3586                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 761

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

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

Article - Real Property

10-204.

(a)  If any warranty provided for in this subtitle is
breached, the court may award legal or equitable relief, or both,
as justice requires.

(b)  Unless an express warranty specifies a longer period of
time, the warranties provided for in this subtitle expire:

(1)  In the case of a dwelling completed at the time
of the delivery of the deed to the INITIAL ORIGINAL purchaser,
one year after the delivery or after the taking of possession by
the INITIAL ORIGINAL purchaser, whichever occurs first; and

(2)  In the case of a dwelling not completed at the
time of delivery of the deed to the INITIAL ORIGINAL purchaser,
one year after the date of the completion or taking of possession
by the INITIAL ORIGINAL purchaser, whichever occurs first.

(C) THE WARRANTIES PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION DO NOT
EXPIRE ON THE SUBSEQUENT SALE OF A DWELLING BY THE INITIAL
ORIGINAL PURCHASER TO A SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER, BUT CONTINUE TO
PROTECT THE SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER UNTIL THE WARRANTIES PROVIDED
UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION EXPIRE. THE WARRANTIES
PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO ANY DEFECT CAUSED BY
THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER.

[(c)](D) Any action arising under this subtitle shall be
commenced within two years after the defect was discovered or
should have been discovered or within two years after the
expiration of the warranty, whichever occurs first.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 762
(House Bill 598)
AN ACT concerning