Ch. 376                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

THE TENANT REMAIN ON OR NEAR A PUBLIC HIGHWAY FOR MORE THAN 72
HOURS AFTER REMOVAL FROM THE LANDLORD'S PROPERTY, THEY SHALL BE
DEEMED ABANDONED. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY MOVE THE ITEMS TO
A LANDFILL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF THE PROPERTY.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Commissioners in
Carroll County to move certain personal property found on a
tenant's premises to a landfill or, after a certain time
period of making the personal property available to the
tenant to repossess, otherwise dispose of the property if
the personal property remains on or near a public highway
for more than a certain period of time after an eviction;
defining a term; and generally relating to the disposition
of personal property removed from a premises after an
eviction in Carroll County.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Carroll County
Section 3-78

Article 7 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1976 Edition and 1987 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article 7 - Carroll County

3-78.

(A)  IN THIS SECTION, "HIGHWAY" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN §
8-101 OF THE TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF
MARYLAND.

(B)  (1) IF PERSONAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING FURNITURE,
IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, GOODS, EFFECTS, OR OTHER CHATTEL REMOVED FROM
A LANDLORD'S PROPERTY UNDER AN EVICTION OF A TENANT REMAIN ON OR
NEAR A PUBLIC HIGHWAY FOR MORE THAN 7 2 HOURS, THE PERSONAL
PROPERTY SHALL BE DEEMED ABANDONED.

(2) THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY MOVE THE PERSONAL
PROPERTY TO A LANDFILL OR, AFTER MAKING THE PERSONAL PROPERTY
AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST 7 DAYS TO THE TENANT TO REPOSSESS,
OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

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