WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 114

Section 11-401 and 11-402

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

11-401-

(a)  In this subtitle the following terms have the meanings
indicated.

(b)   "Court" means a court of law or a court of equity and
includes the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Maryland, the Court of Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals, and
the District Court of Maryland.

(c)  (1) ["Judgment" includes a decree] "MONEY JUDGMENT"
MEANS A JUDGMENT DETERMINING THAT A SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF MONEY IS
IMMEDIATELY PAYABLE TO THE JUDGMENT CREDITOR.

(2) "MONEY JUDGMENT" DOES NOT INCLUDE A JUDGMENT
MANDATING THE PAYMENT OF MONEY.

11-402.

(a)  Land means real property or any interest in or
appurtenant to real property.

(b)  If indexed and recorded as prescribed by the Maryland
Rules [or the Maryland District Rules], a MONEY judgment of a
court constitutes a lien to the amount and from the date of the
judgment on the judgment debtor's interest in land located in the
county in which the judgment was rendered except a lease from
year to year or for a term of not more than five years and not
renewable.

(c)  If indexed and recorded as prescribed by the Maryland
Rules [or the Maryland District Rules], a MONEY judgment
constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor's interest in land
located in a county other than the county in which the judgment
was originally entered, except a lease from year to year or for a
term not more than five years and not renewable.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions
of this Act apply to any judgment indexed and recorded after the
effective date of this Act.

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