HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      1661

CHAPTER 455

(House Bill 484)

AN ACT concerning

Property Tax - Assessor Inspections

FOR the purpose of establishing the conditions under which an

assessor may conduct a physical inspection of real property;
providing procedures for the inspection of real property by
assessors; and clarifying that assessors conduct exterior
physical inspections of real property.

FOR the purpose of authorizing assessors to make inspections of

real property; defining a certain term; requiring the
adoption of certain regulations; and generally relating to
authorizing assessors to make inspections of real property.

BY adding to

Article - Tax - Property
Section 2-217

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Tax - Property
Section 8-104

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Tax - Property

2-217.

(A)  IN THIS SECTION, "INSPECTION" MEANS AN EXTERIOR
PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DETERMINING THE CONDITION AND ATTRIBUTES OF REAL PROPERTY AND
VERIFYING THE MEASUREMENTS OF ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO LAND.

(B)  ASSESSORS ARE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER ON LAND TO MAKE FOR

THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF MAKING INSPECTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THIS

SECTION.

(C) ONLY ONE INSPECTION OF A REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE MADE IN
A 3-YEAR CYCLE, AS PROVIDED IN § 8-104(B) OF THIS ARTICLE,
UNLESS: