HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3051

Article - Real Property

3-104.

(F) (7) IN WASHINGTON COUNTY A FEE SIMPLE DEED, MORTGAGE,
OR DEED OF TRUST MAY NOT BE RECORDED UNLESS IT BEARS A
CERTIFICATION THAT THE INSTRUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED:

(I) BY OR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF AN ATTORNEY
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE BEFORE THE COURT OF APPEALS; AND

(II) ON BEHALF OF ONE OF THE PARTIES NAMED IN
THE INSTRUMENT.

(f) (1) No fee-simple deed, mortgage, or deed of trust may
be recorded in Montgomery County [or], Prince George's County, OR
WASHINGTON COUNTY unless it bears a certification that the
instrument has been prepared by an attorney admitted to practice
before the Court of Appeals, under his supervision, or by or on
behalf of one of the parties named in the instrument.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 593

(House Bill 184)

AN ACT concerning

The Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program

FOR the purpose of creating the Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage
Assistance Program within the Department of Economic and
Community Development; defining certain terms; providing for
administration of the program; requiring the Department to
adopt rules and regulations to administer the program;
providing for the funding of the program; providing that the
Department shall make mortgage loans and provide for
financial counseling services under the program to certain
qualified applicants with qualified mortgages; requiring an
applicant for a loan to meet certain conditions; requiring
that the mortgage meet certain qualifications; limiting
loans made under the program; providing for the repayment of
loans made under the program; and generally relating to the
Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program.

BY adding to