Maryland Legislature Considers Bill To Require Information As To “Potential”...
House Bill 23, now before the Maryland General Assembly, would require information concerning “potential” special assessments to be included in resale contracts for both condominium units and...
View ArticleBill In Maryland General Assembly Would Preclude Lien Foreclosures From...
A bill now pending in the Maryland Legislature would prevent condominium’s, cooperative housing corporations, and homeowner associations from including in a lien foreclosure action amounts due for...
View ArticleMaryland Legislature Considers Requirements For Foreclosure of Liens By...
House Bill 811, now pending before the Maryland General Assembly, would establish new notice requirements before a condominium, cooperative housing corporation or homeowner association would be able to...
View ArticleMaryland Legislature Considers Limits On Attorney’s Fees Charged To Homeowners
Legislation pending in the Maryland General Assembly would limit attorney’s fees recoverable by condominiums from unit owners, and by homeowners associations from lot owners, in connection with...
View ArticleLegislature Considers Extending Maryland Solar Grant Program To Condominiums,...
Senate Bill 136, now pending in the Maryland General Assembly, would make condominiums, cooperative housing corporations, and homeowners associations eligible to receive grants from the Maryland Solar...
View ArticleMaryland Senate Versions of House Bills
The following are Maryland General Assembly Senate versions of House bills discussed in previous posts: Licensing and regulation of property managers – SB 794 Precluding limits on causes of action – SB...
View ArticleLegislature Considers Amendments To Provisions For Termination Of Developer...
Senate Bill 162, now pending in the Maryland General Assembly, would change the current provisions applicable to the rights of condominiums and homeowners associations to terminate contracts that were...
View ArticleMaryland House Passes Bill To License And Regulate Property Managers
By a vote of 103 – 35, the Maryland House of Delegates has passed HB 576, which would establish a new regulatory agency for the licensing of community managers of condominiums, cooperative housing...
View ArticleMaryland House And Senate Pass Differing Versions of Bills Precluding Lien...
Bills passed in the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate would limit lien foreclosures to claims for delinquent assessments only, and would preclude foreclosure actions based fines and related fees...
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Maryland Senate Passes Amendment To Provisions For Termiantion Of Developer...
By a vote of 37 – 7, the Maryland Senate passed SB 162, which provides for amendments to the current provisions applicable to the rights of condominiums and homeowners associations to terminate...
View ArticleMaryland Senate and House Both Have Bills To Limit Collection Of Attorney...
Bills introduced late in both houses of the Maryland General Assembly would limit the rights of condominiums and homeowners associations to recover attorney’s fees from homeowners. Senate Bill 1062...
View ArticleMaryland General Assembly Passes Limits On Lien Foreclosures
The Maryland General Assembly has passed amendments to the Maryland Contract Lien Act that effect the foreclosure of liens by condominiums and homeowners associations. The changes to Section 14-204 of...
View ArticleMaryland Governor Signs Bill Requiring Liens To Be Based Only Deliquent...
Governor Martin O’Malley has signed into law legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly that amends the Maryland Contract Lien Act as it relates to the foreclosure of liens by condominiums and...
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Bill To License And Regulate Property Managers Fails In Maryland General...
A bill to license and regulate property managers that had passed in the Maryland House of Delegates died in committee in the Maryland Senate. By a vote of 103 – 35, the House had passed HB 576, which...
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Bill To Expand Rights To Terminate Developer Contracts Fails in Maryland House
The Maryland House of Delegates did not vote on a Senate bill that would have changed the current provisions applicable to the rights of condominiums and homeowners associations to terminate contracts...
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New Maryland Law Limiting Liens And Related Fees And Charges Takes Effect...
An amendment to the Maryland Contract Lien Act, as it relates to the foreclosure of liens by condominiums and homeowners associations, takes effect on Tuesday, October 1, 2013. The new law modifies...
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Maryland Court Of Appeals Affirms Exclusion of “Differential Diagnosis” In...
The Maryland Court of Appeals has affirmed a decsion of the Court of Special Appeals ruling that certain expert testimony is not admissible to support medical clams arising from exposure to mold and...
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More On The New Law Limiting The Basis For Lien Foreclosure
I have received some questions regarding the new law, which took effect on October 1, 2013, that limits the basis for foreclosure of a lien on a condominium unit by the council of unit owners and...
View ArticleMaryland General Assembly To Again Consider Licensing and Regulation of...
As occurred previously in the most recent legislative sessions, bills have been filled in the 2014 Maryland General Assembly that propose to establish provisions for the licensing and regulation of...
View ArticleProposed Maryland Legislation Would Require HOA Disclosure Statements and...
Legislation pending the the Maryland General Assembly would require Homeowners Associations to provide information needed by a lot owner in connection with a pending re-sale of their home. House Bill...
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