Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB200: Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, publish, and maintain a real property flood risk disclosure statement form that includes certain information about a property's flood risk and history; and requiring, beginning July, 1, 2027, a vendor of certain residential real property to provide the purchaser with a completed real property flood risk disclosure statement form before entering into a contract for the sale of the property.
What the bill says
An act concerning Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, publish, and maintain a real property flood risk disclosure statement form that includes certain information about a property's flood risk and history; requiring, beginning on a certain date, a vendor of certain residential real property to provide the purchaser with a completed real property flood risk disclosure statement form before entering into a contract for the sale of the property…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, publish, and maintain a real property flood risk disclosure statement form that includes certain information about a property's flood risk and history; requiring, beginning on a certain date, a vendor of certain residential real property to provide the purchaser with a completed real property flood risk disclosure statement form before entering into a contract for the sale of the property; and generally relating to flood risk disclosures and the sale of residential real property. BY adding to Article - Environment Section 5-810 Annotated Code of Maryland (2013 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Real Property Section 10-716 Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Environment 5-810. (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED. (2) "FEMA ELEVATION CERTIFICATE" MEANS THE CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY THAT CERTIFIES OFFICIAL ELEVATION AND BUILDING DATA FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA IN ORDER TO INFORM FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS. (3) "MODERATE-RISK FLOOD HAZARD AREA" MEANS AN AREA THAT IS: Ch. …