Well, as long as there was an agreement to pay rent, there is a lease, albeit an oral one. What that means is that you would be considered a month-to-month tenant, so the Landlord has the right to give you notice to vacate. If so, it would be a 30 day notice.

They cannot legally do that. If you don’t leave you’re just a tenant holding over. They’d have to file an eviction proceeding. Could take months to get evicted.

I would need a bit more information to answer this one. Are you asking if the Landlord can do that? Or are you asking if there is a way for you to get rid of this roommate, or it something else.

Contact the circuit court law library in the county or City of Baltimore where you live to see if they have the old volumes of the Code you are looking for; or you may contact the Maryland Department of Legislative Services, which archives all the laws.... View More

Start by reading your former lease. It very likely contains a clause that items abandoned in the premises belong to the landlord. Even if it doesn't, you need to explain why landlord was responsible for bailing your property without his knowledge or consent for three years. And then, you need... View More

So, the Landlord can make use of the Failure to Pay Rent statute, but you can make use of the stay of eviction offered by Governor Hogan's state of emergency to prevent you actually getting evicted.

That's a tricky one. If there was a modification of the agreement, even orally, it can be enforceable, but the burden of proof would be on you to show that there was a) an offer to rescind the lease, b) that you accepted the offer and c) that there was some consideration (ie value) that would... View More

Under MD law, a lease survives the sale of the property (with one or 2 exceptions). So, if you have a lease that is good until 4/21, the Landlord cannot really give you a notice of termination (unless you have breached the lease in a major way, such as smoking in a non-smoking house, etc.)... View More

So, the short answer is: no, but...

When you rent a place, it is assumed that there will be normal wear-and-tear. If the carpet was old and stained when you moved in and just proceeded along that path, then it would not be fair to withhold for that.

If the carpet was in good... View More

Yes, the deal is dead, as she did not accept your offer to lease, but made a counter-offer on different terms. You need to decline her counter-offer and state in writing that the original offer to lease, having been rejected by her by her counter-offer, is no longer being offered and is withdrawn.... View More

That sounds very frustrating.

Unfortunately, there is not a rule about replacing carpets. The court generally assumes that you have reviewed the premises prior to rental and were good with the condition. That being said, you can definitely try to pressure the Landlord (LL) into making... View More

That sounds very frustrating. This is actually a fairly common scheme. I imagine someone offered you to rent the house, showed it to you, got you to sign a lease and collected rent. Then, when the real owner showed up, you realized that you were scammed.

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Yes, your Landlord (LL) can certainly do that.

However, the LL cannot evict you without a court order. What would need to happen would be the LL filing a Tenant Holding Over action (THOA) where the LL ask the Court to rule that you were given proper notice and failed to leave. After that,... View More

It depends on what exactly the libel, fraud, and intimidation were, what the surrounding circumstances were, and what damages you incurred.

If your landlord has twice obtained judgments for nonpayment of rent in the preceding 12 months before this last time they filed (in Baltimore City it's 4 prior judgments; in Baltimore County, PG and Howard it's 3 prior judgments), then you lose your right to redeem the property and... View More

If the LL refuses to fix the leak, then you would have to take the route of rent escrow. Which requires that you file an action with the court which then forces the LL to fix the issue. You will file in District Court in your nephews county.

They are “tenants holding over” in the eyes of the law, and while they do not have legal “rights” to the premises, you cannot use self-help means to remove them. By law, you must file in landlord tenant court to evict. Only the Sheriff armed with a writ of possession can forcibly remove... View More

You can start a rent escrow action, pay your rent into court, and he can't get the money until he fixes all the problems, and then the court decides how much of the rent he gets to have and how much you get refunded back for having to live under such conditions. here is a link to the court... View More

Forget the small claim action, unless you pay out of pocket to have the bird removed. Document your complaints in writing to the landlord and demands to address the two outstanding issues. If they do not respond reasonably quickly, file a rent escrow action in the district court. A rent escrow... View More

I doubt your HOA documents provide that unanimous consent of all homeowners is required before they can take any actions. However, that does not mean they can necessarily act with impunity or infringe on privacy rights. Your HOA is made up of you and your fellow owners. You elect the Board who... View More