Section 101 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8A-101. Definitions.
 

(a)  In general.- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Gratuity.- "Gratuity" includes donation, bonus, fee, or gift. 

(c)  Mobile home.-  

(1) "Mobile home" means a structure: 

(i) Transportable in one or more sections; 

(ii) 8 or more body feet in width and 30 or more body feet in length; 

(iii) Built on a permanent chassis; and 

(iv) Designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities. 

(2) "Mobile home" includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure. 

(d)  Park.- "Park" means any property leased or held out for lease to two or more residents or prospective residents. 

(e)  Park fee.- "Park fee" means any fee, charge, or assessment charged for the use of the park or for services rendered. 

(f)  Park owner.- "Park owner" means any person who has interest in the park and includes any person acting as the agent of a park owner as to the managerial or operations acts taken as the agent of the owner. 

(g)  Premises.- "Premises" means any: 

(1) Lot, plot, site, or parcel in the park; or 

(2) Building, structure, or mobile home in the park. 

(h)  Rent.- "Rent" means any money or other consideration given for the right of use, possession, and occupancy of the premises. 

(i)  Rental agreement.- "Rental agreement" means any written understanding between a resident and park owner whereby the resident is entitled to place his mobile home on a site in the park for payment of consideration to the park owner. 

(j)  Resident.-  

(1) "Resident" means a mobile home owner who leases or rents a site for residential use and resides in a mobile home park. 

(2) "Resident" includes a person who maintains a permanent residence with the mobile home owner, and who obtains title to the mobile home after the death of the owner under the terms of a will or by operation of law. 

(k)  Rule.- "Rule" means any rule established by the owner. 

(l)  Security deposit.- "Security deposit" means any payment of money, including payment of last month's rent in advance of the time it is due, given to a park owner by a resident in order to protect the park owner against nonpayment of rent or damage to the leased premises. 

(m)  Utility service.- "Utility service" means any service available to the premises from a private or public central source. Such services may include sewer, water, electricity, telephone, gas, oil, and cable television. 
 

[1976, ch. 479; 1977, ch. 532; 1980, ch. 843, § 3; 1991, ch. 600; 1994, ch. 582; 2009, ch. 60, § 5; 2010, ch. 400.]