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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-8 Landlord’s burden of proof.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-8" heading="Landlord’s burden of proof.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In any civil action resulting from the provisions of this subtitle, the landlord shall bear the burden of proving that the tenant has been provided with the notice required by either § 9-2 or 9-6 of this subtitle, as the case may be.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Presumption of compliance — signed notice.">It shall be a rebuttable presumption that the landlord has satisfied said burden if he can produce said notice with the tenant’s signature affixed thereto.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Presumption of compliance — proof of mailing.">It shall be a rebuttable presumption that the landlord has satisfied said burden for any tenants who were tenants at the effective date of this subtitle if the landlord can produce a proof of mailing to current tenants of whom the landlord has actual knowledge.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 13, §66</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 82-754</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
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</baltimore-city-law>
