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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 49

THE DURATION OF A SERVICE CONTRACT IS EXTENDED
AUTOMATICALLY FOR EACH DAY AN APPLIANCE IS IN THE CUSTODY
OF A SERVICE CONTRACTOR FOR UPKEEP OR REPAIR UNDER A
SERVICE CONTRACT, IF IT IS IN HIS CUSTODY:

(1)   FOR 15 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE DAYS; OR

(2)    FOR A TOTAL OF 15 OR MORE DAYS IN ANY
30-DAY PERIOD FOR THE SAME UPKEEP OR REPAIRS.

(C)   COMPUTATION OF DAYS.

FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE NUMBER OF DAYS
DURING WHICH THE SERVICE CONTRACTOR HAS CUSTODY OF AN
APPLIANCE DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY DAY:

(1)   DURING WHICH THE OWNER HAS POSSESSION OF
THE APPLIANCE; OR

(2)   AFTER THE DAY ON WHICH THE OWNER RECEIVES
NOTICE THAT THE SERVICE IS COMPLETED AND, WITHOUT FAULT
OF THE SERVICE CONTRACTOR, FAILS TO TAKE POSSESSION OF
THE APPLIANCE.

(D)   APPLICATION OF SECTION.

THIS SECTION APPLIES TO A SERVICE CONTRACT EXECUTED
AFTER JUNE 30, 1974.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 83, §21L.

In subsection (a) (2) of this section, the
phrase "but not limited to" is deleted as
unnecessary since use of the word "including"
is not intended in any sense to be
exclusionary or limiting. The maxim of
expressio unius est exclusio alterius and
doctrines of similar implication are not
intended, therefore, to be made applicable by
reason of this deletion.

In subsections (a)(4) and (b) of this section,
reference to "upkeep" is added to conform to
the definition of "service contract" contained
in subsection (a)(3) of this section.

In subsection (b) of this section, reference
to the "agent" of a service contractor is
deleted as unnecessary since the custody of an
agent would constitute, in any event, custody
of the principal, the service contractor.

The only other changes are in style.