Treble Damages Calculator Guide for Maryland

US-MD treble damages rules

This source-backed guide covers US-MD treble damages authority (Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-203(e)(4) (security deposit — discretionary up-to-3x penalty for unjustified withholding); Md. Code, Com. Law § 13-408 (Maryland Consumer Protection Act — actual damages + fees only, NOT treble)). It explains how to read the calculator's multiplier output and points to the controlling US-MD multiplier statutes.

What the output means

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When the calculator shows a multiplier result, read it as a statutory multiplier on the base damages figure, not as a separate damages category.

• Base damages stay the same until the multiplier is applied.
• The statutory multiplier changes the total by the rule-specified factor.
• Any cap, exception, or carve-out still controls if the statute says it does.

US-MD rule notes

Statutory multiplier

Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-203(e)(4) (security deposit — discretionary up-to-3x penalty for unjustified withholding); Md. Code, Com. Law § 13-408 (Maryland Consumer Protection Act — actual damages + fees only, NOT treble) governs the treble (multiple) damages rule for US-MD.

8-203(e)(4). If the landlord, without a reasonable basis, fails to return any part of the security deposit, plus accrued interest, within 45 days after the termination of the tenancy, the tenant has an action of up to threefold of the withheld amount, plus reasonable attorney’s fees.

What changes the result most

• The base damages input, because the multiplier applies to that number.
• The statutory multiplier itself, because 2x, 3x, and 4x produce different totals.
• Any cap or carve-out in the statute, because it can limit the multiplied amount.

Use the calculator

DocketMath's treble-damages calculator can model multiplier outcomes once you identify the controlling statute and whether a cap or exception applies. Use the source panel for the verified primary-source rule.

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Sources

• 8-203(e)(4) — Md. Code, Real Prop. § 8-203(e)(4) (security deposit — discretionary up-to-3x penalty for unjustified withholding); Md. Code, Com. Law § 13-408 (Maryland Consumer Protection Act — actual damages + fees only, NOT treble)

All sources are official primary law published by mgaleg.maryland.gov.

Corroboration method: government_primary_source_direct_fetch.