Maryland park sale — resident rights
Maryland gives residents notice plus good-faith negotiation when a manufactured home park is sold. This page is the resident side of that law: what triggers it, who must be told, the exact clocks, and how a purchase actually gets organized — computed from the national survey of state purchase laws and the statute it cites.
Trigger: Owner conditionally accepts an offer to sell the community; acceptance is conditioned on giving homeowners notice and a purchase opportunity. The notice must state the price and material terms of the conditionally accepted offer, with copies of supporting documents
Who must be told: Each homeowner in the community; the Department of Housing and Community Development; and the appropriate housing agency
Who can act: Homeowners in the community
| Step | Clock | What the statute says |
|---|---|---|
| make your offer | 60 days from the owner’s notice | Residents have 60 days to make an offer containing substantially similar material terms to the conditionally accepted offer. The owner must consider the residents' offer in good faith; there is no right of first refusal. |
| get financing and close | 165 days from the owner’s notice | If the owner and homeowners reach a sale agreement, homeowners have up to 105 days to obtain financing and close, unless the parties agree to a different period. |
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Assigning the right: Whether the right can be assigned was not stated in the national survey summary — confirm with a local attorney or the state housing agency before counting on it.
No right of first refusal — good-faith consideration only. The 105-day financing/closing period runs from a sale agreement, not from the original notice, so no single total window from the trigger is stated — totalWindowDays is null. Major exception: the law does not apply if the purchaser records an affidavit to keep the land as a manufactured home community for 5 years and cap rent increases at 10% per year for 3 years.
Park sold or closing anywhere else? The Park-Sold Deadline Checker covers all 22 purchase-law states, and the guides hub links every state's park-law and title pages.
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Rule: Md. Real Prop. Code §§ 8A-1801 through 8A-1806. Source: National Consumer Law Center, Summary of State Manufactured Home Community Purchase Laws (September 2026).
Verified October 2026. State data verified October 2026 — re-checked quarterly.
General information about how the process works in your state — not legal advice. For a contested eviction, a park-sale fight, or a title dispute with a lienholder, a local attorney or legal-aid office is the next step.