A Maryland 14 Day Notice to Vacate is a legal eviction document delivered to the tenant for demonstrating a clear and present danger or serious harm toward other persons or themselves. There is no option to cure and the tenant must move out of the premises within fourteen (14) calendar days.
When to Use a Maryland 14 Day Notice to Vacate
Use a 14 Day Notice to Vacate to begin the eviction process in Maryland if the tenant demonstrates a clear and imminent danger or serious harm to other persons or themselves.
If the above is not true, use one of the below forms to evict a tenant:
- 10 Day Notice to Quit – If the tenant is late on rent (starting the day after it’s due), either in part or in full.
- 30 Day Notice to Comply or Vacate – If the tenant failed to comply with health/safety rules, violated rules with too many occupants at the premises or any other violations of the lease.
- 60 Day Notice to Vacate – If the landlord or the tenant is terminating a month-to-month lease or a tenancy of less than one (1) year. This letter may also be used for tenants with no written lease that pay rent monthly or for tenants with an expired lease.
How to Write a Maryland 14 Day Notice to Vacate
The Maryland 14 Day Notice to Vacate form shall be completed as follows:
- Write all adult tenants’ names (do not include minors);
- Fill in the complete address of the rental premises;
- Check the box to indicate the tenant threatened or harmed other persons or themselves;
- Include the tenant’s balance due, if applicable;
- Enter the date the tenancy terminates;
- Include the date the notice is served;
- Landlord prints name and signs notice;
- Landlord includes address and phone number.
How to Serve a Maryland 14 Day Notice to Vacate
A landlord can deliver notices in Maryland using any of the below acceptable methods:
- Handing the notice to the tenant in person;
- Handing the notice to a person of suitable age and discretion AND mailing the notice by first class mail with a certificate of mailing;
- Mailing the notice by first class mail with a certificate of mailing;
- Sending the notice electronically, if elected by the tenant in writing, via any of the following: email message, text message or electronic tenant portal.
When sending the notice by first class mail, add three (3) calendar days to the notice period to account for variability in post office delivery times.
Sources
- 1 MD. Real Property Code Ann. § 8-402.1
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The breach of the lease involves behavior by a tenant or a person who is on the property with the tenant’s consent, which demonstrates a clear and imminent danger of the tenant or person doing serious harm to themselves, other tenants, the landlord, the landlord’s property or representatives, or any other person on the property and the landlord has given the tenant or person in possession 14 days’ written notice that the tenant or person in possession is in violation of the lease and the landlord desires to repossess the leased premises; and
The tenant or person in actual possession of the premises refuses to comply.
Source Link - 2 Md. Code, Real Property § 8-401
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Before a landlord may file a complaint under this section, the landlord shall provide to the tenant a written notice of the landlord’s intent to file a claim in the District Court against the tenant to recover possession of the residential premises if the tenant does not cure within 10 days after the written notice is provided to the tenant. (2) The written notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be in a form created by the Maryland Judiciary and notice shall occur when the notice is: Source Link(i) Sent by first-class mail, certificate of mailing; (ii) Affixed to the door of the premises; or (iii) If elected by the tenant, sent by electronic delivery in at least one of the following forms: 1. An e-mail message; 2. A text message; or 3. Through an electronic tenant portal - 3 Maryland Court Rules of Civil Procedure - Rule 1-203
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Additional Time After Service by Mail. Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act or take some proceeding within a prescribed period after service upon the party of a notice or other paper and service is made by mail, three days shall be added to the prescribed period.
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