Walk It Through: Ten Days To Cure
The Judiciary's form, a trial on the fifth day, and redemption before the eviction.
Rent is late, and a notice on a court form is fixed to the door.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One unpaid rent case. The limit on redemption after repeated judgments, appeals and their bond, notice to end a lease that has run out, and the shutdown stay are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Notice of intent to fileThe written notice, on a form the Maryland Judiciary created, that the landlord gives before filing for unpaid rent, saying the landlord will file if the tenant does not cure within 10 days.
- Right of redemptionAfter a judgment for rent, the tenant's right to keep the home by paying everything the court found due plus costs and fees, at any time before the eviction is actually carried out.
- Search warrantA judge's warrant issued on a sworn application establishing probable cause. The search has to be made within 10 calendar days after it is issued.
- SpecialtyA judgment, a bond, or a note or contract under seal, on which an action has 12 years from accrual.
- Warrant of restitutionThe court's warrant putting the landlord back in possession, executed by a sheriff or constable, which can issue only after 7 days pass without the tenant complying with the judgment.