WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 316

5. Claims of the United States not subjected by federal law to
the recording requirements of this State.

(2)     An instrument may not be recorded after June 30, 1981 unless it is
legible and contains:

(i) The parcel identifier;

(ii) The county tax account number for the parcel, if any, and if it is
different from the parcel identifier;

(iii) The record legal description of the boundaries of the parcel;

(iv) The street address of the parcel, if any;

(v) The full name and address of each party to that instrument and the
nature of the party's interest;

(vi) The name of any title insurer insuring the instrument.

(3)     An instrument is not rendered invalid by failure to comply with the
requirements of this section.

[3-502.

(a)     In Baltimore County, each entry in an index under § 3-302 of this title shall
include any of the specific property identifiers in subsection (b) of this section, so long as
the specific property identifier or identifiers are clearly provided on the upper right-hand
corner of the instrument filed for recording.

(b)     The specific property identifiers are:

(1)     The street address;

(2)     The property tax account identification number;

(3)     If the subject property is a lot within a subdivided tract, the lot and block
designation;

(4)     If the subject property is part of a tract that has been informally
subdivided and there is neither an assigned tax identification number for the parcel nor a
lot and block designation, then the street address, if any, or the amount of acreage; or

(5)     If the property consists of multiple parcels, the designation "various lots
of ground" or the abbreviation "var. l.o.g."]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

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