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Pages on People's Law have been changed to reflect changes in the law that recently went into effect.

House Bill 72 prohibits the Motor Vehicle Adminsitration from from renewing the driver's license, renewing a vehicle registration, or transferring a vehicle registration of an applicant who has not paid all Undisputed Taxes and/or Unemployment Insurance Contributions. This topic is covered in "Driving a Car in Maryland." Read more about this law.

House Bill 776 makes it so that foreclosure purchasers of residential properties do not have a right to collect rent from tenants until they contact tenants letting them know that the property has been foreclosed on and has a new owner.This topic is covered on the Landlord/Tenant page "Foreclosure of the Property." The law went into effect July 1.

House Bill 801 requires the court to ensure the rights of victims are respected and gives victims of violent crimes the right to petition the court for resititution when the court has denied resititution or failed to consider restitution. This topic is covered on the Criminal Law page "Your Rights as a Victim of Violent Crime." The law went into effect June 1.

Senate Bill 205/House Bill 366 requires that a foreclosing party must have an affidavit as to accuracy of information in an order to docket or a complaint . Another related law is Senate Bill 450/House Bill 412. Under this law, if a lender loses the note and wishes to foreclose on a property, the court will not accept lost note affidavit unless affidavit says why note is lost and what they tried to do to get it. This topic is covered in "Review of Recent Foreclosure Laws and Regulations."