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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8-2A-06" title_number="8" title_name="Landlord and Tenant" subtitle_number="2A">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After the extension of a conditional offer to a prospective tenant, a landlord may conduct a criminal history records check and consider the following convictions as potential grounds for withdrawal of the offer:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any felony conviction under the Criminal Law Article if the conviction occurred within 5 years immediately preceding the rental application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any convictions listed in § 8–2A–05 of this subtitle that the prospective tenant has not previously disclosed; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any conviction in another state court or a federal court of a crime with the same elements as a felony in the State, if the conviction occurred within 5 years immediately preceding the rental application.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A landlord may withdraw a conditional offer based on a prospective tenant’s criminal history records check only if the landlord determines that the withdrawal is necessary to fulfill a substantial, legitimate, and nondiscriminatory interest.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a landlord withdraws a conditional offer, the landlord shall provide the prospective tenant with written notice of the withdrawal that includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A specific reason for the withdrawal of the conditional offer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A statement that the prospective tenant may request a reassessment of the withdrawal by providing written evidence, signed under the penalty of perjury, to the landlord demonstrating:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Inaccuracies in the prospective tenant’s criminal history records;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Evidence of rehabilitation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any other mitigating factors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A reassessment of the application by the landlord following a request for reassessment by the prospective tenant shall consider the following factors:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The nature and severity of the criminal offense;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The age of the prospective tenant at the time of the occurrence of the criminal offense;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The amount of time that has elapsed since the occurrence of the criminal offense;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any information produced by the prospective tenant, or produced on the prospective tenant’s behalf, regarding rehabilitation and good conduct since the criminal offense;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The degree to which the criminal offense, if it reoccurred, would negatively impact the safety of other tenants or the property; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Whether the criminal offense occurred on the property that was rented or leased by the prospective tenant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 30 days after the landlord’s notice of withdrawal of the conditional offer, the prospective tenant may request that the landlord provide a copy of all information that the landlord relied on in considering the prospective tenant, including criminal history records.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 10 days after receipt of a timely request, the landlord shall provide the information requested under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
