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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="7-105.12" title_number="7" title_name="Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, and Vendor's Liens" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Mortgages and Deeds of Trust">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Bona fide tenant” means a tenant under a lease or tenancy described in § 7–105.8(b)(1) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Foreclosure sale purchaser” means any purchaser at a foreclosure sale of a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Residential property” has the meaning stated in § 7–105.1(a)(12) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A foreclosure sale purchaser may not exercise any right to collect rent payments from a bona fide tenant in possession of a residential property unless the purchaser:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Conducts a reasonable inquiry as required under Maryland Rule 14–102 into:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The occupancy status of the residential property; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Whether any individual in possession of the residential property is a bona fide tenant; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Serves on each bona fide tenant, by first–class mail with a certificate of mailing a notice that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Contains the name, address, and phone number of the purchaser or the agent of the purchaser who is responsible for managing and maintaining the residential property; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>States that rent payments must be directed to the purchaser or the agent identified in item (i) of this item.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a foreclosure sale purchaser waives any claim to rent payments from a bona fide tenant in possession of a residential property for any period of time before the purchaser satisfies the requirements under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A foreclosure sale purchaser does not waive any claim to rent due and payable for use of the residential property for the 15 days immediately prior to the date that the purchaser satisfied the requirements under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
