HARRY HUGHES. Governor

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Article - Real Property

Section 9-102

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

9-102.

(a) Every building erected and every building
repaired, rebuilt, or improved to the extent of 25 percent
of its value is subject to establishment of a lien in
accordance with this subtitle for the payment of all debts,
without regard to the amount, contracted for work done for
or about the building and for materials furnished for or
about the building, including the drilling and installation
of wells to supply water, the construction or installation
of any swimming pool, the sodding, seeding or planting in or
about the premises of any shrubs, trees, plants, flowers or
nursery products, and the grading, filling, landscaping, and
paving of the premises.

(B) IF THE OWNER OF LAND OR THE OWNER'S AGENT
CONTRACTS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WATER LINES, SANITARY
SEWERS OR STORM DRAINS TO SERVICE ALL LOTS IN A DEVELOPMENT
OF THE OWNER'S LAND, EACH LOT AND ITS IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY,
ARE SUBJECT, ON A BASIS PRO RATA TO THE NUMBER OF LOTS BEING
DEVELOPED, TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIEN AS PROVIDED IN
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION FOR ALL DEBTS FOR WORK AND
MATERIAL IN CONNECTION WITH THE INSTALLATION.

[(b)] (C) 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)] (D) 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 establishment of a lien in
accordance with this subtitle, legal title has been granted
to a bona fide purchaser for value.

[(d)] (E) The filing of a petition under § 9-105 shall
constitute notice to a purchaser of the possibility of a
lien being perfected under this subtitle.

SECTION 2 AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1 1980

Approved May 6, 1980