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  • 03-25-2019, 03:06 AM
    mzu2006
    How to Access Lanlord-Tenant Court Records
    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Maryland

    I am a long distance landlord of a small property in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, MD. I hired a property management company to manage the property in my absence. At one point, 2+ month ago a tenant did not pay his rent.There was some delay on my part with instructing the management company to file for non-payment, but it was filed Jan 2X. The court date was set to Feb2X, and according to the property management company the hearing went well.

    However, when I accessed MD Court Records (using Maryland Judiciary case search), I was not able to find any judgement. When I requested the management company for the case#, they said the lawyer did not provide it to them. Now, they are claiming it will take another month to evict the tenant. I am suspicious.
    The court site says it takes 5 days from the date of filing to the court date, if successful 1 week to wait for a possible appeal, 1 week to obtain a restitution warrant and then some unspecified time to wait for the sheriff to evict.

    My understanding is that they should have filed to Rockville District court. Questions:
    1. Is the timeline: 4 weeks from filing to the court date and another 2 month after that to evict normal?
    2. Are the landlord-tenant records a part of records available online through Maryland Judiciary case search?
    3. If not, how do I access them?
  • 03-25-2019, 04:07 AM
    adjusterjack
    Re: How to Access Lanlord-Tenant Court Records Montgomery County Md
    You're the second absentee landlord this weekend who is having tenant and property management problems. The other guy lost almost $20,000 in rents and damage due to the property manager's mishandling.

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    1. Is the timeline: 4 weeks from filing to the court date and another 2 month after that to evict normal?
    Hard to say. It shouldn't be. In states that are tenant friendly a savvy tenant can often delay eviction for months. In landlord friendly states could be as little as a couple of weeks. Add an incompetent property manager into the mix and it's anybody's guess.

    The following guide from Gaithersburg provides a time line for eviction starting on Page 10:

    https://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/Home/...cument?id=3060

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    2. Are the landlord-tenant records a part of records available online through Maryland Judiciary case search?
    If you ran a name search at:

    http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us...Disclaimer.jis

    and nothing came up, it either wasn't filed or that kind of case doesn't make it to the online docket.

    Or the property manager may be lying to you.

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    3. If not, how do I access them?
    You might call the court and ask the clerk to search for the case.

    If you don't trust your property manager, you might have to hire a local private investigator to check things out for you.

    Maybe it's time you sold the property. You've had it about 2 years now. You ought to break even or make a few bucks on it once you get rid of the tenant and the property manager.
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