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MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-107 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions; Short Title and Definitions; General Scope and Terms|Section 22-107 - Legal Recognition of Electronic Record and Authentication; Use of Electronic Agents

    (a)    A record or authentication may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.    (b)    This title does not require that a record or authentication be generated, stored, sent, received, or otherwise processed by electronic means or in electronic form.    (c)    In any transaction, a person may establish requirements regarding the type of authentication or record acceptable to it.    (d)    A person that uses an electronic agent that it has selected for making an authentication, performance, or agreement, including manifestation of assent, is bound by the operations of the electronic agent, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the agent’s operations or the results of the operations.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-108 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions; Short Title and Definitions; General Scope and Terms|Section 22-108 - Proof and Effect of Authentication

    (a)    Authentication may be proven in any manner, including a showing that a party made use of information or access that could have been available only if it engaged in conduct or operations that authenticated the record or term.    (b)    Compliance with a commercially reasonable attribution procedure agreed to or adopted by the parties or established by law for authenticating a record authenticates the record as a matter of law.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-109 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions; Short Title and Definitions; General Scope and Terms|Section 22-109 - Choice of Law

    (a)    The parties in their agreement may choose the applicable law.    (b)    In the absence of an enforceable agreement on choice of law, the following rules determine which jurisdiction’s law governs in all respects for purposes of contract law:        (1)    An access contract or a contract providing for electronic delivery of a copy is governed by the law of the jurisdiction in which the licensor was located when the agreement was entered into.        (2)    A mass market transaction is governed by the law of Maryland.        (3)    In all other cases, the contract is governed by the law of the jurisdiction having the most significant relationship to the transaction.    (c)    In cases governed by subsection (b) of this section, if the jurisdiction whose law governs is outside the United States, the law of that jurisdiction governs only if it provides substantially similar protections and rights to a party not located in that jurisdiction as are provided under this title. Otherwise, the law of the state that has the most significant relationship to the transaction governs.    (d)    For purposes of this section, a party is located at its place of business if it has one place of business, at its chief executive office if it has more than one place of business, or at its place of incorporation or primary registration if it does not have a physical place of business. Otherwise, a party is located at its primary residence.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-110 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions; Short Title and Definitions; General Scope and Terms|Section 22-110 - Contractual Choice of Forum

    (a)    (1)    The parties in their agreement may choose an exclusive judicial forum unless the choice is unreasonable or unjust.        (2)    In a mass market transaction, the enforceability of a choice of forum term shall be decided by a Maryland court.    (b)    A judicial forum specified in an agreement is not exclusive unless the agreement expressly so provides.    (c)    Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or a contrary term in an agreement, the parties to a computer information transaction that is for the creation of computer information may, by mutual consent, choose an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, including mediation, arbitration, or other nonjudicial dispute resolution process, as the means for resolving a dispute under the agreement.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-111 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions; Short Title and Definitions; General Scope and Terms|Section 22-111 - Unconscionable Contract or Term

    (a)    If a court as a matter of law finds a contract or a term thereof to have been unconscionable at the time it was made, the court may refuse to enforce the contract, enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable term, or limit the application of the unconscionable term so as to avoid an unconscionable result.    (b)    If it is claimed or appears to the court that a contract or term thereof may be unconscionable, the parties must be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to its commercial setting, purpose, and effect to aid the court in making the determination.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-112 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions; Short Title and Definitions; General Scope and Terms|Section 22-112 - Manifesting Assent; Opportunity to Review

    (a)    A person manifests assent to a record or term if the person, acting with knowledge of, or after having an opportunity to review the record or term or a copy of it:        (1)    Authenticates the record or term with intent to adopt or accept it; or        (2)    Intentionally engages in conduct or makes statements with reason to know that the other party or its electronic agent may infer from the conduct or statement that the person assents to the record or term.    (b)    An electronic agent manifests assent to a record or term if, after having an opportunity to review it, the electronic agent:        (1)    Authenticates the record or term; or        (2)    Engages in operations that in the circumstances indicate acceptance of the record or term.    (c)    If this title or other law requires assent to a specific term, a manifestation of assent must relate specifically to the term.    (d)    Conduct or operations manifesting assent may be proved in any manner, including a showing that a person or an electronic agent obtained or used the information or informational rights and that a procedure existed by which a person or an electronic agent must have engaged in the conduct or operations in order to do so. Proof of compliance with subsection (a)(2) of this section is sufficient if there is conduct that assents and subsequent conduct that reaffirms assent by electronic means.    (e)    With respect to an opportunity to review, the following rules apply:        (1)    A person has an opportunity to review a record or term only if it is made available in a manner that ought to call it to the attention of a reasonable person and permit review.        (2)    An electronic agent has an opportunity to review a record or term only if it is made available in manner that would enable a reasonably configured electronic agent to react to the record or term.        (3)    If a record or term is available for review only after a person becomes obligated to pay or begins its performance, the person has an opportunity to review only if it has a right to a return if it rejects the record. However, a right to a return is not required if:            (A)    The record proposes a modification of contract or provides particulars of performance under § 22-305 of this title; or            (B)    The primary performance is other than delivery or acceptance of a copy, the agreement is not a mass-market transaction, and the parties at the time of contracting had reason to know that a record or term would be presented after performance, use, or access to the information began.        (4)    The right to a return under paragraph (3) of this subsection may arise by law or by agreement.    (f)    The effect of provisions of this section may be modified by an agreement setting out standards applicable to future transactions between the parties.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-113 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions; Short Title and Definitions; General Scope and Terms|Section 22-113 - Variation by Agreement; Commercial Practice

