Ch. 813                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 25, 1989.

CHAPTER 813

(House Bill 917)

AN ACT concerning

Landlord and Tenants - Foreclosure for of Statutory Rights

FOR the purpose of making a tenant's exercise of existing rights
and remedies for redemption of leased premises prior to
eviction, repair of dangerous deficts defects, and
retaliatory evictions conditional on the a certain number of
judgments entered against the tenant by the court rather
than on the number of summonses with complaints received by
the tenant; and generally relating to the rights of tenants.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Real Property

Section 8-208.1(d), 8-211(k), 8-401(e) and 8A-1701(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1988 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Baltimore City
Section 9.9(d)(3)

Article 4 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1979 Edition and 1988 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article - Real Property

8-208.1.

(d) The relief provided under this section is conditioned
upon:

(i) In the case of tenancies measured by a period of
one month or more, [the tenant having not, received more than 3
summonses containing copies of complaints filed by the landlord

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