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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 383

(j) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
SECTION, IN CAROLINE COUNTY, ANY INTERESTED PERSON MAY
RECORD A COPY OF AN UNRECORDED A PLAT IF:

(I) THE PLAT SHOWS A SUBDIVISION CREATED
PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1970; AND

(II) A LOT IN THE PLAT SUBDIVISION IS
GRANTED AND A REFERENCE TO THE GRANT EXISTS IN A DEEDS OF
RECORD.

(2) THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CAROLINE
COUNTY SHALL MAINTAIN A SEPARATE PLAT BOOK FOR PLATS
RECORDED UNDER THIS SECTION.

(3) REFERENCE TO A PLAT RECORDED UNDER THIS
SECTION MAY NOT BY ITSELF BE CONSIDERED A DESCRIPTION OF THE
PROPERTY SUFFICIENT TO IDENTIFY IT WITH REASONABLE CERTAINTY
WITHIN THE MEANING OF § 4-101 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(4) THE CLERK MAY CHARGE A $1 PER PAGE RECORDING
FEE FOR EACH PLAT RECORDED.

(I)  IT IS SIGNED AND DATED PRIOR TO
JANUARY 1, 1970; AND

(II)  ITS GENERAL LOCATION THE GENERAL
LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY CAN BE DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO
THE PLAT; AND

(III)  THE PERSON OFFERING THE PLAT FOR
RECORDING APPENDS A VERIFIED STATEMENT THAT IT IS THE
ORIGINAL PLAT, TO THE BEST OF THE OFFERER'S KNOWLEDGE,
INFORMATION AND BELIEF.

(2) THE RECORDING OF PLATS UNDER THIS SUBSECTION
SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS THE CREATION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF A
SUBDIVISION OR COMPLIANCE WITH ANY OTHER RULES OR
REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO SUBDIVISIONS.

[(j)] (K) This section does not apply in Allegany,
Harford, Montgomery, Prince George's, Dorchester, and Talbot
counties, except to the extent any of these counties is
expressly mentioned in this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 12, 1981.

CHAPTER 384
(House Bill 643)