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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 8C-4 Presumption of offer and acceptance.">
  <section prefix="§" num="8C-4" heading="Presumption of offer and acceptance.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, there shall be a presumption that the landlord’s offer of a lease renewal is on the same terms and conditions as the current lease and the tenant’s acceptance of that offer.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Exceptions.">The presumption described in subsection (a) of this section does not exist if:<para num="(1)">the landlord provides timely notice declining to renew for good cause as specified in &lt;cite data-path="|13|§8C-2|(b)"&gt;§ 8C-2(b) of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the tenant fails to respond to a timely notice offering to renew the lease as specified in &lt;cite data-path="|13|§8C-2|(a)"&gt;§ 8C-2(a) of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">a notice declining to renew the lease is provided by the tenant to the landlord under the terms of the lease or other applicable law.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.  21-037</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
