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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Law Department)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Eviction Chattels - Foreclosure Chattels
FOR the purpose of deleting certain requirements for certified mail; and clarifying that noncompliance by a landlord or a foreclosure purchaser, as the case may be, with the requirement for notice pending dispossession will cause the court to vacate the warrant of restitution or writ of possession, as the case may be.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 13 - Housing and Urban Renewal
Section(s) 8A-2(c), 8A-3, 8B-2(b), and 8B-3
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Code
Article 13. Housing and Urban Renewal
Subtitle 8A. Eviction Chattels
§ 8A-2. Notice of pending dispossession.
(c) How given.
The notice shall be:
(1) mailed [both by certified mail and] by first-class mail with certificate of mailing at least 14 days before the first scheduled date of execution; and
(2) posted on the premises at least 7 days before the first scheduled date of execution.
(e) Charge for notice.
A landlord may charge the tenant for expenses incurred in providing this notice, up to a maximum of [$10] $5.
§ 8A-3. [Postponing...
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