State profile · MD
Call-recording consent, the enforcement record with its sources, and what an outside audit can run in Maryland.
All parties must consent before a call may be recorded.
What Argus360 shops here: Text, email, and web form. Voice is excluded because a call cannot be recorded here without every party agreeing.
Statutes in play: Maryland Consumer Protection Act; FTC Act § 5
$3.1M civil penalty paid to the Maryland AG, plus full refunds to eligible consumers, who were charged more than $75M in disputed fees over false low pricing and unauthorized add-ons. Executives named. Case first filed Dec 2024.
View sourceNone on record. Consent is governed at the state level.
Enforcement is active in Maryland, but a voice shop cannot run because every party on a call must agree to recording. Argus360 covers text, email, and web form here, which is where pricing, certification claims, and add-on disclosures are put in writing. The written channels carry most of the conduct regulators have named.
No, not without every party agreeing. Maryland is an all-party consent state for telephone recording. Governing statute: Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 10-402.
High. Lindsay settlement · Maryland AG. FTC & Maryland AG v. Lindsay Automotive Group, April 2, 2026.
Text, email, and web form. Voice is excluded because a call cannot be recorded here without every party agreeing.
Reviewed September 10, 2026. Argus360 scores against the law as written and does not provide legal advice. Statute citations and enforcement records carry their sources above; verify against the primary source before relying on them.
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