Government Affairs Legislative Updates
Maryland State Laws Effective July 1, 2025
Effective July 1, 2025, all residential leases must include the "Tenants' Bill of Rights".
Please ensure that you are in compliance with Maryland State Law and include the Tenants' Bill of Rights in your residential leases.
For The Department of Housing and Community Development's webpage on the Tenants' Bill of Rights, which include 18 language editions of this document, click here.
Effective July 1, 2025, landlords must include an MDE written mold pamphlet, or provide the EPA's "Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and your Home". Landlords are required to complete a mold inspection within 15 days of receiving written notice from a tenant, and mold remediation within 45 days of inspection if mold is found within a leased unit.
An online version of the EPA's document can be found here.
2025 Maryland Land Records Fee
After months of negotiations between Maryland REALTORS and other stakeholders and the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, the $0.20 fee per page proposal has been paused.
This fee was set forth in the FY2026 budget and would have set tier subscriptions for SDAT and State Archives database users. However, after questions about implementation, and feasibility, this proposed fee will not be implemented this year and new alternatives to gather revenues is to be explored in the future.
Confusion arose when it was revealed that the $0.20 fee would raise nearly $20 million in revenues, well above the required $12 million that was advertised for this fee program. Also, this $0.20 fee far exceeds our neighboring states' page fees from their State Archives.
Read the full report from Maryland REALTORS here.