Maryland Amends its Real Property Article to Provide Protections to Impacted Government Employees during a Shutdown
Maryland has passed Senate Bill 512, an act relating to protections for government employees during a government shutdown. The provisions of SB 512 are effective immediately.
SB 512 adds Section 7-105.1(b-1) to the Real Property Article of The Annotated Code of Maryland. This new section provides protections for an employee of the federal, state, or local government in the State, in the event of the foreclosure of an owner-occupied residential property of an employee who is involuntarily furloughed without pay due to a government shutdown. The new provisions provide for a stay of a foreclosure action during the period of the employees involuntary furlough. The stay, however, will not extend more than 30 days after the end of the government shutdown without a showing of good cause.
SB 512 also adds Section 8-401(b-1) to the Real Property Article of The Annotated Code of Maryland. Likewise, this section provides for the protection of a tenant who fails to pay rent during a government shutdown where the tenant is an employee of the Federal, State, or local government in the State, and is involuntarily furloughed without pay due to the government shutdown. Under Section 8-401(b-1) a court shall stay a proceeding for repossession of residential property until the end of the government shutdown; such stay shall end no more than 30 days after the end of the government shutdown absent a showing of good cause.
The full text of SB 512 may be found at: https://legiscan.com/MD/text/SB512/2019
Adam Faria, JD, is a regulatory compliance consultant with CLA. He is a graduate of Northeastern University and earned his juris doctor at Suffolk University Law School. He is admitted to the bar in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
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