Section 14-208 – Failure of Person in Emergency Management Service or Person Suffering Injury or Damage to Appear
(a) (1) Before a court enters judgment in a proceeding in any court in which the defendant fails to appear: (i) the plaintiff shall file in the court an affidavit that sets forth facts that show that the defendant is not a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage; or (ii) if the plaintiff is […]
Section 14-305 – Cooperation Among State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
(a) If the Governor proclaims that a state of emergency exists, each law enforcement agency, fire company, or rescue squad of the State, a county, or municipal corporation shall: (1) cooperate in any manner requested by the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative; and (2) subject to subsection (b) of this section, allow the use of its equipment, […]
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 14-116 – Continuity Planning for Emergencies — Government Functions Plans
(a) In this section, “principal department” means a principal department of the Executive Branch of State Government established in § 8–201 of the State Government Article. (b) (1) Each principal department shall: (i) develop a continuity of operations plan to maintain department operations if an emergency or other crisis disrupts normal operations; (ii) annually update the continuity of operations plan; […]
Section 14-117
(a) (1) This subsection applies only when the Governor or the head of a unit authorizes an emergency procurement during a state of emergency in order to prepare for or address the state of emergency under: (i) § 14–106(b)(3) of this subtitle; (ii) § 13–108(a) of the State Finance and Procurement Article; or (iii) any other law that grants the […]