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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 6-2 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-2" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings stated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Commissioner.">“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development, or the Commissioner’s designee.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Landlord.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Landlord” means any person who is the owner of a rental single-family dwelling unit.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusion.">“Landlord” includes any person authorized to exercise any aspect of the management of the rental single-family dwelling unit, except those persons engaged solely in custodial and maintenance functions.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Owner.">“Owner” means any person recorded in the official records of the State or City as holding title to a rental single-family dwelling unit.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Rent.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general">“Rent” means the consideration, including any bonus, benefit, or gratuity, demanded or received per day, week, month, year, or other period of time, as the case may be, for the use or occupancy of housing accommodations or the transfer of a lease for those accommodations.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusion">“Rent” includes any charge to a tenant under a rent-to-own agreement if the tenant’s acceptance of the agreement is mandatory or if the tenant is not entitled to a refund of the charge if the tenant does not purchase the unit.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Single-family dwelling unit.">“Single-family dwelling unit” has the meaning stated in § 202.2.22.4 of the Baltimore City &lt;cite data-path="|codes|II"&gt;Building Code&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Statement of interest.">“Statement of interest” means a written and clear expression of interest to a landlord that the person writing the statement is interested in purchasing the landlord’s rental single-family dwelling unit.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Tenant.">“Tenant” means any person who:<para num="(i)">occupies a rental single-family dwelling unit as a residence with the consent of the landlord; and</para>
      <para num="(ii)">has an obligation to pay rent or provide other consideration to the landlor for those accommodations.</para>
    </para>
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