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5141. Definitions.
For purposes of Part III of this title:
(1) “Action” shall mean any claim advanced in a court proceeding in which rights are determined.
(2) “Bed bug infestation” means the presence of bed bugs in real property rented for residential purposes.
(3) “Bed bug remediation” means action taken by the landlord that substantially reduces the presence of bed bugs in a dwelling unit for at least 60 days.
(4) “Building and housing codes” shall include any law, ordinance or governmental regulation concerning fitness for habitation or the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use or appearance of any premises or dwelling unit.
(5) “Certificate of mailing” shall mean United States Postal Form No. 3817, or its successor.
(6) “Commercial rental unit” shall mean any lot, structure or portion thereof, which is occupied or rented solely or primarily for commercial or industrial purposes.
(7) “Deceased sole tenant” shall mean the sole leaseholder under a residential rental agreement entitled to occupy a residential rental unit to the exclusion of all others who has died. The right of nonleaseholder authorized occupant(s) of the residential rental unit, if any, to occupy the residential rental unit at the sole discretion of the deceased sole tenant while that tenant was alive shall immediately terminate upon the death of the sole tenant. The deceased sole tenant is also referred to as the “decedent” pursuant to § 2306(c)(3) of Title 12.
(8) “Disabled or handicapped” person shall have the same meaning as found in the Americans with Disabilities Act (1992) [42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.] as amended.