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When is rental registration or license renewal due in Baltimore City?
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Register non-owner-occupied dwellings: within 10 days of transfer and every January 1
When: Every year by January 1
File a registration statement with the Housing Commissioner for every non-owner-occupied dwelling within 10 days after acquiring it and every January 1 thereafter.
"requires every owner of a non-owner occupied dwelling unit, "whether occupied or vacant, whether it is producing revenue or not producing revenue, whether habitable or not habitable," to file a registration statement with the Housing Commissioner." baltimorecity.gov
"This must be done within 10 days of any transfer of the property and every January 1st thereafter." baltimorecity.gov
Register non-owner-occupied dwellings: within 10 days of transfer and every January 1 Verified
Deadline: Every year by January 1
File a registration statement with the Housing Commissioner for every non-owner-occupied dwelling within 10 days after acquiring it and every January 1 thereafter.
Who it covers: Every non-owner-occupied dwelling unit, occupied or vacant. Baltimore City Code Art. 13, Subtitle 4.
"requires every owner of a non-owner occupied dwelling unit, "whether occupied or vacant, whether it is producing revenue or not producing revenue, whether habitable or not habitable," to file a registration statement with the Housing Commissioner." baltimorecity.gov
"This must be done within 10 days of any transfer of the property and every January 1st thereafter." baltimorecity.gov
Notes: Adds to MD state law. Fee amounts for dwellings not captured.
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