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Criminal Law - Fraud - Conveyance, Lease, or Possession of Residential Real Property

Sponsor: Ryan Nawrocki (District 7A)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting the intentional fraudulent sale, conveyance, or lease or attempted sale, conveyance, or lease of real property by a person who does not own the real property; prohibiting the acquisition, sale, or conveyance or the attempted acquisition, sale, or conveyance of real property by deception, intimidation, threat, or undue influence; prohibiting a person from possessing or claiming a right to possess residential real property the person does not lawfully possess or own, with the intent to defraud another; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 13FavorableUNF 6Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCantu, HugolobbyistApartments and Office Building AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVClark, AshleylobbyistHarris Jones & Malone, LLCOral
FAVNawrocki, RyanMaryland General AssemblyWritten (PDF)
FAVMay, LisalobbyistMaryland REALTORSOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBRAN, DAVIDIndividualOral
FAVChiu, AllisonIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Nawrocki, Delegate NawrockilegislatorIndividualOral
FAVGeelhaar, GlenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVMarks, DavidIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
FAVUllmann, RachelIndividualPosition only
UNFLoveless, JosephMaryland Legal AidOral + Written (PDF)
UNFDowns, KirstenMaryland Office of the Public DefenderWritten (PDF)
UNFHilliard, ElizabethMaryland Office of the Public DefenderOral
UNFTurner, AlbertRenters United MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
UNFLeggette, JessicaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFMercer, JenniferlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVCantu, HugoApartments and Office Building AssociationRegistered for: Apartment & Office Building Association
FAVClark, AshleyHarris Jones & Malone, LLCRegistered for: Beltway Fine Wine; Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company; Community Associations Institute/Maryland Legislative Action Committee; Employ Prince George's, Inc.; Frederick Community College; Greater Baltimore Committee
FAVMay, LisaMaryland REALTORSRegistered for: Maryland REALTORS; Maryland Association of Realtors
UNFMercer, JenniferRegistered for: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence