Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-1502
This is the official text of Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-1502, part of Maryland’s Code, Commercial Law — governs commercial transactions - Maryland's version of the Uniform Commercial Code.
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§12–1502.
Official statutory text
(a) A person may not engage in the business of providing earned wage access unless the person is licensed under or is exempt from the licensing requirements of Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Financial Institutions Article.
(b) Failure to obtain a consumer loan license shall subject a provider to the enforcement provisions of Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Financial Institutions Article.
(c) An earned wage access provider licensed under Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Financial Institutions Article and subject to this subtitle is exempt from other provisions of State law governing lending, credit, or debt, including the provisions of Subtitle 1, Subtitle 3, Subtitle 9, and Subtitle 10 of this title.
(d) Earned wage access services provided in accordance with this subtitle may not be considered:
(1) A money transmission; or
(2) A violation of or noncompliance with State laws governing deductions from payroll, salary, wages, compensation, or other income or the purchase, sale, assignment, or order for unpaid but earned wages.
(b) Failure to obtain a consumer loan license shall subject a provider to the enforcement provisions of Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Financial Institutions Article.
(c) An earned wage access provider licensed under Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Financial Institutions Article and subject to this subtitle is exempt from other provisions of State law governing lending, credit, or debt, including the provisions of Subtitle 1, Subtitle 3, Subtitle 9, and Subtitle 10 of this title.
(d) Earned wage access services provided in accordance with this subtitle may not be considered:
(1) A money transmission; or
(2) A violation of or noncompliance with State laws governing deductions from payroll, salary, wages, compensation, or other income or the purchase, sale, assignment, or order for unpaid but earned wages.
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