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 rent control rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Neither Maryland state law nor Anne Arundel County have adopted rent control. Landlords may raise rent with proper notice. Annapolis does not regulate rent amounts. Just-cause eviction not universal.
Maryland does not have statewide rent control, and Anne Arundel County has not adopted any rent stabilization ordinance — landlords may raise rent as market dictates. Required notice for rent increases on month-to-month tenancies: 60 days in Anne Arundel County (Maryland Real Property §8-208 requires minimum 60 days for month-to-month). Annual leases: rent may not be raised mid-term. No just-cause eviction law applies county-wide; landlords can decline to renew a lease. Subsidized housing (Section 8, Housing Opportunity Commission) has separate rent restrictions. Annapolis has explored rent stabilization but has not enacted it. Tenants with concerns can contact the Anne Arundel County Tenant/Landlord Commission.
Insufficient notice of increase: tenant may remain at current rent until proper notice given. Retaliatory increase: tenant remedies under MD Real Property §8-208.1.
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