Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 14-1912 - Failure to comply with requirements(a) Any credit services business which willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed under this subtitle with respect to any consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of:(1) Any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure;(2) A monetary award equal to 3 times the total amount collected from the consumer, as ordered by the Commissioner;(3) Such amount of punitive damages as the court may allow; and(4) In the case of any successful action to enforce any liability under this section, the costs of the action together with reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court.(b) Any credit services business which is negligent in failing to comply with any requirement imposed under this subtitle with respect to any consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of:(1) Any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure; and(2) In the case of any successful action to enforce any liability under this section, the cost of the action together with reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court.