AACPLL FAQs > Foreclosure

The following is a list of resources available in the Law Library. It is not exhaustive and is intended only to provide background information for library patrons. 

It should not be regarded as legal advice.

Self-Help Programs: Foreclosure Brief Legal Advice Helpline: 443-808-0076

      Mondays from 1:30 pm to 6:00 pm

      Wednesdays from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm 

Anne Arundel County Public Law Library, MVLS Foreclosure Intake

MARYLAND CODE, RULES & REGULATIONS:

(Also available in library section 3B.)

     MD Code, Real Property, Title 7: Mortgages, Deeds of Trust & Vendor's Liens

• Subtitle 1: Mortgages and Deeds of Trust (Refs & Annos) 
  
• Sales upon default; In General §7–105
• §7–105.1 through §7–105.12
  
• Subtitle 3: Protection of Homeowners in Foreclosure Act
• §7–301-through §7–322
• Subtitle 4: Maryland Mortgage Fraud Protection Act §7-401 through §7-409 
• Subtitle 5: Maryland Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Act §7-501 through §7-510 

     Maryland Rules of Procedure, Title 14, Chapter 200. Foreclosure of Lien Instruments. 

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING & REGULATION

Maryland Homeowners Foreclosure Timeline Handout

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY RESOURCES:

MVLS Foreclosure Clinic

Arundel Community Development Services, Inc., Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Program

410-222-7600 (They have housing counselors and advisors.)

ONLINE RESOURCES:

• Access to Justice Department videos and tip sheets:
• The Foreclosure Process
• Foreclosure Mediation

• People's Law Library of Maryland Articles 
• Housing: Scroll down and see topics under "Foreclosure"  
• Mortgage Foreclosure Assistance Resources
• Foreclosure 

• Foreclosure Prevention Information - DLLR  

• Maryland HOPE Initiative: Home Owners Preserving Equality 
• Foreclosure Mediation 

• Maryland Legal Aid: Foreclosure Legal Assistance Project 

• Civil Justice, Inc.
• Foreclosure Mediation
• Foreclosure Cafe Consumer Resources 

• U.S. Federal Government
• Making Home Affordable - Resource page from the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development
•  Federal Trade Commission Articles
• When Paying the Mortgage is a Struggle 
• Facing Foreclosure? 
• Mortgage Relief Scams

• FORMS
• Request for Waiver of Filing Fee for Foreclosure Mediation 
• Forms: Foreclosure Regulations - 09.03.12 (Effective February 1, 2015): http://www.dllr.state.md.us/finance/finregforms.shtml

                                                 (scroll to the end of the page) 

LIBRARY RESOURCES:

• Maryland Law Encyclopedia - Mortgages "Foreclosure, Sale and Redemption" sections 125 -211

•  Maryland Digest - Key numbers 320 - 624

• The Foreclosure Survival Guide: Keep Your House or Walk Away with Money in Your Pocket / Stephen Elias (Nolo, 2009). (KF697 . F6 E43 2009)

          (Available in Self-Help section)

• The Homeowner's Guide to Surviving Foreclosure / Teisha Powell (Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2011). (ADR KF 697 .F6 .P6 2011)

          (Available in Self-Help section.)  

• Foreclosure Nation: Mortgaging the American Dream / Shari Olefson (Prometheus Books, 2009).  (ADR HD255 .O44 2009)

          (Available in Self-Help section.)

• Help! I'm facing Foreclosure: What Are My Options? / William Tyler (PublishAmerica, 2009).  (ADR KF 697.F6 .T4 2009)

          (Available in Self-Help section.)

• Coping with the Foreclosure Crisis : State and Local Efforts to Combat Foreclosures in Prince George's County, Maryland (Government Printing Office, 2009).  (ADR KF 697.F6 .S6 2009)

          (Available in Self-Help section.) 

• The Foreclosure Mediation Training Guide / Victoria Ring ( Graphico Pub., 2007).  (ADR KF 697 .F6 R56 2007)

          (Available in Self-Help section.)    

• Gordon on Maryland Foreclosures 4th ed. / Alexander Gordon IV (MICPEL, 2004).  (KFM1330.5.F6G67 2004) 

• Home Foreclosures (NCLC, 2019). (SELF HELP KF697.F6 H657 2019)

• Maryland Foreclosures and Workouts / Jan I. Berlage (NBI, 2014). (KFM1330.5.F6 M38 2014)