Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 3 - Distress for Rent
Section 8-302 - Action at Law; Jurisdiction; Leases Subject to Distress; Venue

(a)    Distress for rent is an action at law and shall be brought as provided in this section.
    (b)    Original jurisdiction in a case of distress for rent is vested exclusively in the District Court regardless of the amount of rent for which distress is brought, notwithstanding any limitation imposed by law on the civil monetary jurisdiction of such court.
    (c)    An action of distress may be brought only for unpaid rent under a written lease for a term of more than three months, or under a tenancy at will or a periodic tenancy that has continued more than three months.
    (d)    An action of distress shall be brought in the county where the leased premises lie.
    (e)    A party to an action of distress brought in the District Court under this section may demand a trial by jury in accordance with Subtitle 6 of this article.

Structure Maryland Statutes

Maryland Statutes

Real Property

Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant

Subtitle 3 - Distress for Rent

Section 8-301 - Definitions

Section 8-302 - Action at Law; Jurisdiction; Leases Subject to Distress; Venue

Section 8-303 - Form and Contents of Petition; Service

Section 8-304 - Show-Cause Order

Section 8-305 - Order of Levy; Service of Petition and Order; Inventory; Return; Amended Levy and Inventory

Section 8-306 - Goods Levied On; Exclusions From Levy

Section 8-307 - Exemptions From Levy; Goods Subject to Security Interest

Section 8-308 - Levied Goods in Court

Section 8-309 - Entry Under Levy; Forcible Entry; Time of Levy

Section 8-310 - Removal of Levied Goods; Bond

Section 8-311 - Levy on Goods of Third Person; Finality of Levy; Removal of Excluded Goods

Section 8-312 - Effect of Levy on Title to Goods; Risk of Loss of Levied Goods

Section 8-313 - Expense of Removing Goods; Liability for Removal of Goods Affixed to the Property

Section 8-314 - Answer to Petition; Hearing; Final Order of Sale

Section 8-315 - Order to Follow Removed Goods; Goods in Another Jurisdiction; Entry Under Order to Follow Goods

Section 8-316 - Bond for Return of Levied Goods; Order to Release Goods

Section 8-317 - Order to Make Forcible Entry After Levy on Goods

Section 8-318 - Notice of Sale

Section 8-319 - Manner of Sale; Removal for Sale

Section 8-320 - Disposition of Unsold Goods; Surplus Proceeds of Sale; Order in Which Goods to Be Sold

Section 8-321 - Security for Costs

Section 8-322 - Costs

Section 8-323 - Rights of Third Party When Goods Sold Under Distress

Section 8-324 - Termination of Leases; Possession of Premises

Section 8-325 - Deficiency Judgment; Hearing; Exemptions

Section 8-326 - Levy on Goods of Husband and Wife

Section 8-327 - Amendment of Petition or Other Pleading

Section 8-328 - Death of Tenant; Corporate Tenant Ceasing to Exist; Order Requiring Posting of Copy of Petition

Section 8-329 - Assignment of Leases; Liability of Assignee

Section 8-330 - Service of Process

Section 8-331 - Stay When Notice Not Received

Section 8-332 - Right to Appeal; Time for Taking; Trial; Stays