Section 14-209 – Fines or Penalties for Nonperformance of Contracts
(a) If an action for compliance with the terms of a contract is stayed under this subtitle, a fine or penalty does not accrue because of failure to comply with the terms of the contract during the period of the stay. (b) A court may provide relief against the enforcement of a fine or penalty for nonperformance […]
Section 14-210 – Stay of Execution of Judgment or Order; Vacation or Stay of Attachment or Garnishment
(a) In a proceeding in a court against a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage: (1) on its own initiative the court may: (i) stay the execution of a judgment or order entered against the person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage; and (ii) vacate or stay an attachment or […]
Section 14-211 – Period and Terms of Stay of Action, Proceeding, Attachment, or Execution
(a) Except as otherwise provided, a court under this subtitle may stay an action, proceeding, attachment, or execution: (1) for all or part of the period during which a person is, and for 3 months after the person ceased to be, a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage; and (2) subject to the […]
Section 14-212 – Eviction or Distress
(a) Except by order of court in a proceeding affecting the right of possession, an action for eviction or distress may not be brought against a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage if: (1) the rent for the premises does not exceed $150 per month; and (2) the premises are occupied for dwelling […]
Section 14-213 – Installment Contracts for Purchase of Property or of Lease or Bailment
(a) (1) For nonpayment of an installment due under a contract for the purchase of real or personal property or a contract of lease or bailment with the option to purchase the property, a person or the person’s assignee may not exercise a right or option under the contract to rescind or terminate the contract or resume […]
Section 14-214 – Mortgages
(a) This section applies only to an obligation that: (1) is on real or personal property that is owned by a person when the person becomes a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage; (2) originates before the person became a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage; and (3) is […]
Section 14-215 – Stay of Proceedings for Repossession or Sale of Motor Vehicle or Tractor
(a) Except if a court finds that 50% or more of the purchase price of a motor vehicle, tractor, or the accessories of a motor vehicle or tractor has been paid, a court may not stay a proceeding to resume possession of or to order the sale of a motor vehicle, tractor, or the accessories of […]
Section 14-216 – Real Property Taxes
(a) This section applies to real property: (1) on which general or special taxes or assessments fall due but are not paid during the period a person is a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage; and (2) that: (i) is owned and occupied as a dwelling or for agricultural or business purposes by the […]
Section 14-217 – Income Taxes
(a) (1) If a person’s ability to pay income tax is materially impaired because the person is a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage, the collection of income tax from that person that was due before the person became, or that falls due during the period that the person is, a person […]
Section 14-218 – Prohibited Acts; Penalty
(a) A person may not make or use an affidavit required under § 14-208 of this subtitle if the person knows the affidavit is false. (b) A person may not knowingly participate in an eviction or distress in a manner other than in accordance with § 14-212 of this subtitle. (c) A person may not knowingly resume possession […]