MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      207

Formerly, a seal on an instrument destroyed
negotiability, however, Art. 95B, §3-113
specifically provides otherwise.

Subsection (c), permitting the State to sue
on a specialty at any time, is apparently a
codification of the Common Law rule that
the statute of limitations does not run
against the State.

The portion of the section allowing an
extension of time if the plaintiff is under
a disability is placed in §5-201.

SEC. 5-103. ADVERSE POSSESSION; COMMON-LAW DOCTRINE
OF PRESCRIPTION AND OTHER LIMITATIONS UNAFFECTED.

(A)   IN GENERAL.

WITHIN 20 YEARS FROM THE DATE THE CAUSE OF ACTION
ACCRUES, A PERSON SHALL:

(1)     FILE AN ACTION FOR RECOVERY OF
POSSESSION OF A CORPOREAL FREEHOLD OR LEASEHOLD ESTATE
IN LAND; OR

(2)   ENTER ON THE LAND [[, WITHIN 20 YEARS
FROM THE DATE THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES.]]

(B)   EXCEPTIONS.

(1)    THIS SECTION DOES NOT      AFFECT THE
COMMON-LAW DOCTRINE OF PRESCRIPTION AS IT      APPLIES TO
THE CREATION OF INCORPOREAL INTERESTS      IN LAND BY
ADVERSE USE;

(2)    THIS SECTION DOES NOT AFFECT THE
PERIODS OF LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN §6-103 OR §8-207
OF ARTICLE 21.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language
derived from Art. 57, §3A, as amended by
Chs. 470 and 651, Acts of 1973. The
portion of the section extending period for
persons under a disability now appears in
§5-201.

This section does not affect the
limitations periods set forth in §6—103
(recovery of determinable fee, simple
estates, or happening of condition