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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="14-133" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Rules" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Rules">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Complaint” means a complaint filed under Title 7, Subtitle 1 of this article, § 8–401, § 8–402, § 8–402.1, or § 8–402.2 of this article, or § 14–132 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Eviction data” means, for each premises subject to a warrant, regardless of whether an eviction occurs, the following information:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name of the landlord of the premises;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The street address, city, county, and zip code of the premises subject to the warrant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The date of filing of the complaint and the type of action;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>For a hearing or trial relating to the complaint:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Whether the tenant appeared at the hearing or trial; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Whether the tenant had legal representation;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The date of entry of a judgment for possession;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>If applicable, whether the right of redemption was foreclosed at the time of the entry of judgment for possession;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>The date of issuance of the warrant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>The outcome of the issuance of the warrant, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>An eviction executed by a sheriff’s office;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The cancellation of the warrant;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The expiration of the warrant; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Any other outcome.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Publicly disclosable data” means data that is not required to be withheld from disclosure under the Public Information Act or any other law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>“Warrant” means a warrant of restitution, a warrant issued to a sheriff or constable commanding a tenant to deliver possession to a landlord, or a writ of possession, issued as the result of a judgment for possession of residential property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each month, the Judiciary shall collect, compile, and share complete eviction data from the immediately preceding month with the Department in the manner required by the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Judiciary discovers that eviction data shared with the Department for any collection period is inaccurate or incomplete, the Judiciary shall notify the Department of the inaccuracy or incompleteness and provide the Department with updated eviction data.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Organize and format the data received under subsection (b) of this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Publish the publicly disclosable data in a data dashboard on the Department’s website and update the dashboard monthly;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Make the publicly disclosable data available for download in open data sets that allow automated searching, spatial analysis, visualization, and processing, on request by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A State agency;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An agency of a county or municipal corporation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>An academic institution located in the State; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>On or before August 31, 2023, and each year thereafter, submit a report on the eviction data to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
