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Maryland Residential Rental Application

Download the Maryland residential rental application — screens prospective tenants with application-money elections, a standalone screening-report authorization, and the disclosures federal and Maryland law require — in fillable Word and fillable PDF, with the Maryland Completion & Use Guide.

  • Fillable Word + fillable PDF
  • Maryland Completion & Use Guide included
  • Completed sample available
  • Instant secure download

Renting out property in more than one state? This page is the Maryland application — each state's edition is built to its own screening and application-money law.

What's in your Maryland download

Includes the six-page fillable Word and PDF application, Maryland Completion and Use Guide, and federal FCRA Summary of Rights.

Included files

  • Maryland Residential Rental Application Core application — completes on screen in the fillable PDF or in Word, then print and sign Word PDF
  • Maryland Completion & Use Guide Money elections, criteria timing, deadlines, refunds, adverse action, and recordkeeping — editable Word; print-ready PDF Word PDF
  • FCRA Summary of Your Rights (CFPB) The federal consumer-rights summary that ships with every screening package — print-ready PDF PDF

Preview the actual form

The real document — not a mockup. Page 1 of the form included in your download.

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Page 1 of the Maryland Residential Rental Application form
Form PL-MD-RA01 · Page 1 of the actual Maryland document included in your download.

Inside the Maryland application

Every part of the form, in order — the application summary, 17 sections, and the office-use panel.

  • Application summary The reasonable-accommodation contact line, property applied for, requested move-in date, offered rent, and stated security deposit.
  • 1. Application Money Disclosure
  • 2. About You Identity, contact channels, an electronic-notice election with a paper-mail alternative, and identity-document choices (SSN, ITIN, government-issued ID, or a lawful alternative) — no date-of-birth field anywhere on the form.
  • 3. Other Proposed Occupants Household composition with a separate-signed-application election for each person — ages, birth dates, and adult/minor classifications are never collected; every other adult completes and signs a separate application.
  • 4. Pets and Assistance Animals Household pets only; service and assistance animals are handled as fair-housing accommodations, never as pets.
  • 5. Residential History Current and prior addresses, housing payments, owner/manager contacts, and an optional neutral move reason.
  • 6. Employment & Income Employment plus any lawful source of income, with the Maryland source-of-income note.
  • 7. Banking or Asset Verification An optional verification election; the form never collects account numbers.
  • 8. References and Emergency Contact An optional personal reference and an emergency contact that is not used for screening.
  • 9. Vehicle Information Vehicle details where parking is requested.
  • 10. Additional Information An open area for lawful qualification information.
  • 11. Screening Criteria Election
  • 12. Reusable or Portable Tenant-Screening Reports
  • 13. Screening Information and Legal Limits
  • 14. Consumer Report Disclosure How consumer reports are obtained and the adverse-action notice commitment.
  • 15. Privacy, Retention, and Disposal Data-minimization commitments under the FCRA and its Disposal Rule.
  • 16. Applicant Declaration The signed certification of accuracy with a verification-contact authorization; electronic and copied signatures honored.
  • 17. Screening Report Disclosure and Authorization The standalone signed authorization, investigative-report notice, agency identification, free-report-copy election, and the federal Summary-of-Your-Rights package insert.
  • For Office Use Only

About this form

A residential rental application is the landlord's first line of protection: it collects the applicant's identity, household composition, rental history, employment and income, and references, and it carries the disclosures and signed authorizations that make lawful tenant screening possible before a lease is signed.

Maryland requires the application itself to explain signing liability and the § 8-213 fee rule. For covered rentals, fees over $25 trigger actual-cost accounting, a 15-day refund deadline, and possible twice-the-fee damages. Section 1 also records whether the landlord accepts reusable tenant screening reports under § 8-218.

This edition is forward-compliant with the October 1, 2026 Fair Chance Housing Act and subsidized-applicant protections: no pre-offer criminal inquiry for covered landlords, lawful-source and voucher protections, no eviction self-report, and screening authorization that excludes shielded records. The guide explains the effective-date transition and Montgomery County treatment.

100% satisfaction guarantee

ILRG provides self-help legal forms and download support. PublicLegal landlord forms are provided for you to complete with your own property and screening information. Screening rules vary by state and change frequently — the Completion & Use Guide explains the rules in your state and the steps that keep this application within them. If you are not 100 percent satisfied after purchasing from us, contact us for a refund.

Frequently Asked Questions About Maryland Rental Applications

For covered rentals, non-security-deposit fees over $25 permit retention only of actual application expenses; the balance is due within 15 days after occupancy or written notice that no tenancy will occur. Violations may expose the landlord to twice-the-fee damages.

Acceptance is elective, but the landlord must notify prospective tenants whether it accepts them. An accepting landlord given a qualifying report may not charge an application or access fee.

No. It is forward-compliant with Chapter 752’s October 1, 2026 conditional-offer sequence and omits eviction self-reporting while excluding nonpublic and shielded court records.

Lawful sources are protected. Effective October 1, 2026, Chapter 773 restricts financial screening of subsidized applicants and permits affordability testing against only the uncovered rent and utilities portion.

The six-page Maryland application in fillable Word and PDF, Completion & Use Guide, and federal FCRA Summary; a completed Baltimore sample is optional.