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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8-2A-05" title_number="8" title_name="Landlord and Tenant" subtitle_number="2A">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, before extending a conditional offer to a prospective tenant, a landlord may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Request or require the prospective tenant to disclose in a housing application whether the prospective tenant has a criminal history or has been accused of or charged with any crimes; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Make an oral or written inquiry regarding the criminal history of the prospective tenant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before extending a conditional offer, a landlord may require information on, and may reject a prospective tenant’s application on the grounds of, whether the prospective tenant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Has been convicted of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>For a potential tenancy in federally assisted housing, manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or producing methamphetamine on the premises of federally assisted housing;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A sexual offense under Title 3, Subtitle 3 of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Child pornography under § 11–207 of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Murder in the first degree under § 2–201 of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Murder in the second degree under § 2–204 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>Human trafficking under § 3–1102 of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a state sex offender registration program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Has ever been subject to a registration requirement under a state or federal sex offender registration program; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Has ever been convicted in another state or federal court of a crime with the same criminal elements as a crime listed in this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In response to the results of a criminal history records check, a prospective tenant may provide, and a landlord shall consider, evidence demonstrating:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Inaccuracies in the prospective tenant’s criminal history records;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Evidence of rehabilitation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any other mitigating factors.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
