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New Court Ruling on Registration for Lead Compliance
The Court of Special Appeals of MD recently ruled in Jackson v. The Dackman Company that housing providers who have registered affected properties shall “renew the registration of the affected property on or before Dec. 31 of each year.” MD CODE ANN., ENVIR. § 6-812(a)(1) (2007). The Court held that the “mailbox rule,” a principle that when a document is filed, the filing is deemed to have occurred on the date of the mailing, does not apply. Instead, registration renewal is complete not when a property owner sends the form, but when the form is actually marked as “received” and date-stamped by MDE.
