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§ 9-6 Suit for rent due — warrant of restitution.

Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

Balt., Md., Pub. Local Laws § 9-6 (2026)

§ 9-6 Suit for rent due — warrant of restitution.Copy Citation

In case judgment shall be given in favor of said lessor in the manner aforesaid, and the tenant shall fail to comply with the requirements of the said order there shall issue, on the order of the lessor, a warrant directed to a constable of the District Court, directing said constable to cause said lessor to have again and repossess said premises by putting him in possession thereof, and for that purpose to remove from said premises, by force if necessary, all the furniture, implements, tools, goods, effects or other chattels of every description whatsoever belonging to said tenant, or to any person claiming or holding by or under said tenant.
A Judge of the District Court shall have the power to pass such order or orders as may be necessary, in his discretion, to accomplish the revesting of possession in the landlord.
If the lessor does not order a warrant of restitution within sixty (60) days from date of judgment or from the expiration date of any stay of execution that may have been entered by agreement, whichever shall be the later, the case shall be considered as dismissed.