--- title: "Maryland Landlord Compliance Kit | MCC Solutions" description: "Maryland landlord kit: deposit capped at 1 month of rent, deposit returned within 45 days. Checklists, notice calendar and Excel tracker." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/toolkits/maryland-landlord-compliance-kit" --- Document pack # Maryland Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker The Maryland landlord-tenant rules in one package: deposit capped at 1 month of rent; deposit returned within 45 days; 60-day notice to end month-to-month; 10-day notice for unpaid rent; 24-hour entry notice; $50 eviction filing fee; $5,000 small claims limit. **$19** one time · 14-day full refund · Word and PDF · download link by email Buy now, $19 Free sample 🌙 The desk is asleep. The store never is. Every kit and ebook downloads the moment you pay, day or night. Questions get answered after we open in the morning. [Browse the store](/toolkits) Who it is for Landlords and property managers with rentals in Maryland, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case. Not the right fit if Your rental is outside Maryland: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered. Why it is different - Built only from our Maryland data files, checked November 2026 against 12 official pages, among them Maryland General Assembly: Real Property 8-203 (current statute text); Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development: Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights (effective October 1, 2026); Maryland Courts: Housing Cases; Maryland Courts: Rent Court for Landlords Part 2, I Won in Rent Court, Now What?; Maryland Courts: Housing Cases (legal help); Maryland Courts: Failure to Pay Rent, Information for Landlords and Tenants (DC-CV-082BR, rev. 10/2025). - Every item is confirmed on an official page and linked to it. - The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Maryland notice and deposit dates for you. What is inside - **Start here.** How to use the kit, the 23 confirmed Maryland rules at a glance. - **Maryland landlord rules checklist.** Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: No more than one month's rent per unit, regardless of the number of tenants; up to two months if the tenant qualifies for Department of Human Services utility assistance, the lease has the tenant pay utilities to the landlord, and both agree in writing (8-203(b)); return deadline: Within 45 days after the tenancy ends: the deposit with interest, less damages rightfully withheld (8-203(e)); itemized list of deductions: A written list of damages claimed with itemized costs, sent by first-class mail to the tenant's last known address within 45 days; costs need supporting documents, which may be an estimate, with the final invoice after repairs (8-203(g), (j), (k)); interest on the deposit: Simple interest at the greater of the one-year U.S; where the deposit is held: Within 30 days of receipt, in a federally insured institution doing business in Maryland, in an in-state branch, in an account used only for deposits; or in insured certificates of deposit or government securities (8-203(d)); penalty the law states: Up to three times the amount withheld plus reasonable attorney fees, where the landlord had no reasonable basis (8-203(e)(4)); up to three times any excess charged over the limit (8-203(b)(3)); ending month-to-month (landlord): At least 60 days' written notice; ending month-to-month (tenant): At least 30 days' written notice, unless the lease requires more; rent increase notice: Written notice 90 days before an increase in most cases, unless it comes with a notice ending the tenancy; unpaid rent notice: Written notice at least 10 days before filing for failure to pay rent; entry notice: Written notice at least 24 hours before an inspection or repairs; entry Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., except emergencies; late fee limits: No more than 5% of the late rent amount; on a partial payment, only on the unpaid part; court: Failure to pay rent and other landlord-tenant cases are handled by the District Court; filing fee: $50 for a Failure to Pay Rent complaint in every county but Baltimore City ($60 there), plus $5 for each tenant of record; the amount includes state surcharges; time to answer or appear: No written answer is described; the tenant defends by attending the hearing, and a judgment can be entered against a tenant who doesn't; hearing after filing: The summons sets the Failure to Pay Rent trial for the fifth day after the complaint is filed; the court can postpone it by one day (longer only if all parties agree). - **Move-in and move-out deposit checklist.** A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Maryland's return deadline (within 45 days). - **Notice calendar.** When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules. - **Eviction timeline sheet.** The Maryland case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates. - **Maryland landlord workbook (Excel).** A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Maryland rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance. A look inside ## The first pages, as you will get them [![Page 1 of the Start Here (Maryland Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/maryland-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/maryland-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here [![Page 1 of the Maryland Landlord Rules Checklist (Maryland Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/maryland-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/maryland-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp) First page of Maryland Landlord Rules Checklist Get it ## Maryland Landlord Compliance Kit Or pay with PayPal Uses the email and terms box above. You get the same download link by email. ZIP code (for sales tax) Want every toolkit? The [toolkit membership](/membership) includes all of them, with a lower rate if you pay yearly. Get every update for a year, $29: the [Yearly Updates Pass](/updates-pass?kit=maryland-landlord-compliance-kit) gives you each refreshed edition we release of the kits you own. One payment, no automatic renewal. Delivered as a zip of editable Word files and printable PDFs. For one business, your own use. General information and templates, not legal, tax or accounting advice. General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. The kit describes the rules for both sides of a lease and takes neither side. Cities, counties and the lease can add rules; the official pages linked in the kit have the final word. Payment is handled by Stripe. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. Ways to get it ## Just this kit, or more This kit **$19 one time** Maryland Landlord Kit. Buy this kit Membership **$29 a month** Every kit and document pack in the store, including new ones. Cancel any time. [See the membership](/membership) Questions ## Common questions **What do I get and how is it delivered?** The Maryland Landlord Kit comes as a zip with five documents, each as an editable Word file and a printable PDF: Start Here, Maryland Landlord Rules Checklist, Move-In Move-Out Deposit Checklist, Notice Calendar 2027, and Eviction Timeline Sheet, plus an Excel workbook (Maryland Landlord Workbook). The download link arrives by email after payment. **Will it open on a Mac, Google Sheets or my phone?** The PDFs open in any PDF reader, and the Word files edit in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. The workbook is built for Excel and tested in LibreOffice; it should open in Google Sheets, but not every feature is tested there. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. If it is not right for you, email us within 14 days of buying for a full refund. **Is this legal or tax advice?** General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. **Is it the right fit for me?** It is made for landlords and property managers with rentals in Maryland, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case. Skip it if your rental is outside Maryland: get that state's kit. Free sample ### Try one page first Get a real page or file from this product by email. We send one confirmation email, and no series follows. Also from MCC Solutions [### Month-End Close Workbook A real month-end close in one Excel file. It tells you when a rec does not tie, which variances still need an answer, and when the period is ready to lock. $19](/toolkits/month-end-close-workbook)[### Sales-Channel Profit Tracker Which channel makes you money, and which one only looks busy? 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