    (a)    The effect of any provision of this title, including an allocation of risk or imposition of a burden, may be varied by agreement of the parties. However, the following rules apply:        (1)    Obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness, and care imposed by this title may not be disclaimed by agreement, but the parties by agreement may determine the standards by which the performance of the obligation is to be measured if the standards are not manifestly unreasonable.        (2)    The limitations on enforceability imposed by unconscionability under § 22-111 of this subtitle and fundamental public policy under § 22-105(b) of this subtitle may not be varied by agreement.        (3)    Limitations on enforceability of, or agreement to, a contract, term, or right expressly stated in the sections of this title listed in the following subparagraphs may not be varied by agreement except to the extent provided in each section:            (A)    The limitations on agreed choice of law in § 22-109(a);            (B)    The limitations on agreed choice of forum in § 22-110;            (C)    The requirements for manifesting assent and opportunity for review in § 22-112;            (D)    The limitations on enforceability in § 22-201;            (E)    The limitations on a mass-market license in § 22-209;            (F)    The consumer defense arising from an electronic error in § 22-214;            (G)    The requirements for an enforceable term in §§ 22-303(b), 22-307(g), 22-406(b) and (c), and 22-804(a);            (H)    The limitations on a financier in §§ 22-507 through 22-511;            (I)    The restrictions on altering the period of limitations in § 22-805(a) and (b); and            (J)    The limitations on self-help repossession in §§ 22-815(b) and 22-816.    (b)    Any usage of trade of which the parties are or should be aware and any course of dealing or course of performance between the parties are relevant to determining the existence or meaning of an agreement.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-114 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions; Short Title and Definitions; General Scope and Terms|Section 22-114 - Supplemental Principles; Good Faith; Decision for Court; Reasonable Time; Reason to Know

    (a)    Unless displaced by this title, principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the common law of this State relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, and other validating or invalidating cause, supplement this title. Among the laws supplementing and not displaced by this title are trade secret laws and unfair competition laws.    (b)    Every contract or duty within the scope of this title imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement.    (c)    Whether a term is conspicuous or is unenforceable under § 22–105(a) or (b) or § 22–111 of this subtitle or § 22–209(a) of this title and whether an attribution procedure is commercially reasonable or effective under § 22–108 of this subtitle or § 22–212 or § 22–213 of this title are questions to be determined by the court.    (d)    Whether an agreement has legal consequences is determined by this title.    (e)    Whenever this title requires any action to be taken within a reasonable time, the following rules apply:        (1)    What is a reasonable time for taking the action depends on the nature, purpose, and circumstances of the action.        (2)    Any time that is not manifestly unreasonable may be fixed by agreement.    (f)    A person has reason to know a fact if the person has knowledge of the fact or, from all the facts and circumstances known to the person without investigation, the person should be aware that the fact exists.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 2 - Formation and Terms; Formation of a Contract; Terms of Records; Electronic Contracts: Generally|Section 22-201 - Formal Requirements

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in this section, a contract requiring payment of a contract fee of $5,000 or more is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless:        (1)    The party against which enforcement is sought authenticated a record sufficient to indicate that a contract has been formed and which reasonably identifies the copy or subject matter to which the contract refers; or        (2)    The agreement is a license for an agreed duration of one year or less or which may be terminated at will by the party against which the contract is asserted.    (b)    A record is sufficient under subsection (a) of this section even if it omits or incorrectly states a term, but the contract is not enforceable under that subsection beyond the number of copies or subject matter shown in the record.    (c)    A contract that does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) of this section is nevertheless enforceable under that subsection if:        (1)    A performance was tendered or the information was made available by one party and the tender was accepted or the information accessed by the other; or        (2)    The party against which enforcement is sought admits in court, by pleading or by testimony or otherwise under oath, facts sufficient to indicate a contract has been made, but the agreement is not enforceable under this paragraph beyond the number of copies or the subject matter admitted.    (d)    Between merchants, if, within a reasonable time, a record in confirmation of the contract and sufficient against the sender is received and the party receiving it has reason to know its contents, the record satisfies subsection (a) of this section against the party receiving it unless notice of objection to its contents is given in a record within a reasonable time after the confirming record is received.    (e)    An agreement that the requirements of this section need not be satisfied as to future transactions is effective if evidenced in a record authenticated by the person against which enforcement is sought.    (f)    A transaction within the scope of this title is not subject to a statute of frauds contained in another law of this State.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 2 - Formation and Terms; Formation of a Contract; Terms of Records; Electronic Contracts: Generally|Section 22-202 - Formation in General

