Section 22-201 – Formal Requirements
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a contract requiring payment of a contract fee of $5,000 or more is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless: (1) The party against which enforcement is sought authenticated a record sufficient to indicate that a contract has been formed and which reasonably identifies the copy or […]
Section 21-120 – Short Title
This title may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 22-202 – Formation in General
(a) A contract may be formed in any manner sufficient to show agreement, including offer and acceptance or conduct of both parties or operations of electronic agents which recognize the existence of a contract. (b) If the parties so intend, an agreement sufficient to constitute a contract may be found even if the time of its making […]
Section 22-101 – Short Title
This title may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act.
Section 22-203 – Offer and Acceptance in General
Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or the circumstances: (1) An offer to make a contract invites acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable under the circumstances. (2) An order or other offer to acquire a copy for prompt or current delivery invites acceptance by either a prompt promise to ship or a prompt […]
Section 22-102 – Definitions
(a) In this title: (1) “Access contract” means a contract to obtain by electronic means access to, or information from, an information processing system of another person, or the equivalent of such access. (2) “Access material” means any information or material, such as a document, address, or access code, that is necessary to obtain authorized access to information […]
Section 22-103 – Scope; Exclusions
(a) This title applies to computer information transactions. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and § 22-104 of this subtitle, if a computer information transaction includes subject matter other than computer information, the following rules apply: (1) If a transaction includes computer information and goods, this title applies to the part of the […]
Section 21-109 – Effect of Change or Error
If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules apply: (1) If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party […]
Section 21-110 – Notarization and Acknowledgment
If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform those acts, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature […]
Section 21-111 – Retention of Electronic Records; Originals
(a) If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record which: (1) Accurately reflects the information set forth in the record at the time it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise; and (2) Remains accessible for […]