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Military Personnel Liability

(Maryland Code, Real Property, Sec. 8-212.1)

If a person on active duty with the United States military services enters into a residential lease and subsequently receives a temporary duty order for a period exceeding 3 months or an order for permanent change of station, that person's liability for rent under a lease will not exceed: 

  1. 30 days rent after written notice and proof of the assignment is given to the landlord; and 

  2. the cost of repairing any damage to the premises caused by an act or omission of the tenant.

Last date legally reviewed: April, 2001 - BNI

Source: Baltimore Neighborhoods (BNI) - See main Landlord Tenant section for more information on BNI.

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