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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8-209" title_number="8" title_name="Landlord and Tenant" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Residential Leases">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies only to a residential lease.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to a landlord who has provided written notice of the intent to terminate a tenancy in accordance with § 8–402(c)(2) of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A landlord shall notify a tenant in writing before increasing the tenant’s rent.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Be sent by first–class mail with a certificate of mailing; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>If elected by the tenant, sent by electronic delivery in at least one of the following forms:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>An e–mail message;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>A text message; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>Through an electronic tenant portal.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The electronic delivery method shall provide the landlord with proof of transmission of the notice.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A landlord may not condition the acceptance of a lease application on the tenant’s election to receive notice under this subsection by electronic delivery.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A landlord shall provide the notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>For tenancies for a term of more than 1 month, at least 90 days in advance of the rent increase;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For tenancies for a term of more than 1 week, but not more than 1 month, at least 60 days in advance of the rent increase; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>For tenancies for a term of 1 week or less:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>At least 7 days in advance of the rent increase if the parties have a written lease; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>At least 21 days in advance of the rent increase if the parties do not have a written lease.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not affect or supersede any local law or ordinance that requires additional notice or provides additional tenant protections.</text>
  </level>
</section>
