MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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(B)          ANY MACHINE, WHARF, OR BRIDGE ERECTED,
CONSTRUCTED, OR REPAIRED WITHIN THE STATE MAY BE
SUBJECTED TO A LIEN IN THE SAME MANNER AS A BUILDING IS
SUBJECTED TO A LIEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE.

(C)          HOWEVER, A BUILDING OR THE LAND ON WHICH THE
BUILDING IS ERECTED MAY NOT BE SUBJECTED TO A LIEN UNDER
THIS SUBTITLE IF, PRIOR TO THE [[FILING OF AN AFFIDAVIT
OF CLAIM IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE LAND, OF ANY PART OF
IT, IS LOCATED, IT HAS BEEN GRANTED TO A BONA FIDE]]
ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE,

[[IT]] LEGAL TITLE HAS BEEN GRANTED TO A BONA FIDE

PURCHASER FOR VALUE.

9-103.

(A)    A LIEN ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SUBTITLE SHALL EXTEND TO THE LAND COVERED BY THE BUILDING
AND TO AS MUCH OTHER LAND, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT AND
BELONGING IN LIKE MANNER TO THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, AS
MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE ORDINARY AND USEFUL PURPOSES OF
THE BUILDING. THE QUANTITY AND BOUNDARIES OF THE LAND
MAY BE DESIGNATED AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.

(B)    AN OWNER OF ANY LAND WHO DESIRES TO ERECT ANY
BUILDING OR TO CONTRACT WITH ANY PERSON FOR ITS ERECTION
MAY DEFINE, IN WRITING, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LAND
APPURTENANT TO THE BUILDING BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN FILE THE BOUNDARIES FOR RECORD
WITH THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY. THE
DESIGNATION OF BOUNDARIES SHALL BE BINDING ON ALL
PERSONS. IF THE BOUNDARIES ARE NOT DESIGNATED BEFORE THE
COMMENCEMENT OF A BUILDING, THE OWNER OF THE LAND OR ANY
PERSON HAVING A LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE ON THE LAND BY
MORTGAGE, JUDGMENT, OR OTHERWISE OR ENTITLED TO ESTABLISH
A LIEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE MAY APPLY, BY
WRITTEN PETITION, TO THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY TO
DESIGNATE THE BOUNDARIES.

(C)    (1) IF A BUILDING IS COMMENCED AND NOT
FINISHED, A LIEN ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SUBTITLE SHALL ATTACH TO THE EXTENT OF THE WORK DONE OR
MATERIAL FURNISHED.

(2) IF A BUILDING IS ERECTED, OR REPAIRED,

REBUILT OR IMPROVED TO THE EXTENT OF 25 PERCENT OF ITS
VALUE, BY A TENANT FOR LIFE OR YEARS OR BY A PERSON
EMPLOYED BY THE TENANT, ANY LIEN ESTABLISHED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE APPLIES ONLY TO THE EXTENT
OF THE TENANT'S INTEREST.

9-104.

(A)         A SUBCONTRACTOR IS NOT ENTITLED TO [[THE

ESTABLISHMENT OF]] A LIEN UNDER THIS SUBTITLE UNLESS,
WITHIN [[60]] 90 DAYS AFTER DOING THE WORK OR FURNISHING
THE MATERIALS, HE GIVES WRITTEN NOTICE OF HIS INTENTION
TO CLAIM A LIEN SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM SPECIFIED IN