{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-22-106","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Commercial Law § 22–106","heading":"","body":"(a) This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies to:\n(1) Support and facilitate the realization of the full potential of computer information transactions;\n(2) Clarify the law governing computer information transactions;\n(3) Enable expanding commercial practice in computer information transactions by commercial usage and agreement of the parties;\n(4) Promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of this title among states that enact it; and\n(5) Permit the continued expansion of commercial practices in the excluded transactions through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties.\n(b) Except as otherwise provided in § 22-113(a) of this subtitle, the use of mandatory language or the absence of a phrase such as “unless otherwise agreed” in a provision of this title does not preclude the parties from varying the effect of the provision by agreement.\n(c) The fact that a provision of this title imposes a condition for a result does not by itself mean that the absence of that condition yields a different result.\n(d) To be enforceable, a term need not be conspicuous, negotiated, or expressly assented or agreed to, unless required by applicable law.","path":["Article - Commercial Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcl\u0026section=22-106","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:56:33Z","sha256":"3b0a7d3f4d3e89b0c1f5a44d88bc9a7f6c7048230d94779901f61ab04bc9bfd3","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-22-105","next":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-22-107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}