Ch. 740                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND

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

Article - Real Property

8-402.3.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE, A
TENANT MAY NOT BE EVICTED FROM LEASED PREMISES ON A DAY WHEN:

(1) THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTS AT 8:00
A.M. THAT THE TEMPERATURE FOR THE AREA CONTAINING THE LEASED
PREMISES WILL NOT EXCEED 32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS;

(2) THE GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR THE
AREA CONTAINING THE LEASED PREMISES DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS; OR

(3) A JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT CONTAINING THE LEASED
PREMISES STAYS THE EXECUTION OF A WARRANT OF RESTITUTION FOR THE
PREMISES DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

8-401.                                                                                             

(d) [If] (1) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (2) OF
THIS SUBSECTION, IF judgment is given in favor of the landlord,
and the tenant fails to comply with the requirements of the order
within two days, the Court shall, at any time after the
expiration of the two days, issue its warrant, directed to any
official of the county entitled to serve process, ordering him to
cause the landlord to have again and repossess the property by
putting him (or his duly qualified agent or attorney for his
benefit) in possession thereof, and for that purpose to remove
from the property, by force if necessary, all the furniture,
implements, tools, goods, effects or other chattels of every
description whatsoever belonging to the tenant, or to any person
claiming or holding by or under said tenant. If the landlord
does not order a warrant of restitution within sixty days from
the date of judgment or from the expiration date of any stay of
execution, whichever shall be the later, the judgment for
possession shall be stricken.

(2) (I) THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE OF ANY DISTRICT MAY
STAY THE EXECUTION OF A WARRANT OF RESTITUTION, FROM DAY TO DAY,
IN THE EVENT OF EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS.

(II) WHEN A STAY HAS BEEN GRANTED UNDER THIS
PARAGRAPH, THE EXECUTION OF THE WARRANT OF RESTITUTION FOR WHICH
STAY HAS BEEN GRANTED SHALL BE GIVEN. PRIORITY WHEN THE EXTREME
WEATHER CONDITIONS CEASE.

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