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The mission of the Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is to enforce several consumer protection laws prohibiting unfair and deceptive business acts or practices in order to ensure a fair marketplace for consumers and businesses. Our activities include complaint resolution, law enforcement, education, legislation, advocacy, licensing, and outreach.
Mailing Address:
100 Maryland Avenue
Suite 330
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Contact Information
Program Description
The mission of the Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is to enforce several consumer protection laws prohibiting unfair and deceptive business acts or practices in order to ensure a fair marketplace for consumers and businesses. Our activities include complaint resolution, law enforcement, education, legislation, advocacy, licensing, and outreach.
Mailing Address:
100 Maryland Avenue
Suite 330
Rockville, MD 20850
Consumer
Full Representation
**Is this legal advice?**
This site offers legal information, not legal advice. We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information and to clearly explain your options. However we do not provide legal advice - the application of the law to your individual circumstances. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney. The Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library, a court-related agency of the Maryland Judiciary, sponsors this site. "The People’s Law Library” and “The People’s Law Library of Maryland” are registered trademarks of the Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library. In the absence of file-specific attribution or copyright, the Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library may hold the copyright to parts of this website. You are free to copy the information for your own use or for other non-commercial purposes with the following language “Source: Maryland's People’s Law Library – [www.peoples-law.org](https://www.peoples-law.org/). © Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library, 2026.” |
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