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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 657

WHEREAS, The provisions of § 5-106 and of § 5-205(b) are
thus inconsistent; now, therefore,

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

Article - Estates and Trusts

5-205.

(b) It shall request the grant of letters to the
petitioner, if the petition is filed by all of the persons named
as executors in the will of a testate decedent, or if the persons
IN CLASSES HIGHER IN THE ORDER OF PRIORITY SET FORTH IN § 5-104
OF THOSE entitled to administer the estate of an intestate
decedent join in the petition or consent in writing to the grant.
The joinder or consent of a person who has renounced his right to
administer is not necessary.

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

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 658
(House Bill 896)

AN ACT concerning

Real Property - Assignment of Mortgages
for Security Purposes

FOR the purpose of simplifying the manner of perfecting security
interests in mortgages; providing certain transitional
rules; providing certain curative provisions; and generally
relating to security interests in mortgages.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Real Property

Section 7-101(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Commercial Law