Maryland Statewide Eviction Notice and Procedure Rules

Real Property Article Sections 8-401 and 8-402 establish uniform statewide procedures for failure to pay rent and tenant holding over actions. A landlord must provide a ten-day written notice to pay rent before filing a failure-to-pay action; lease violations require a thirty-day notice; imminent threats permit a fourteen-day notice; month-to-month tenancies require sixty days. The Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024 added a statewide Tenants' Bill of Rights disclosure requirement, a seven-day delay before warrant execution after judgment, and additional protections during extreme weather. Localities may enact stronger tenant safeguards.

Filing or executing an eviction without complying with statutory notice or procedure can result in case dismissal, attorney fee awards to tenants, and statutory damages under Real Property Title 8.