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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8A-201" title_number="8A" title_name="Mobile Home Parks" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Rental Agreement, Written Rental Agreement, Disclosures to Current and Prospective Residents">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before a current or prospective resident signs a rental agreement or occupies the premises, a park owner shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Provide the prospective resident with a written notice identifying the availability, capacity, and connection fee of all utility services at the proposed site in order to assure the proper and adequate installation of the mobile home. The prospective resident shall furnish to the park owner a written acknowledgment of this notification and acceptance of the site as proposed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Deliver a copy of the rules and an explanation of any provision for amendment of the rule.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Deliver a copy of the rental agreement which shall contain the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A specific identification of the site to be leased;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A term of tenancy of at least 1 year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A stipulation of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The total amount of annual rental for the site;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The term of payment, whether monthly, quarterly, semiannually, or annually;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The amount due for each installment;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>The amount of any late payment fee; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>All park fees, in a manner that identifies the service to be provided for each park fee;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A description of each general obligation of the resident and park owner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A description of each service, facility, and utility service that the park owner will provide;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>A description of any termination and renewal option;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>The text of § 8A–202(c) of this subtitle, which defines “qualified resident”; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>A specific reference to this title as the law that governs the relationships between the resident and park owner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A rental agreement may not require an annual payment of rent for a site.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A prospective resident may request and a park owner may agree that the resident make an annual payment of rent for the site.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
