4596

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 836

(2)  THE OWNER AND THE LANDLORD, IF OTHER THAN
THE OWNER, SHALL INFORM IN WRITING EACH TENANT WHO FIRST
LEASES ANY PORTION OR OF THE PREMISES AS HIS RESIDENCE AFTER
THE GIVING OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY THIS SUBSECTION THAT
THE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN. THE TENANT SHALL BE INFORMED AT
OR BEFORE THE SIGNING OF LEASE OR THE TAKING OF POSSESSION,
WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST.

(3)  A COPY OF THE NOTICE, TOGETHER WITH A LIST
OF EACH TENANT TO WHOM THE NOTICE WAS GIVEN, SHALL BE GIVEN
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AT THE TIME THE NOTICE IS GIVEN TO
EACH TENANT.

(b)  The notice shall be considered to have been given
to each tenant if delivered by hand or mailed, postage
prepaid, to the tenant's last known address.

(c)  A tenant leasing any portion of the property as
his residence at the time the notice referred to in
subsection (a) is given to him may not be required to vacate
the premises prior to the expiration of 180 days from the
giving of the notice except for:

(1)  Breach of a covenant in his lease OCCURRING
BEFORE OR AFTER THE GIVING OF THE NOTICE; [or]

(2)  Nonpayment of rent[.] OCCURRING BEFORE OR
AFTER THE GIVING OF THE NOTICE; OR

(3)  FAILURE OF THE TENANT TO VACATE THE PREMISES
AT THE TIME THAT IS INDICATED BY THE TENANT IN A NOTICE
GIVEN TO HIS LANDLORD UNDER SUBSECTION (E).

(d)  [Any] THE LEASE TERM OF ANY tenant leasing any
portion of the property as his residence at the time the
notice referred to in subsection (a) is given to him and
[whose] WHICH lease term would ordinarily terminate during
the 180-day period [is entitled to have the term] SHALL BE
extended [on the same terms and conditions] until the
expiration of the 180-day period. THE EXTENDED TERM SHALL
BE AT THE SAME RENT AND ON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS
WERE APPLICABLE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE LEASE TERM.

(e)  Any tenant leasing any portion of the property as
his residence at the time the notice referred to in
subsection (a) is given to him may terminate his lease,
without penalty for termination upon at least 30 days'
written notice to his landlord.

(f)  The notice referred to in subsection (a) shall be
sufficient for the purposes of this section if it is in
substantially the following form:. AS TO RENTAL FACILITIES
CONTAINING LESS THAN 10 UNITS, "SECTION 2" OF THE NOTICE IS
NOT REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN.