Prince George's County, MD Right to Farm: Farm Nuisance Protection (2026)

Section 30-103(a) blocks a private lawsuit against an agricultural or forestry operation on agricultural land for interfering with the use or enjoyment of property if the operation, or a change to it, has run for a year or more without constituting a nuisance from the date it began, and the operation follows generally accepted agricultural or forestry practices as defined in Section 30-102. 01, a five-member subcommittee of the County's Agricultural Resources Advisory Committee that includes two farm-community members, one from forestry, one from real estate, and one member not engaged in agriculture.

02, a resident can instead complain to the Director of the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement about a public nuisance, and the Director may investigate and declare a nuisance using the same generally-accepted-practices criteria, consulting the University of Maryland Extension or the Soil Conservation District as needed. Controversies submitted to the Committee within 30 days of the alleged harm get an informal hearing without strict evidence rules, and the Committee's binding order can be appealed to the Circuit Court within 30 days. 03 requires anyone selling real property in the R-O-S, AG, AR, RE, or RR zones to give buyers a written proximity disclosure warning that the property may be near agricultural or forestry operations and subject to their noise, odor, dust, and machinery.