EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
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SENATE BILL 1181
N1 4lr3530
By: Senator Jennings
Introduced and read first time: February 20, 2024
Assigned to: Rules
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Real Property – Recovery of Possession – Filing of Sworn Affidavit 2
FOR the purpose of requiring the District Court to issue, and a sheriff to immediately 3
execute, a warrant for possession of a property to return a property to a person that 4
has submitted a sworn affidavit stating that a person is unlawfully in possession of 5
the property; and generally relating to actions for repossession of real property. 6
BY adding to 7
Article – Real Property 8
Section 14–132.1 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2023 Replacement Volume) 11
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
Article – Real Property 14
14–132.1. 15
(A) A PERSON CLAIMING POSS ESSION OF A PROPERTY UNDER LAW MAY 16
SUBMIT A SWORN AFFID AVIT TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE COUNTY I N WHICH 17
THE PROPERTY IS LOCA TED STATING THAT THE PERSON IN POSSESSION OF THE 18
PROPERTY IS UNLAWFULLY ON THE PROPERTY. 19
(B) ON RECEIPT OF AN AFFI DAVIT SUBMITTED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF 20
THIS SECTION, THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL ISSUE A WARRAN T TO THE SHERIFF , 21
WHO SHALL PROCEED IM MEDIATELY TO EXECUTE THE WARRANT AND RETURN 22
POSSESSION OF THE PR OPERTY TO THE PERSON CLAIMING POSSESSION . 23
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 1
October 1, 2024. 2