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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 373

Article - Real Property

Section 8-214

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Real Property

8-214.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(2)  "ELDERLY PERSON" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS 60
YEARS OLD OR OLDER.

(3)  "LANDLORD" MEANS AN OWNER OF RESIDENTIAL RENTAL
PROPERTY WHO OFFERS MORE THAN 3 DWELLING UNITS FOR RENT ON 1
PARCEL OF PROPERTY OR AT 1 LOCATION.

(B) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

(C)  IF A TENANT IS AN ELDERLY PERSON, A LANDLORD MAY NOT
PROHIBIT THE TENANT FROM KEEPING A HOUSEHOLD PET, UNLESS
SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED IN WRITING AT THE TIME OCCUPANCY TOOK
PLACE.

(D)  A TENANT IS LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE TO THE PREMISES
BY THE TENANT'S PET.

(E)  A LANDLORD MAY ESTABLISH REASONABLE RULES GOVERNING THE
TYPE, SIZE, AND NUMBER OF PETS ALLOWED, DISPOSAL OF PET WASTE,
AND ASPECTS OF PET CONDUCT AND PET CONTROL RELATED TO PROTECTION
OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OTHER TENANTS AND THE PROPERTY OF THE
LANDLORD.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.                                                       

Approved May 21, 1985.

CHAPTER 374
(House Bill 868)
AN ACT concerning