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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8-406" title_number="8" title_name="Landlord and Tenant" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Landlord's Remedies Other Than Distraint">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies only in a county, a municipality, or any other jurisdiction that requires a license for the lawful operation of residential rental property.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to an action to repossess under § 8–402.1(a)(1)(i)2B of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On the filing of a written complaint to repossess residential property under § 8–401, § 8–402, or § 8–402.1 of this subtitle or under Subtitle 9 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore City, the landlord shall plead with supporting facts in the form prescribed by the Judiciary that the property is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Licensed in compliance with applicable local rental licensing requirements;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Exempt from applicable local rental licensing requirements; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Unlicensed for reasons described under subsection (c)(1)(iii), (iv), or (v) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At trial, the landlord must demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the property listed in the written complaint is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Licensed in compliance with applicable local rental licensing requirements;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Exempt from applicable local rental licensing requirements;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Not licensed in compliance with applicable local rental licensing requirements because of a wrongful act of the tenant, regardless of intention, that caused the licensing authority to suspend, revoke, or refuse to grant or renew the rental license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Not licensed in compliance with applicable local rental licensing requirements because an administrative error or omission by the licensing authority caused the licensing authority to suspend, revoke, or refuse to grant or renew the rental license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Part of a multi–unit property not licensed in compliance with local rental licensing requirements because of a condition affecting another unit in the multi–unit property and where:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>There is one license for multiple units;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The property listed in the written complaint and the surrounding common areas:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>Satisfy the inspection requirements of the local licensing authority; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Are free of defects that threaten the life, health, or safety of the tenant; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The landlord has taken all necessary steps to obtain or renew the rental license for the property but is unable to obtain or renew the license due to a condition affecting another unit not subject to the eviction action on the multi–unit rental license.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court shall grant one postponement in the event that a party seeks additional evidence related to the assertion in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To satisfy the requirements of this subsection, a landlord may provide electronic proof of licensure.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
