If the tenant(s) agree with the amount, our agent will request judgment be entered in the case. In about 2024 the Court started requesting quid pro quo agreements in most consent judgment cases. This generally results in a "stay." A stay is usually somewhere between 14-45 days (depending on jurisdiction), and during that time the tenant may not be evicted. Even without a stay, most eviction in Maryland won't happen before 30 days. So many times these are inconsequential to the actual eviction date, but it does give the tenant a time frame to try to come up with the amount due.

If the tenant(s) disagree with the amount we will try to review the documents provided by the landlord with the tenant(s). If they continue to disagree we could possibly have a trial, or we may need to request a postponement. If the landlord failed to provide us with the correct or adequate documents for their case, the chance your case could be dismissed or ruled in the tenants favor go up!
If the court grants a postponement, the landlord should be prepared to appear at the next court date. Our service and pricing only covers the FIRST appearance in court. 

In rent court you are only allowed to collect base monthly rent and a late fee not exceeding 5% of the monthly rent currently due for that money 

There are a few additional requirements when filing a case involving Housing Choice Voucher Program (aka Section 8)
1- We must wait 30 days after NOI is sent to the tenant before filing a failure to pay rent notice (See USC Title 24, Part 982, Subsection G)
2- We do not file for more than 1 year of unpaid tenant unpaid rent portion. If you request a filing for more than 1 year, we will adjust the filing to only list 1 year of rent.
3- Your ledger must reflect all payments due & paid by both the HCVP and the tenant.
4- In Baltimore City HCVP cases take place on Thursdays. If the court sets your case in for any other day, we are required to request the case be moved to a HCVP docket.

Yes. The process is very similar to the residential process and usually requires less pretrial paperwork

Any new amounts that come due, you would need to file a SEPERATE case.

Due to a number of factors involving extremely restrictive service laws, the turn around time of rent cases, and our business goals and directives, we DO NOT file money judgments requests.
Rent court is about possession of the property- either the tenant continues to pay to possess the property or they return it to the landlord, either voluntarily or by eviction.

You must have 3 previous judgments (4 in Baltimore City) in the last 12 months before you can request a No Right of Redemption. This means that the tenant does not have the right to "pay and stay." Your No Right of Redemption must be requested BEFORE filing.

If your tenant has moved out the failure to pay rent process is not the right route. You should contact your attorney to see if you are able to file a small claims court action or any other court actions against your former tenant.

You must have your tenants birthday and/or social security number to be able to complete this request. The website used is https://scra.dmdc.osd.mil/scra/#/home

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You can request our Concierge Service! You can find more details about that on our Additional Services page.

The easiest way to contact our staff is via email at admin@rentcourtagent.com.
We can also be contacted via phone at 410-878-2939