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Anne Arundel County and Prince George’s County – Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent – Rental Property License Information

Sponsor: Mary A. Lehman (District 21)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Real PropertyStatus: Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a landlord or a landlord's duly authorized agent, at the time of filing a certain complaint for repossession for failure to pay rent in Anne Arundel County or Prince George's County, to submit for inspection by the clerk of the District Court records demonstrating that the property is compliant with certain rental property licensing requirements; specifying that a certain provisional or temporary license is insufficient to satisfy the requirement; etc.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 6FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSarro, LisaArundel Community Development Services, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVWilliams, KaylaCommunity Legal Services of Prince George’s County, IncOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWilpone-Welborn, KiraConsumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)
FAVLegal Aid, MarylandMaryland Legal AidOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Lehman, Delegate LehmanlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVShah, ZafarIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFElalamy, SaraMaryland JudiciaryWritten (PDF)
FWAGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAGreenfield, AaronRegistered for: BTS Bioenergy; Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Embassy of Japan; Ernst & Young, LLP; FEi Systems; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake