MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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Law for the filing, noting in the index, furnishing a
receipt for such filing and recording of the same shall
hare been paid to the filing officer. Each sheet of any
such statement tendered for filing shall not exceed in
size 8 1/2 by 14 inches upon which the printed or
typewritten matter shall not be more than 6 1/2 by 10
inches and any statement tendered for filing with sheets
smaller than this maximum shall have a margin at the top
and bottom of at least 2 inches each and with side
margins of at least 1 inch each. Any person tendering
any such statement for filing shall cause the name or
names of every person attached to said statement to be
typed or printed and, if a signature, to be typed or
printed below such signature. The statement shall also
contain a designation of the person and the address to
which the filing officer may deliver or mail any such
statement after it shall have been recorded as
hereinafter provided. A financing statement shall also
indicate whether or not the underlying secured
transaction or transactions being publicized by such
financing statement are subject to the recordation tax
imposed by Article 81, §§ 277 and 278, Annotated Code of
Maryland, 1962 Suppl., as amended, from time to time, or
whether partially so subject. If such transaction or
transactions are wholly or partially subject to such
recordation tax then the principal amount of the debt
initially incurred shall be stated for the purpose of
computing the tax then payable, and the payment and
collection of subsequent taxes by reason of additional
indebtedness shall be governed by the provisions of said
Article 81, §§ 277 and 278 aforesaid. If a statement
relates to collateral which is goods which are or are to
become fixtures, such statement must state conspicuously
at its top "To Be Recorded in the Land Records" and any
such statement tendered for filing in Baltimore City or
in any county where a block system is maintained for
recording papers among the land records shall contain in
the description of the real estate the house number and
street, if there be any, or the block reference.
Statements other than those relating to collateral which
is goods which are or are to become fixtures shall be
recorded in a well—bound book or books to be styled
"Financing Records" and indexed in a book or books to be
styled "Index of financing Records."

9—403. What constitutes filing; duration of filing;
effect of lapsed filing; duties of filing officer.

(1)     Presentation for filing of a financing
statement and tender of the filing fee or acceptance of
the statement by the filing officer constitutes filing
under this [subtitle] TITLE.

(2)   A filed financing statement which states a