1680 Laws of Maryland Ch. 578
(c) The waiver of the right to cancel is not effective unless a
signature of the buyer separate and distinct from another one ap-
pears directly above the notice provided for in Section 30.
30.
(a) (1) In a home solicitation sale, unless the buyer requests the
seller to provide goods or services without delay in an emergency,
the seller must present to the buyer and obtain his signature to a
written agreement or offer to purchase which designates as the date
of the transaction the date on which the buyer actually signs and
contains a statement of the buyer's rights which complies with sub-
section (b) (2).
(b) (2) The statement must
(1) (A) appear under the conspicuous caption: "BUYER'S
RIGHT TO CANCEL," and
(2) (B) read as follows: "If this agreement was solicited at your
residence and you do not want the goods or services, you may cancel
this agreement by mailing a notice to the seller. The notice must
say that you do not want the goods or services and must be mailed
before midnight on the third business day after you sign this agree-
ment. The notice must be mailed to:..................................................
............................................(insert name and mailing address of seller)
If you cancel, the seller may keep all or part of your cash down
payment."
(c) Do not sign this agreement if any of the spaces intended for
the agreed terms to the extent of the then available information are
left blank.
(d) You are entitled to a copy of this agreement at the time you
(e) You may at any time pay off the full unpaid balance due
under this agreement, and in so doing you may receive a partial
rebate of the finance and insurance charges.
(f) The seller has no right to unlawfully enter your premises or
commit any breach of the peace to repossess goods purchased under
this agreement.
(g) As a condition precedent to the validity of any home solici-
tation sale, the statement required by subsection (b) of this section
must appear at the end of the wording of the agreement and directly
above the space reserved in the agreement for the signature of the
buyer.
(h) (3) Until the seller has complied with this section the buyer
may cancel the home solicitation sale by notifying the seller in any
manner and by any means of his intention to cancel.
31..
(a) (1) Except as provided in this section, within 10 days after a
home solicitation sale has been cancelled or an offer to purchase
revoked the seller must tender to the buyer any payments made by
the buyer and any note or other evidence of indebtedness.
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