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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings
indicated.
(B) "BUILDING" INCLUDES ANY UNIT OF A NONRESIDENTIAL
BUILDING THAT IS LEASED OR SEPARATELY SOLD AS A UNIT.
[(b)] (C) "Contract" means an agreement of any kind or
nature, express or implied, for doing work or furnishing
material, or both, for or about a building as may give rise to a
lien under this subtitle.
[(c)] (D) "Contractor" means a person who has a contract
with an owner.
[(d)] (E) "Land" means the land to which a lien extends
under this subtitle or the land within the boundaries established
by proceedings in accordance with the Maryland Rules. "Land"
includes the improvements to the land.
[(e)] (F) "Owner" means the owner of the land except that,
when the contractor executes the contract with a tenant for life
or for years, "owner" means the tenant.
[(f)] (G) "Subcontractor" means a person who has a contract
with anyone except the owner or his agent.
9-102.
(a) Every building OR OTHER IMPROVEMENT THAT IS erected and
every building OR OTHER IMPROVEMENT TO REAL PROPERTY THAT IS
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 OR
OTHER IMPROVEMENT TO REAL PROPERTY and for materials furnished
for or about the building OR OTHER IMPROVEMENT TO REAL PROPERTY,
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.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1983.
Approved April 12, 1983.
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