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Maryland DC-CV-115 notice of intent
Download the official Maryland Courts DC-CV-115 Notice of Intent to File a Complaint for Summary Ejectment (Failure to Pay Rent), bundled unaltered with three editable PublicLegal Word companions for instructions, delivery records, and mailing preparation. The court form is the easy part. Maryland rent cases are routinely dismissed over a missing rental license, an unregistered pre-1978 property, or a mistimed 10-day notice — the companions walk you through each filing gate so the notice you serve actually holds up.
This Maryland failure-to-pay-rent packet helps document the official 10-day notice of intent, rent and lease-authorized late fees claimed, statutory delivery method, tenant cure period, local licensing and lead-registration checks, and records a landlord should keep before deciding whether a District Court summary-ejectment filing is the next step.
The packet leads with the unaltered Judiciary DC-CV-115 PDF, then adds editable instructions, service/delivery records, and envelope support for the license, lead-registration, delivery-proof, amount, and 10-day timing issues that can derail a later rent case.
This product includes four files in packet order: the official Maryland Courts DC-CV-115 PDF, Maryland Notice of Intent Instructions in Word, Notice Service and Delivery Record in Word, and a #10 Mailing Envelope in Word.
Self-help notice overview
A Maryland DC-CV-115 Notice of Intent to File a Complaint for Summary Ejectment helps document the 10-day prefiling notice required before a residential failure-to-pay-rent complaint under Md. Code, Real Property § 8-401(c). The Judiciary notice remains an official PDF; the PublicLegal companions are editable Word guidance and record tools.
This product is not a generic notice to quit, notice to vacate, or eviction notice. The detailed Maryland notes below cover the official form requirement, statutory delivery methods, 10-day cure period, court-filing sequence, rental-license and lead-registration gates, redemption rights, and local/federal overlay cautions.
This page highlights the current downloadable four-file Maryland packet: the official Maryland Courts DC-CV-115 PDF plus editable PublicLegal instructions, service/delivery record, and #10 envelope. The state-specific guidance below explains the § 8-401(c) prefiling notice, official-form requirement, first-class-mail/door/electronic delivery options, rent-and-late-fee amount limits, filing gates, and no-self-help considerations before checkout.
The complete notice form is available immediately after checkout. Use the state-specific guidance below to understand timing, service, and next-step considerations before you complete and serve the notice.
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Primary sources are linked for self-help research. Confirm the lease, rental ledger, local rental-license requirements, Baltimore City or other local rules, subsidized or federally backed housing overlays, tenant electronic-notice election, and current District Court practice before serving or filing.
Quick answer
Use this Maryland packet for the official DC-CV-115 Notice of Intent to File a Complaint for Summary Ejectment (Failure to Pay Rent) under Md. Code, Real Property § 8-401(c), bundled unaltered with three PublicLegal Word companions for instructions, delivery records, and mailing preparation. It is a 10-day prefiling notice of intent, not a generic Notice to Quit, notice to vacate, or eviction notice.
Maryland Real Property § 8-401(c) requires a landlord to provide written notice of intent before filing a failure-to-pay-rent summary ejectment complaint. The notice must tell the tenant the landlord intends to file in District Court if the tenant does not cure within 10 days after the notice is provided.
Section 8-401(c)(2) requires the written notice to be in a form created by the Maryland Judiciary. This packet leads with the official Maryland Courts DC-CV-115 PDF unaltered; the editable Word files are companion instructions, service/delivery records, and envelope materials, not substitute notices.
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No. This Maryland product is the official DC-CV-115 Notice of Intent to File a Complaint for Summary Ejectment (Failure to Pay Rent) under Md. Code, Real Property § 8-401(c). It is a 10-day prefiling notice of intent, not a generic notice to quit, notice to vacate, or eviction notice.
This product includes four files in packet order: the unaltered official Maryland Courts DC-CV-115 PDF, Maryland Notice of Intent Instructions in editable Word, Notice Service and Delivery Record in editable Word, and a #10 Mailing Envelope in editable Word.
The form is free, and we include it unaltered. What you’re paying for is using it correctly: the companions cover the Maryland filing gates the form doesn’t mention — rental-license and pre-1978 lead-registration requirements, the statutory delivery methods and the proof to keep, how to count the 10 days, and what the later DC-CV-082 court filing requires. Those are the details that get failure-to-pay-rent cases dismissed.
The operative DC-CV-115 notice is not an editable Word form; Maryland requires the notice to be in a form created by the Maryland Judiciary, so this packet provides the official PDF unaltered. The instructions, service/delivery record, and #10 envelope companions are editable Microsoft Word files.
For failure to pay rent, § 8-401(c) gives the tenant 10 days after the written notice is provided to cure before the landlord may file the District Court complaint.
Notice occurs when the form is sent by first-class mail with certificate of mailing, affixed to the premises door, or electronically delivered if the tenant elected email, text message, or tenant-portal notice. Electronic delivery must provide proof of transmission.
Use the official form’s rent and lease-authorized late-fee fields. The form states that the total does not include utilities, services, other fees, fines, or court costs, and the tenant may request a rental ledger.
No. The official form says “THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF EVICTION.” If the tenant does not cure, the landlord may still need to file DC-CV-082, complete court service, attend trial, obtain judgment, and follow warrant-of-restitution and sheriff-supervised eviction procedures before possession can change.
Yes. Local rental licensing, Baltimore City or county-specific requirements, pre-1978 lead-paint registration, subsidized or voucher housing, federally backed housing, rental-assistance facts, Access to Counsel in Evictions, ADR/mediation, and other overlays can affect notice and filing requirements. Check those requirements before serving or filing.
No. ILRG provides self-help legal forms and information, not legal advice. You are responsible for reviewing the completed official PDF, lease, rent ledger, delivery proof, local licensing and notice requirements, federal or subsidized-housing overlays, and Maryland court rules before relying on it.