HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Section ll-110(d) and (g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Real Property

11-110.

(d) Any assessment, until paid, together with interest,
late charges, if any, and actual costs of collection, and
reasonable attorney's fees, constitutes a lien on the unit on
which it is assessed, if a statement of lien is recorded within
2 years after the date the assessment becomes due. The
recordation of a grant of a unit for value extinguishes the right
of the council of unit owners thereafter to file a statement of
condominium lien for assessments, or installments thereof, due
prior to the recordation of the grant. The lien shall be
effective against a unit from and after the time a statement of
condominium lien is recorded among the land records of the county
where the unit is located, stating the description of the unit,
the name of the record owner, the amount due and the period for
which the assessment was due. The clerk shall index the statement
of condominium lien under the name of the record owner in the
grantor index and in the block index if one is maintained by the
clerk. THE STATEMENT OF CONDOMINIUM LIEN SHALL STATE THAT WRITTEN
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FILE THE STATEMENT OF CONDIMINIUM LIEN, OF
THE AMOUNT DUE, AND OF THE UNIT OWNER'S RIGHT TO REQUEST A
HEARING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, WAS GIVEN TO THE OWNER OF THE
UNIT AT THE ADDRESS SHOWN ON THE ROSTER MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO §
11-109(C)(2), BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL OF UNIT OWNERS, AT
LEAST 15 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF RECORDING. The statement of
condominium lien shall be signed and verified by an officer or
agent of the council of unit owners as specified in the bylaws
and then may be recorded. THE OWNER OF THE UNIT MAY, BEFORE
RECORDING, OBTAIN A HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY
REQUESTING A HEARING IN WRITING WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER NOTICE IS
GIVEN, IF THE OWNER BELIEVES THAT THE AMOUNTS STATED IN THE
WRITTEN NOTICE OR IN THE STATEMENT OF CONDOMINIUM LIEN ARE
ERRONEOUS, OR ARE OTHERWISE NOT DUE AS CLAIMED. AFTER A HEARING,
OR 15 DAYS AFTER NOTICE IS GIVEN IF NO HEARING IS REQUESTED, THE
STATEMENT OF CONDOMINIUM LIEN MAY BE RECORDED. AFTER THE
STATEMENT OF CONDOMINIUM LIEN IS RECORDED, THE OWNER OF THE UNIT
MAY PETITION THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE
CONDOMINIUM IS LOCATED TO REFORM THE RECORDED STATEMENT OF
CONDOMINIUM LIEN TO CORRECT ANY ERROR THEREIN. On full payment of
the assessment and other permitted amounts for which the lien is
claimed the unit owner shall be entitled to a recordable
satisfaction of the lien in any form used for the release of
mortgages in the county in which the condominium is located.
Fees and charges imposed under § ll-109(d) and fines imposed