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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8-2A-04" title_number="8" title_name="Landlord and Tenant" subtitle_number="2A">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A landlord may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Require a prospective tenant to submit to a drug or alcohol test; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Request or require a prospective tenant to consent to the release of information about the prospective tenant from a program for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before accepting an application fee, a landlord shall provide in writing to a prospective tenant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notice regarding the use of a criminal history records check in determining eligibility for leasing, including a statement that conviction for a crime listed in §§ 8–2A–05 and 8–2A–06 of this subtitle may be considered by the landlord only after the extension of a conditional offer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Information on the ability of the prospective tenant, in response to a criminal history records check, to provide evidence demonstrating:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Inaccuracies in the tenant’s criminal history records;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Evidence of rehabilitation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Mitigating factors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A landlord shall notify a prospective tenant that an individualized assessment will be conducted.</text>
  </level>
</section>
