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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 8-3 Rent  increase barred — on violation notice generated by tenant.">
  <section prefix="§" num="8-3" heading="Rent  increase barred — on violation notice generated by tenant.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">When a tenant complaint results in a landlord receiving a violation notice, in order for the limitations and restrictions in § 8-2 above to apply to a landlord, either:<para num="(1)">the written violation notice must be issued more than 60 days before the increase is to take effect; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">the tenant must have filed a written complaint with the Commissioner, with a copy thereof to the landlord, prior to receiving a rent increase notice.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="When notice presumed received.">For the purpose of the tenant’s rights under this section, any notice of a rent increase is presumed to be received by the tenant no earlier than 60 days prior to the expiration of the lease, unless a lease provides for a longer notice requirement not to exceed 90 days.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 13, §57(c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 81-280</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
