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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8-205" title_number="8" title_name="Landlord and Tenant" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Residential Leases">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In Anne Arundel County, unless the tenant makes payment by check or rents the property for commercial or business purposes, if property is leased for any definite term or at will, the landlord shall give the tenant a receipt showing payment and the time period which the payment covers.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On conviction of violating this section, any person or agent shall forfeit the rent for the period in question.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this section, the landlord or landlord’s agent shall give the tenant a receipt if the tenant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Makes payment in cash; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Requests a receipt.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In addition to any other penalty, the landlord shall be liable to the tenant in the sum of $25 if the landlord fails to provide a written receipt as required by this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
