HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3283

Foreclosure Proceedings - Holder of Certificate of Sale

FOR the purpose of providing that a holder of a certificate of
sale in any proceeding or in preparation for any proceeding
to foreclose a right of redemption shall be entitled to be
reimbursed for expenses incurred.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 81 - Revenue and Taxes

Section 111

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 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 81 - Revenue and Taxes

111.

Upon redemption, the plaintiff OR THE HOLDER OF THE
CERTIFICATE OF SALE shall be entitled to be reimbursed for
expenses actually incurred in [a] ANY proceeding OR IN
PREPARATION FOR ANY PROCEEDING to foreclose the right of
redemption. In addition, the plaintiff OR THE HOLDER OF THE
CERTIFICATE OF SALE, upon redemption, shall be entitled to be
reimbursed for fees actually paid for recording the certificate
of sale, for actual attorney's fee, not to exceed the sum of
$100.00, for expenses actually incurred in the service of process
by publication, for fees for a necessary title search, not to
exceed $75 for each property, except that the court, upon proof
that the search was unusually difficult, may allow not more than
$100 for each search, and for taxes, together with interest and
penalties thereon, arising subsequent to the date of sale which
have been actually paid by the plaintiff. The plaintiff OR THE
HOLDER OF THE CERTIFICATE OF SALE shall not be entitled to be
reimbursed for any other expenses incurred by him.

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

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 689
(House Bill 1259)
AN ACT concerning