Legal Question in Business Law in Maryland

Tenant;s Rights

If tenant A rents a home from landlord B, then decides he wants to use landlord B's old garage space next to the house to operate a small store. Tenant A informs landlord B of the plan including the intention to install an expensive security system and other improvements. Landlord agrees on the idea and shakes hands with the tenant on a lease allowing him to operate the space for as long as he wants for $500 per month rent. Can landlord B take all of tenant A's improvements if he decides to close the gallery? If the landlord can not take them is he entitled to compensatiion for them?


Asked on 12/10/06, 10:05 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Daniel Press Chung & Press, P.C.

Re: Tenant;s Rights

Unless there is a lease provision to the contrary, tenant is not entitled to compensation for any "improvements" left in the space. Landlord can keep anything that is a fixture (attached to the land/structure). In fact, if tenant leaves anything, such that the space is not left as it was when tenant took possession, landlord may be entitled to compensation from the tenant.

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Answered on 12/10/06, 10:12 am


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