{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-14-12a-02","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Commercial Law § 14–12A–02","heading":"","body":"It is an unfair or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of Title 13 of this article for a seller to:\n(1) Sell or offer to sell any basement waterproofing service that uses the soil injection/pressure pumping technique either alone or with any other waterproofing technique unless the need for, effectiveness of, and appropriateness of the method is established in a written seller’s analysis. The written seller analysis shall be separate from the service contract and verified by a signed engineer’s or architect’s analysis furnished to the buyer prior to the sale;\n(2) Fail to describe separately and conspicuously on the seller’s analysis and the service contract the cost of a soil injection/pressure pumping procedure;\n(3) Submit a seller’s analysis to the buyer that the seller knows or has reason to know is founded on incorrect facts or conclusions;\n(4) Misrepresent directly or through an agent the need for, or the effectiveness of the soil injection/pressure pumping technique alone or in conjunction with other waterproofing techniques. This section also applies to misrepresentation by an engineer in connection with the sale of waterproofing services;\n(5) Advertise basement waterproofing services using the soil injection/pressure pumping technique without disclosing in the advertisement that an engineer’s analysis recommending this process is required as a condition of its use and that the analysis must be furnished to the buyer before a contract is signed. This disclosure shall be in 10 point boldface type; or\n(6) Fail to itemize on the service contract the individual cost of each waterproofing technique used.","path":["Article - Commercial Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcl\u0026section=14-12A-02","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:56:33Z","sha256":"5c56ee8c192d2712184345c6c1c02157cccee7ad3be3eed1888c99b70be06af8","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-14-12a-01","next":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-14-12a-03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}