Md. Code, Commercial Law § 22-106
This is the official text of Md. Code, Commercial Law § 22-106, part of Maryland’s Code, Commercial Law — governs commercial transactions - Maryland's version of the Uniform Commercial Code.
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§22–106.
Official statutory text
(a) This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies to:
(1) Support and facilitate the realization of the full potential of computer information transactions;
(2) Clarify the law governing computer information transactions;
(3) Enable expanding commercial practice in computer information transactions by commercial usage and agreement of the parties;
(4) Promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of this title among states that enact it; and
(5) Permit the continued expansion of commercial practices in the excluded transactions through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties.
(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.
(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.
(d) To be enforceable, a term need not be conspicuous, negotiated, or expressly assented or agreed to, unless required by applicable law.
(1) Support and facilitate the realization of the full potential of computer information transactions;
(2) Clarify the law governing computer information transactions;
(3) Enable expanding commercial practice in computer information transactions by commercial usage and agreement of the parties;
(4) Promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of this title among states that enact it; and
(5) Permit the continued expansion of commercial practices in the excluded transactions through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties.
(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.
(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.
(d) To be enforceable, a term need not be conspicuous, negotiated, or expressly assented or agreed to, unless required by applicable law.
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