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394 LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 12
(J) THE SOLE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, OR IF THERE IS
MORE THAN ONE, THE CO-OWNERS REPRESENTING TWO THIRDS
(2/3RDS) OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE WHOLE BUILDING, MAY AT
ANY TIME MODIFY THE SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION, BUT EACH
ONE OF THE PARTICULARS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL
ALWAYS BE EMBODIED IN THE BYLAWS.
11-112. BUILDING PLAN TO BE RECORDED; CONTENTS;
CERTIFICATION; CONVEYANCE DESCRIBING UNIT BY DESIGNATION
ON PLAN.
(A) UPON THE RECORDING OF THE MASTER DEED OR LEASE,
THE OWNER OR CO-OWNERS SHALL CAUSE A FULL AND EXACT COPY
OF THE PLAN OF THE BUILDING TO BE FILED FOR RECORD.
THESE PLANS SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE MANNER IN WHICH
SUBDIVISION OF LAND IS NOW PLATTED AND RECORDED AMONG THE
LAND RECORDS AND SHALL BE INDEXED IN AN INDEX PROVIDED
FOR CONDOMINIUM OR HORIZONTAL HOUSING REGIME.
(B) THE PLANS SHALL SHOW GRAPHICALLY ALL PARTICULARS
OF THE BUILDING INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
DIMENSIONS, AREA AND LOCATION OF EACH UNIT THEREIN AND
THE DIMENSIONS, AREA AND LOCATION OF COMMON ELEMENTS
AFFORDING ACCESS TO EACH UNIT. OTHER COMMON ELEMENTS,
BOTH LIMITED AND GENERAL, SHALL BE SHOWN GRAPHICALLY
INSOFAR AS POSSIBLE AND SHALL BE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL IN
WORDS AND FIGURES. SAID PLANS SHALL BE CERTIFIED TO BY
AN ENGINEER OR ARCHITECT AUTHORIZED AND LICENSED TO
PRACTICE HIS PROFESSION IN THIS STATE.
(C) EACH UNIT IN A BUILDING SHALL BE DESIGNATED, ON
THE PLANS REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION, BY A LETTER OR
NUMBER OR OTHER APPROPRIATE DESIGNATION. ANY CONVEYANCE
OR OTHER INSTRUMENT AFFECTING TITLE TO THE SAID UNIT,
WHICH DESCRIBES THE UNIT BY USING SAID LETTER OR NUMBER
FOLLOWED BY THE WORDS "IN .... HORIZONTAL PROPERTY
REGIME" SHALL BE DEEMED TO CONTAIN A GOOD AND SUFFICIENT
DESCRIPTION FOR ALL PURPOSES PROVIDED THE CORRECT INDEX
NUMBER BY BOOK AND PAGE BOTH OF THE MASTER DEED AND OF
THE PLAN ARE CONTAINED AS A PART OF SUCH DESCRIPTION.
ANY CONVEYANCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL UNIT SHALL BE DEEMED TO
ALSO CONVEY THE UNDIVIDED INTEREST OF THE OWNER IN THE
COMMON ELEMENTS, BOTH GENERAL AND LIMITED, APPERTAINING
TO SAID UNIT WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY OR PARTICULARLY
REFERRING TO THE SAME.
11-113. TERMINATION AND WAIVER OF REGIME.
ALL OF THE CO-OWNERS OR THE SOLE OWNER OF A BUILDING
CONSTITUTED INTO A HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME MAY BY DEED
WAIVE THIS REGIME AND REGROUP OR MERGE THE RECORDS OF THE
INDIVIDUAL UNITS WITH THE PRINCIPAL PROPERTY, PROVIDED,
THAT THE INDIVIDUAL UNITS ARE UNENCUMBERED, OR IF
ENCUMBERED, THAT THE CREDITORS IN WHOSE BEHALF
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