Showing ordinances that apply to Riva, MD
Riva is an unincorporated community (population 4,257) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Because Riva is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Anne Arundel County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The just cause eviction rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Anne Arundel County has no just-cause eviction ordinance. Tenancies follow Maryland Real Property Code §8-401 et seq., which allows tenancy-at-will terminations with 60 days' written notice and failure-to-pay summary ejectment through District Court.
Anne Arundel County does not impose a local just-cause eviction requirement. Landlord-tenant relationships are governed by Maryland Real Property Code Title 8. Under §8-402, a landlord terminating a month-to-month tenancy must give 60 days' written notice. Failure-to-pay-rent actions (§8-401) are filed in Anne Arundel County District Court (Annapolis or Glen Burnie) and can be heard within days. Tenants have a right of redemption up to the date of eviction by paying rent and court costs (three defaults in 12 months can cut off redemption). Breach-of-lease and tenant-holding-over actions are available with 14–30 days' notice depending on cause. The Anne Arundel County Office of the Sheriff schedules and conducts lockouts after a warrant of restitution is issued. Annapolis (the county seat and a Critical Area community on the Chesapeake Bay) follows the same state framework with no local overlay.
Self-help evictions (lockouts, utility shutoffs, removal of belongings) are prohibited by Real Property §8-216 — tenant may recover actual damages plus reasonable attorney's fees. Retaliatory evictions within six months of a protected tenant action (code complaint, rent escrow) are barred under §8-208.1.
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