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Md. Code Ann., Com. Law § 12-1108

Known as the Maryland Rental-Purchase Agreement Act

The act spans §§ 12–12 (15 sections).

(a) When a rental-purchase agreement is satisfied and replaced by a new rental-purchase agreement between the lessor and consumer, the lessor and consumer shall negotiate a new rental-purchase agreement requiring new disclosures.

(b) The following do not require the negotiation of a new rental-purchase agreement:

(1) The addition or return of rental property under a multiple-item agreement or the substitution of the rental property, if in either case the average payment allocable to a payment period is not changed by more than 25 percent;

(2) A deferral or extension of 1 or more rental payments, or portions of a rental payment;

(3) A reduction in charges in the rental-purchase agreement; or

(4) A rental-purchase agreement involved in a court proceeding.

Official source: Maryland General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Maryland statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.