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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 12:32:08
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 5', '§ 8', '§ 8', '§ 8', '§ 8']

"Lease" means any oral or written agreement, express or implied, creating a landlord-tenant relationship, including any sublease and any further sublease. Read the Law: Md. Code, Real Property § 1-101(h)
A lease for a term of 1 year or less is valid whether it is written or oral, but any lease for more than 1 year must be in writing and signed by the person creating it if it is to be enforceable. Read the Law: Md. Code, Real Property §§ 5-101 and 5-102
For landlord to take possession of the premises or tenant's property without legal process, unless the lease has been terminated by the parties or by action of law, and the tenant has abandoned his personal property there; or to include any provision which is against public policy and void under Sec. 8-105 (see below) Read the Law: Md. Code, Real Property § 8-208
This section applies only to landlords who offer 5 or more rental units on one parcel of property or at one location. It does not apply to seasonal rentals or condominium rentals.
Read the Law: Md. Code, Real Property § 8-213
This provision applies only to automatic renewal periods of more than one month.
Read the Law: Md. Code, Real Property § 8-208
Local laws may supplement but may not diminish any right or remedy granted by section 8-208.
Landlord cannot shield himself from liability where the effect of a lease provision would shield a landlord from liability to a tenant or other person for any injury or damage caused by negligence, fault, omission, etc., of the landlord relating to any part of the leased premises not within the exclusive control of the tenant, that lease provision is against public policy and is void.
Read the Law: Md. Code, Real Property § 8-105
The penalty for late payment of rent may be no more than 5% of the amount of rent due for the period for which payment is late. However, where rent is paid in weekly installments, landlord may charge $3 for each late payment up to a maximum of $12 per tenant per month even if it exceeds the 5% limit. Landlord cannot collect any late fee if the lease provision specifies a penalty that exceeds the amount allowed by law. Also, if landlord includes a prohibited provision in the lease, or attempts to enforce or make known to tenant his intent to enforce such a provision, tenant may recover actual damages incurred, including attorneys' fees.
Landlords who own five or more rental units in the State must use a written lease. Failure of the landlord to use a written lease results in the presumption of a one-year tenancy from the date of the tenant's first occupancy unless the tenant elects to end the tenancy at an earlier date by giving one month written notice.
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