SENATE BILL 471

Sponsored By:

Senator McFadden

Entitled:

Ground Rents - Actions for Ejectment - Reasonable Efforts to Locate Tenant

Synopsis:

Requiring that a landlord under a ground lease who seeks to serve process in an action for ejectment by posting show by affidavit that the efforts to locate the tenant included a person-search using a recognized national skip-trace database.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action

2/2

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

2/8

Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.

2/27

Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

House Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

COMPUTERS -see also- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC GOVMNT.

EVICTION

INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES -see also- CRIM BCKGRND INVEST.

LANDLORD AND TENANT -see also- EVICTION; LEASES & RENT; etc.

LEASES AND RENT

PROCESS SERVING

Bill affects the following Statute:

Real Property

( 8-402.2 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments: None offered