Maryland property management software.
AI-native property management for every US state. Here is the Maryland compliance profile included with Forge -- every value cited to its statute.
Included -- every value cited to its statute.
Each value below is drawn directly from the cited statute and maintained to the best of our ability; it has not been reviewed by an attorney. Fields we could not source are left out rather than guessed. You remain responsible for complying with the current statutes -- verify before you rely on any value here.
Maryland landlord-tenant rules Forge tracks
- Security-deposit return
- Within 45 days of move-out (up to 45 if the lease specifies)
- Maximum security deposit
- 1 month(s) of rent
- Deposit interest
- Interest owed to tenant (see statute for rate)
- Late-fee cap
- Up to 5% of past-due rent
- Rent-increase notice (month-to-month)
- 90 days
- Termination notice (month-to-month)
- 60 days
- Notice before landlord entry
- 24 hours
- Pay-or-quit / cure period
- 10 days
- Manager / broker license
- Generally required to manage for others
Extra protected classes: beyond the federal Fair Housing Act, Maryland also protects marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, military status. Forge's fair-housing checks account for this.
Required lease disclosures
- Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights attachment to every lease/renewal, mandatory since 10/1/2025 (HCD Art. 5-101 to 5-104, RP 8-208)
- MDE lead-paint registration for pre-1978 units, renewed every 2 years by 12/31 (eff. 1/1/2026) (Environment Art. 6-801, 6-803, 6-804)
- Mold disclosure/testing -- test within 15 days of tenant notice, remediate within 45 (2025 Ch. 539/SB 856, eff. 10/1/2025)
- RUBS/ratio utility-billing disclosure (RP 8-208, 8-211, 8-212)
Sources
- RP 8-203(e)(1) (45-day deposit return)
- RP 8-203(b)(1)-(2) (deposit capped at 1 month for leases signed on/after 10/1/2024, 2024 Ch. 124/HB 693; 2 months grandfathered pre-10/1/2024)
- RP 8-208(d)(3)(i) (late fee capped at 5% of unpaid rent, verbatim-confirmed)
- RP 8-209 (rent-increase notice: 90 days for tenancies >1 month, 60 days for >1 week/<=1 month)
- RP 8-402 (60-day landlord termination notice, month-to-month)
- RP 8-221 (24-hour entry notice, 7am-7pm Mon-Sat)
- RP 8-401(c)(1) (10-day cure notice before nonpayment filing, verbatim-confirmed)
- Bus. Occ. & Prof. Art. 17-101 / 17-301 (broker license)
- State Gov't Art. 20-701 / 20-702 (protected classes)
Last reviewed: 2026-07-09
Software assistance, not legal advice.
Forge helps you track deadlines and generate documents, but it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Any statutory values shown are assistive guidance we maintain to the best of our ability; you remain responsible for complying with the current Maryland statutes whether or not our values are correct. Always verify the current statutes and consult a licensed Maryland attorney before acting on a specific situation.
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