    (a)    A contract may be formed in any manner sufficient to show agreement, including offer and acceptance or conduct of both parties or operations of electronic agents which recognize the existence of a contract.    (b)    If the parties so intend, an agreement sufficient to constitute a contract may be found even if the time of its making is undetermined, one or more terms are left open or to be agreed on, the records of the parties do not otherwise establish a contract, or one party reserves the right to modify terms.    (c)    Even if one or more terms are left open or to be agreed upon, a contract does not fail for indefiniteness if the parties intended to make a contract and there is a reasonably certain basis for giving an appropriate remedy.    (d)    In the absence of conduct or performance by both parties to the contrary, a contract is not formed if there is a material disagreement about a material term, including a term concerning scope.    (e)    If a term is to be adopted by later agreement and the parties intend not to be bound unless the term is so adopted, a contract is not formed if the parties do not agree to the term. In that case, each party shall deliver to the other party, or with the consent of the other party destroy, all copies of information, access materials, and other materials received or made, and each party is entitled to a return with respect to any contract fee paid for which performance has not been received, has not been accepted, or has been redelivered without any benefit being retained. The parties remain bound by any contractual use term only with respect to information or copies received or made from copies received pursuant to the agreement, but the contractual use term does not apply to information or copies properly received or obtained from another source.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 2 - Formation and Terms; Formation of a Contract; Terms of Records; Electronic Contracts: Generally|Section 22-203 - Offer and Acceptance in General

    Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or the circumstances:         (1)    An offer to make a contract invites acceptance in any manner and by any medium reasonable under the circumstances.        (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.        (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.        (4)    If an offer in an electronic message evokes an electronic message accepting the offer, a contract is formed:            (A)    When an electronic acceptance is received; or            (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.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 2 - Formation and Terms; Formation of a Contract; Terms of Records; Electronic Contracts: Generally|Section 22-204 - Acceptance With Varying Terms

    (a)    In this section, an acceptance materially alters an offer if it contains a term that materially conflicts with or varies a term of the offer or that adds a material term not contained in the offer.    (b)    Except as otherwise provided in § 22-205 of this subtitle, a definite and seasonable expression of acceptance operates as an acceptance, even if the acceptance contains terms that vary from the terms of the offer, unless the acceptance materially alters the offer.    (c)    If an acceptance materially alters the offer, the following rules apply:        (1)    A contract is not formed unless:            (A)    A party agrees, such as by manifesting assent, to the other party’s offer or acceptance; or            (B)    All the other circumstances, including the conduct of the parties, establish a contract.        (2)    If a contract is formed by the conduct of both parties, the terms of the contract are determined under § 22-210 of this subtitle.    (d)    If an acceptance varies from but does not materially alter the offer, a contract is formed based on the terms of the offer. In addition, the following rules apply:        (1)    Terms in the acceptance which conflict with terms in the offer are not part of the contract.        (2)    An additional nonmaterial term in the acceptance is a proposal for an additional term. Between merchants, the proposed additional term becomes part of the contract unless the offeror gives notice of objection before, or within a reasonable time after, it receives the proposed terms.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 2 - Formation and Terms; Formation of a Contract; Terms of Records; Electronic Contracts: Generally|Section 22-205 - Conditional Offer or Acceptance

    (a)    In this section, an offer or acceptance is conditional if it is conditioned on agreement by the other party to all the terms of the offer or acceptance.    (b)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a conditional offer or acceptance precludes formation of a contract unless the other party agrees to its terms, such as by manifesting assent.    (c)    If an offer and acceptance are in standard forms and at least one form is conditional, the following rules apply:        (1)    Conditional language in a standard term precludes formation of a contract only if the actions of the party proposing the form are consistent with the conditional language, such as by refusing to perform, refusing to permit performance, or refusing to accept the benefits of the agreement, until its proposed terms are accepted.        (2)    A party that agrees, such as by manifesting assent, to a conditional offer that is effective under paragraph (1) of this subsection adopts the terms of the offer under § 22-208 or § 22-209 of this subtitle, except a term that conflicts with an expressly agreed term regarding price or quantity.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  22-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 22 - Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act|Subtitle 2 - Formation and Terms; Formation of a Contract; Terms of Records; Electronic Contracts: Generally|Section 22-206 - Offer and Acceptance: Electronic Agents

    (a)    A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents. If the interaction results in the electronic agents’ engaging in operations that under the circumstances indicate acceptance of an offer, a contract is formed, but a court may grant appropriate relief if the operations resulted from fraud, electronic mistake, or the like.    (b)    A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual acting on the individual’s own behalf or for another person. A contract is formed if the individual takes an action or makes a statement that the individual can refuse to take or say and that the individual has reason to know will:        (1)    Cause the electronic agent to perform, provide benefits, or allow the use or access that is the subject of the contract, or send instructions to do so; or        (2)    Indicate acceptance, regardless of other expressions or actions by the individual to which the individual has reason to know the electronic agent cannot react.    (c)    The terms of a contract formed under subsection (b) of this section are determined under § 22-208 or § 22-209 of this subtitle but do not include a term provided by the individual if the individual had reason to know that the electronic agent could not react to the term.