Maryland Statutes
Title 8 - Landlord and Tenant
Subtitle 3 - Distress for Rent

Section 8-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 8-302 - Action at Law; Jurisdiction; Leases Subject to Distress; Venue - (a) Distress for rent is an action at law and...

Section 8-303 - Form and Contents of Petition; Service - (a) An action of distress shall be brought by the...

Section 8-304 - Show-Cause Order - (a) When an action of distress is filed, the clerk...

Section 8-305 - Order of Levy; Service of Petition and Order; Inventory; Return; Amended Levy and Inventory - (a) On a determination of reasonable probability, the court promptly...

Section 8-306 - Goods Levied On; Exclusions From Levy - (a) The levy under an action of distress shall be...

Section 8-307 - Exemptions From Levy; Goods Subject to Security Interest - (a) The following are exempt from distress: (1) Hand-powered and...

Section 8-308 - Levied Goods in Court - Goods levied on under distress shall be held in custodia...

Section 8-309 - Entry Under Levy; Forcible Entry; Time of Levy - (a) In making levy under an action of distress, no...

Section 8-310 - Removal of Levied Goods; Bond - On petition of any plaintiff in distress and a showing...

Section 8-311 - Levy on Goods of Third Person; Finality of Levy; Removal of Excluded Goods - (a) Within seven days after the levy, any person who...

Section 8-312 - Effect of Levy on Title to Goods; Risk of Loss of Levied Goods - (a) Levy on goods under distress does not affect or...

Section 8-313 - Expense of Removing Goods; Liability for Removal of Goods Affixed to the Property - (a) The expense of removal of any goods from the...

Section 8-314 - Answer to Petition; Hearing; Final Order of Sale - (a) The defendant in an action of distress may file...

Section 8-315 - Order to Follow Removed Goods; Goods in Another Jurisdiction; Entry Under Order to Follow Goods - (a) If a tenant removes the tenant’s goods from the...

Section 8-316 - Bond for Return of Levied Goods; Order to Release Goods - (a) Any person whose goods are levied on or seized...

Section 8-317 - Order to Make Forcible Entry After Levy on Goods - If goods are levied on under distress and remain on...

Section 8-318 - Notice of Sale - (a) Notice of sale of goods under an action of...

Section 8-319 - Manner of Sale; Removal for Sale - Sales under distress shall be held only at public auction....

Section 8-320 - Disposition of Unsold Goods; Surplus Proceeds of Sale; Order in Which Goods to Be Sold - (a) Only those goods necessary to satisfy the claim for...

Section 8-321 - Security for Costs - The officer may require a plaintiff to indemnify the officer...

Section 8-322 - Costs - (a) (1) The costs charged in actions of distress shall...

Section 8-323 - Rights of Third Party When Goods Sold Under Distress - If the goods of a third party are distrained on...

Section 8-324 - Termination of Leases; Possession of Premises - (a) If the plaintiff in an action of distress makes...

Section 8-325 - Deficiency Judgment; Hearing; Exemptions - (a) If the amount received from a sale of goods...

Section 8-326 - Levy on Goods of Husband and Wife - In a lease naming either husband or wife as tenant,...

Section 8-327 - Amendment of Petition or Other Pleading - A petition for distress, and any other petition or pleading...

Section 8-328 - Death of Tenant; Corporate Tenant Ceasing to Exist; Order Requiring Posting of Copy of Petition - (a) If a tenant under a lease dies, or, if...

Section 8-329 - Assignment of Leases; Liability of Assignee - (a) If a lease for more than three months is...

Section 8-330 - Service of Process - Service of all process by the court following service of...

Section 8-331 - Stay When Notice Not Received - If the court finds that any notice required under this...

Section 8-332 - Right to Appeal; Time for Taking; Trial; Stays - (a) Any aggrieved party may appeal from any final order...