{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-22-203","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Commercial Law § 22–203","heading":"","body":"Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or the circumstances:\n(1) An offer to make a contract invites acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable under the circumstances.\n(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 or current shipment of a conforming or nonconforming copy. However, a shipment of a nonconforming copy is not an acceptance if the licensor seasonably notifies the licensee that the shipment is offered only as an accommodation to the licensee.\n(3) If the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of acceptance, an offeror that is not notified of acceptance or performance within a reasonable time may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.\n(4) If an offer in an electronic message evokes an electronic message accepting the offer, a contract is formed:\n(A) When an electronic acceptance is received; or\n(B) If the response consists of beginning performance, full performance, or giving access to information, when the performance is received or the access is enabled and necessary access materials are received.","path":["Article - Commercial Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcl\u0026section=22-203","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:56:33Z","sha256":"732e357c5ddb57eff064971a44f2d2741e364527377f910a15d1e286ef1403cb","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-22-202","next":"us-md/md.-code-commercial-law-22-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}