BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

1795

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 553

(Senate Bill 1182)

AN ACT concerning

Transfer of Land Within Municipal Corporations

FOR the purpose of adding certain counties to those counties
in which a certification of the payment of certain
charges to a municipal corporation must be attached to
a deed before it can be recorded.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Real Property
Section 3-104 (b) (3)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Real Property

3-104.

(b) (3) Except as provided in subsection (c), in
CECIL, Charles, KENT, QUEEN ANNE'S, and St. Mary's counties
no property may be transferred on the assessment books or
records until (1) all public taxes, assessments, any charges
due a municipal corporation, and charges due on the property
have been paid as required by law, and (2) all taxes on
personal property in the county due by the transferor have
been paid when all land owned by him in the county and
municipal corporation is being transferred. The certificate
of the collecting agent and municipal corporation designated
by law showing that all taxes, assessments, and charges have
been paid, shall be endorsed on the deed and the endorsement
shall be sufficient authority for transfer on the assessment
books.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.