Ch. 113                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(h) The Committee shall report to the Governor and the Legislative Policy
Committee on December 31 of each year.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved April 26, 1993.

CHAPTER 113
(Senate Bill 575)

AN ACT concerning

Real Property - Residential Foreclosure Proceedings - Notice

FOR the purpose of requiring that a notice of a proposed sale in an action to foreclose a
mortgage or deed of trust be sent to the record owner by first class mail.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 7-105(b)(l)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 7-105(b)(2)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article - Real Property

7-105.

(b) (1) In addition to any notice required to be given by provisions of the
Annotated Code of Maryland or the Maryland Rules, the person authorized to make a
sale in an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust shall give written notice of the
proposed sale to the present record owner of the property to be sold.

(2) (i) The written notice shall be sent:

1.        [by] BY certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service, to the record owner;
AND

2.        BY FIRST CLASS MAIL.

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