Prince George's County, MD HOA Rules: CC&R Enforcement (2026)

Sec. 13-183(b) makes an applicant renting out a unit in a Common Ownership Community name the community and certify, backed by evidence from the community itself, that the unit carries no lien for unpaid Common Ownership Community fees and does not violate the community's covenants or bylaws. That certification is layered onto the standard license application required under Sec. 13-182. The enforcement mechanism kicks in only after the private association process runs its course: Sec. 13-183(c) lets the Director suspend, revoke, or deny the license under the same procedures as Sec.

13-184 and Sec. 13-187, but only once the Common Ownership Community has provided documentation of a 'final adjudication' that the rental use violates the covenants or bylaws, or that a lien exists for unpaid fees. In other words, the county's Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement acts as the licensing gatekeeper, not the judge of the covenant dispute itself; that adjudication happens through the HOA's own governance process or the courts before the county's licensing consequence attaches. The provision was added by CB-89-2012.