INSTRUCTIONS FOR GROUND RENT PAYMENT DEMAND NOTICE
1. NOTICE MUST BE SENT NO LESS THAN 60 DAYS BEFORE FILING AN ACTION FOR POSSESSION
2. NOTICE MUST BE SENT TO THE LEASEHOLD TENANT’S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS AS SHOWN IN
THE RECORDS OF SDAT, OR OTHER PLACE OF BUSINESS OR RESIDENCE IF KNOWN, BY FIRST
CLASS MAIL AND CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUEST BY THE GROUND LEASE HOLDER
(WHICH INCLUDES AN AGENT OF THE GROUND LEASE HOLDER)
3. NOTICE MUST BE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FORM AS EXAMPLE PROVIDED
4. IF AUTHORIZED UNDER THE GROUND LEASE, A GROUND LEASE HOLDER MAY BE REIMBURSED
FOR REASONABLE LATE FEES, INTEREST, COLLECTION COSTS, AND EXPENSES NOT EXCEEDING
$100, PROVIDED THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT IS PAID AFTER THE INITIAL NOTICE IS SENT AND
BEFORE A NOTICE IS SENT UNDER SUBSECTION 8‐807(D). AN EXACT EXCERPT FROM THE DEED
MUST BE PROVIDED AS PROOF OF AUTHORIZATION THAT REIMBURSEMENT FOR LATE FEES AND
OTHER INCIDENTAL COSTS ARE PERMISSABLE
5. NOTICE MUST BE IN BOLDFACE TYPE, AT LEAST AS LARGE AS 14 POINT
6. GROUND LEASE MUST BE REGISTERED WITH SDAT UNDER SUBTITLE 8‐704 OF ARTICLE ‐ REAL
PROPERTY OF THE ANNOTATED CODE MARYLAND
7. THE DEBT MAY BE CURED BY A HOLDER OF A SECURED INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY
8. THE GROUND LEASE HOLDER MUST HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO CLAIM POSSESSION FOR
NONPAYMENT OF GROUND RENT
9. THE OUTSTANDING PAYMENT MUST BE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS IN ARREARS
10. GROUND LEASE HOLDER IS ENTITLED TO NOT MORE THAN THREE YEARS BACK RENT THAT MUST
BE CALCULATED FROM THE DATE NOTICE WAS SENT UNDER REAL PROPERTY ARTICLE §8‐
806(c)(1) PLUS THE MONETARY MATTER DESCRIBED IN ITEM 4 OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS IF
SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED IN THE DEED