The officer may require a plaintiff to indemnify the officer for the anticipated costs of sale either in the form of a surety bond or by a certified check payable to the order of the officer in an amount sufficient to pay all expenses of the sale.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 3 - Distress for Rent
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 8-306 - 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 8-316 - 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 8-321 - Security for 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 8-329 - 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