{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-3-601","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 3–601","heading":"","body":"(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.\n(b) “Commission” means compensation that:\n(1) is due to a sales representative from a principal; and\n(2) accrues at:\n(i) a specified amount for each order or sale; or\n(ii) a rate expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount that a sales representative:\n1. takes in orders for the principal;\n2. makes in sales for the principal; or\n3. earns in profits for the principal.\n(c) “Principal” means a sales corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or other business entity that:\n(1) distributes, imports, manufactures, or produces a product for wholesale;\n(2) enters into a contract with a sales representative to solicit a wholesale order for the product; and\n(3) pays the sales representative wholly or partly by commission.\n(d) (1) “Sales representative” means a person who:\n(i) enters into a contract with a principal to solicit in the State a wholesale order; and\n(ii) is paid wholly or partly by commission.\n(2) “Sales representative” does not include a person who:\n(i) buys a product or places an order for a product for resale by that person; or\n(ii) sells or takes an order for the sale of a product to an ultimate buyer.","path":["Article - Labor and Employment"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle\u0026section=3-601","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:38Z","sha256":"492dc6f2e0e387de0684439780320a4c9d3b9c6b10ba3b3c73267c8483a70773","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-3-509","next":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-3-602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}