. 1991)

Regulation .38 adopted effective March 25, 1985 (12:6 Md. R. 594)

Regulation .39 adopted effective March 25, 1985 (12:6 Md. R. 595)

Regulation .40 adopted effective May 19, 1986 (13:10 Md. R. 1154)

Regulation .41 adopted effective April 20, 1987 (14:8 Md. R. 938)

Chapter revised effective December 14, 1987 (14:25 Md. R. 2658)

Regulation .04B, D amended effective June 23, 2025 (52:12 Md. R. 599)

Regulation .04B amended effective July 10, 2000 (27:13 Md. R. 1211)

Regulation .06 adopted effective February 22, 1988 (15:4 Md. R. 471)

Regulation .09B amended effective February 19, 2001 (28:3 Md. R. 205)

Regulation .11 amended effective June 1, 1995 (22:10 Md. R. 705)

Regulation .16C amended effective August 6, 1990 (17:15 Md. R. 1857)

Regulation .17 repealed effective March 20, 2000 (27:5 Md. R. 583)

Regulation .16H adopted effective June 1, 1995 (22:10 Md. R. 705)

Regulation .18 D adopted effective May 27, 2024 (51:10 Md. R. 524)

Regulation .19 amended effective June 23, 2025 (52:12 Md. R. 599)

Regulation .22 adopted effective October 26, 1992 (19:21 Md. R. 1890)

Regulation .23 adopted effective April 12, 1993 (20:7 Md. R. 641)

Regulation .23A amended effective April 30, 1994 (21:7 Md. R. 529)

Regulation .24 adopted effective April 30, 1994 (21:7 Md. R. 529)

Regulation .25 adopted effective October 31, 1994 (21:20 Md. R. 1732)

Regulation .26 adopted effective August 20, 2012 (39:16 Md. R. 1080)

Regulation .27 adopted effective April 8, 2019 (46:7 Md. R. 370)