2870

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 757

file a certain statement with the County Treasurer or
certain other persons regarding the maintainance of a real
estate tax escrow account; altering a certain procedure
relating to the transfer of property on the assessment books
or records in St. Mary's County and applying the altered
procedure statewide; and generally relating to procedures
for the transfer of property on the assessment books or
records.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Real Property

Section 3-104(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Real Property

Section 3-104(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

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

Article - Real Property

3-104.

(b) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this
section, property may not be transferred on the assessment books
or records until:

(i) All public taxes, assessments, and charges
due on the property have been paid to the treasurer, tax
collector, or director of finance of the county in which the
property is assessed; and

(ii) All taxes on personal property in the
county due by the transferor have been paid when all land owned
by him in the county is being transferred.

(2)  The certificate of the collecting agent
designated by law, showing that all taxes, assessments, and
charges have been paid, shall be endorsed on the deed, and the
endorsement shall be sufficient authority for transfer on the
assessment books.

(3)  Except as provided in subsection (c), in Cecil,
Charles, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, and St. Mary's
counties no property may be transferred on the assessment books
or records until (1) all public taxes, assessments, any charges