Maryland
What Maryland law says about deposits, firings, overtime, collectors and accidents — and where each claim gets filed.
5 guides written for this state
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| claim | free route | statute |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord & tenant a landlord keeping my deposit | — | Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-203 |
| Employment unpaid overtime | The Employment Standards Service at the Division of Labor and Industry takes a claim for problems collecting wages, overtime, tips or pay for leave. The claim form has to carry your signature and reach the Service before any investigation starts, so an unsigned form is not a filed claim.↗ | — |
| Consumer a debt collector harassing me | The Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division takes the complaint and mediates it at no cost. Maryland separately licenses collection agencies through the Office of Financial Regulation, so there are two places a Maryland complaint can land and the licensing one has the sharper tool.↗ | Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-202 |
| Employment being fired for complaining | Your EEOC deadline here is 300 days rather than 180, and the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is the reason: the extension in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) turns on whether a state agency has authority over the same conduct, and here one does. Its own deadline is 300 calendar days as well, counted from the day the discrimination took place. Both clocks end on the same day, and filing with either office is free.↗ | — |
| Injury a car accident | — | Md. Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 5-101 |
free route · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
statute · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
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