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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 43A-3 Notice and opportunity for hearing.">
  <section prefix="§" num="43A-3" heading="Notice and opportunity for hearing.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Before the Commissioner issues an order under this subtitle, the Commissioner shall give notice and an opportunity for a hearing to the owner and to any operator and tenant of the premises.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Contents of notice.">The notice shall state:<para num="(1)">the date, place, and time of the hearing;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the right of the persons receiving the notice to be heard and to be represented at the hearing; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the possible consequences of failure to appear, including but not limited to the issuance of a default order directing the premises to be closed to the extent necessary to abate the nuisance.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Service and posting of notice.">
      <para num="(1)">The notice shall be given by personal service or by certified or registered mail to the owner and to any operator or tenant of the premises, as their names and addresses:<para num="(i)">are recorded in the Land Records of Baltimore City;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">appear in the registration statement filed  under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|13"&gt;Article 13&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 4 {“Registration of Non-Owner-Occupied Dwellings, etc.”}; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">are otherwise known or readily ascertainable.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">In addition, the notice shall be posted on the premises.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-532</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-130</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
