Maryland`s rental app allows a landlord to view the credit and rental history of requesting tenants to determine if they are suitable candidates. A non-refundable fee may be charged by the lessor, whether the applicant is approved or not. After a thorough examination, the owner will inform the applicant if he is accepted and what the amount of his deposit will be (if any). A landlord must inform a tenant of their right to have the property inspected by the landlord before the tenant moves in and after the lease is terminated. A landlord must inform the tenant of his right to attendance, while the disaggregated list of damages is drawn up with a checklist for rent inspection. The inspection must take place within five (5) days before the start and end of the tenant`s rental. (Md Real Estate Code, § 8-203.1) The following information or additions are required for either some or all residential rental agreements in Maryland. Admittedly, it should be drawn to the attention of the owner to the fact that abuse or repeated attempts to access the premises for little or no reason are prohibited. The lessor must deposit the bond in a trust account. When returning deposits in the amount of $50 or more, the landlord must take into account simple interest of 3 percent per annum, which has accrued monthly from the date of payment of the deposit for all leases incurred before January 1, 2015. For rentals that are on or after the 1st the interest rate must be paid at 1.5% per annum or at the simple interest rate that opened for one year from the first business day of each year at the daily interest rate of the U.S.
Treasury yield curve, whichever is greater. The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development has a rental deposit calculator on its website under www.dhcd.maryland.gov that helps you calculate this interest rate. A landlord must pay 4 per cent on bail held before 1 October 2004. In addition, the State Prosecutor, the District Prosecutor or associations of municipalities may bring an eviction action against tenants involved in illicit drug activities. If your landlord receives eviction proceedings, you will receive an official summons to attend a hearing. The summons can be served on you personally, but it is usually sent by post and/or on the rented property. Don`t ignore it. Go to the hearing and be on time. If you don`t show up, the owner will likely win. The audience will give you the opportunity to tell your page of the story. For example, you can prove that you paid the rent or tried to pay the rent, but the landlord would not accept it, or that the landlord did not inform you in writing for a month that you violated your lease and had to move.
If the judge decides in favor of the owner, the landlord can, within five working days, file a court order for the eviction – the so-called “restitution order” – and ask a sheriff to supervise the evacuation. You can appeal an eviction judgment….