WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 478

IF HIS ADDRESS BE KNOWN OR IF IT CAN BE ASCERTAINED BY THE EXERCISE
OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE. IF SUCH ADDRESS CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED,
THIS NOTICE IS NOT REQUIRED.

156^. SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF TITLE.

THE CERTIFICATE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT
IT HAS SOLD SUCH A MOTOR VEHICLE AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO A
PURCHASER SHALL CONSTITUTE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF TITLE TO ANY
MOTOR VEHICLE SO SOLD IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE PURCHASER TO
OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION FROM THE MOTOR
VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION.

156-5. EXPENSES, DISPOSITION OF BALANCE OF MONEY RECEIVED FROM

SALE.

AFTER PAYMENT OF THE EXPENSES OF ANY SALE HELD PURSUANT TO
THIS CHAPTER AND THE STORAGE AND REPAIR CHARGES INCURRED BY THE
COUNTY ON ACCOUNT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE OR PART THEREOF, AND
AFTER PAYMENT OF ALL LIENS FILED AGAINST THE MOTOR VEHICLE OR
PART THEREOF, THE BALANCE OF THE MONIES, IF ANY, RECEIVED BY THE
COUNTY AT THE SALE SHALL BE HELD BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE (J) YEAR FROM THE DATE OF SALE.
THE BOARD SHALL PAY THIS BALANCE TO ANY PERSON WHO FILES A
VERIFIED CLAIM PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THIS ONE-YEAR PERIOD,
ESTABLISHING THAT HE IS THE OWNER OR PERSON ENTITLED TO THE
POSSESSION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE OR PART THEREOF. IF NO SUCH
CLAIM IS FILED WITHIN THE ONE-YEAR PERIOD, THE REMAINING BALANCE
FOR THE SALE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE OR PART THEREOF SHALL BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUNDS OF THE COUNTY.

156-6. N ON APPLICABILITY.

THIS CHAPTER DOES NOT APPLY OR REFER TO VEHICLES IN A
REGULARLY OPERATED GASOLINE SERVICE STATION, GARAGE, OR MOTOR
VEHICLE JUNKYARD OR "GRAVEYARD. "

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the 1989 Edition of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Cecil County, being Article 8 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, published under the direction of the Board of County
Commissioners of Cecil County, is legalized. The Code contains all of the public local
laws relating to Cecil County through the 1989 Regular Session of the General
Assembly of Maryland. The Code shall be deemed and taken in all the courts of the
State, and by all public officials of the State and of its several political subdivisions to be
evidence of the Public Local Laws of Cecil County in effect at the time of compilation.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

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