Section 6-828 - Failure to give notice to owner in compliance. - Maryland Statutes

§ 6-828. Failure to give notice to owner in compliance.
 

(a)  Applicability.- This section applies to an owner of an affected property who has, with respect to the affected property, complied with the applicable requirements of §§ 6-811, 6-812, 6-815, 6-817, and 6-819 of this subtitle, and has sent to the tenant the notices required by §§ 6-820 and 6-823 of this subtitle. 

(b)  In general.- A person may not bring an action against an owner of an affected property for damages arising from alleged injury or loss to a person at risk caused by the ingestion of lead by a person at risk that is first documented by a test for EBL of 25 /gmug/dl or more performed between February 24, 1996 and February 23, 2001, inclusive, or 20 /gmug/dl or more performed between February 24, 2001 and February 23, 2006, inclusive, or 15 /gmug/dl or more performed on or after February 24, 2006, unless the owner has been given: 

(1) Written notice from any person that the elevated blood level of a person at risk is: 

(i) Greater than or equal to 25 /gmug/dl as first documented by a test for EBL performed between February 24, 1996 and February 23, 2001, inclusive; 

(ii) Between February 24, 2001 and February 23, 2006, inclusive, an EBL greater than or equal to 20 /gmug/dl as first documented by a test for EBL performed between February 24, 2001 and February 23, 2006, inclusive; or 

(iii) On or after February 24, 2006, an EBL greater than or equal to 15 /gmug/dl as first documented by a test for EBL performed on or after February 24, 2006; and 

(2) An opportunity to make a qualified offer under § 6-831 of this subtitle. 
 

[1994, ch. 114, § 1; 1997, ch. 616; 2005, ch. 278.]