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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 5-11 Posting license; license number.">
  <section prefix="§" num="5-11" heading="Posting license; license number.">
    <text>The license issued under this subtitle must be  prominently displayed:</text>
    <para num="(a)" heading="Dwellings.">
      <para num="(1)">for a multiple-family dwelling or rooming house, in the vestibule, lobby, or other public place on the premises; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">for a 1- or 2-family dwelling, in an area of each dwelling unit that is accessible to that unit’s occupants and to housing inspectors.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Lease agreements.">A license issued under this subtitle must be provided to:<para num="(1)">any prospective tenant who requests an application; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">all existing or future tenants at the time a rental dwelling lease agreement or renewal lease agreement is:<para num="(i)">offered;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">executed; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">renewed.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Advertising materials.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">Any material advertising a rental dwelling for rent covered by this subtitle must include the rental license number for the advertised rental dwelling.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Prohibitions.">Any material advertising a rental dwelling for rent that is covered by this subtitle may not include a rental license number that is, pursuant to this subtitle:<para num="(i)">expired;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">suspended; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">revoked.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(3)" heading="Exceptions.">Notwithstanding anything contained in this section to the contrary, the record owner and managing operator, if any, of a newly constructed or renovated dwelling unit or rooming unit that does not yet have a rental dwelling license number shall include the following text in any lease agreement, advertising material, or other publicly facing document:
“This is a newly constructed or renovated dwelling unit and does not currently have a rental license.  As soon as available, a rental license will be provided to all individuals as required by &lt;cite data-path="13|II|5"&gt;Article 13, Subtitle 5 {“Licensing of Rental Dwellings”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the Baltimore City Code.”.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-475</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-130</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
