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<section number="13-158" name="Late fees" law="code" slug="sec-13-158" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_13HOPRST_DIV3LANARE_SD2LANACO_S13-158LAFE">
  <text>The landlord shall be entitled to charge a late fee of not more than one percent (1%) of the total monthly rental payment per day for each day the tenant is late, commencing with the sixth (6th) day of the period for which rent is due and being paid, not to exceed a total of five percent (5%) of the total monthly rental payment. However, if the tenant receives public assistance pursuant to Sections 48, 65A, 65B, and 65C of Article 88A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, and the public assistance check has not been mailed to the tenant by the State Department of Human Services on or before the date the rent is due, the landlord shall be entitled to charge the late fee commencing on the sixth (6th) day after the day the public assistance check was actually mailed. It shall be the responsibility of each tenant who receives public assistance to inform the landlord, in writing, that the public assistance check was mailed later than the day upon which the rent was due, and to provide reasonable, satisfactory evidence to establish this fact. In the case of leases under which the rent is paid in weekly rental installments, a penalty of Three Dollars ($3.00) may be charged for the late payment of rent. However, no late penalties for rent paid under a lease providing for weekly rental installments shall constitute, in the aggregate, more than Twelve Dollars ($12.00) per month. Provided further, that in no event should the landlord demand the payment of any fees or other charges except rent, court filing fees, and court awarded costs as a condition precedent to allowing the tenant to exercise his right to redeem the leased dwelling unit as provided for by the Real Property Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any tenant against whom three (3) judgments of possession have been entered for rent due and unpaid in the twelve (12) months prior to the initiation of the action to which the foregoing would otherwise apply. The landlord shall be entitled to recover only those costs and/or filing fees actually incurred. If requested in writing, the landlord shall provide the tenant with a written statement of charges actually incurred, to include the District Court (Landlord-Tenant) case number and a copy of the complaint form. Any such request by the tenant must be made within thirty (30) days of the costs being assessed and may not cover any other request for filing costs assessed in excess of one hundred eighty (180) days. Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to alter a landlord's remedies to recover damages due from a tenant arising from breach of a lease or provisions of law.</text>
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