WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 725

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Tax - Property
Section 14-813(e)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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

Article - Tax - Property

14-813.

(e) (1) The following expenses relating to the sale shall be allowed, all of which
are liens on the property to be sold:

(i) the expense of publication of all notices;

(ii) the cost of the county or municipal corporation surveyor's
description and plat, if necessary;

(iii) except as provided in items (vi) and (vii) of this paragraph, a fee to
the attorney representing the county treasurer for services, that does not exceed $15 for
each property; except that in any county that has a paid full-time solicitor, counsel or
attorney, the fee shall be collected and paid into the general funds of the county;

(iv) the auctioneer's fee, as provided in paragraph (2) of this
subsection;

(v) in Baltimore County, where provision has been made for the
posting of the premises to be sold, a sum that does not exceed $7.50;

(vi) in SOMERSET COUNTY, Wicomico County and Worcester County
a fee to the attorney representing the county treasurer or director of finance, that does
not exceed $35 for each property, to be approved by the county treasurer or director of
finance and by the governing body;

(vii) in Baltimore City:

1.       a fee of $30 for each property to the attorney representing
the director of finance, that is collected and paid into the General Fund of Baltimore
City; and

2.       a fee that does not exceed $10 for the mailing of statements
and notices;

(viii) in Montgomery County, instead of the fee allowed under item (iii)
of this paragraph, a fee that does not exceed $30 for each property for legal services
relating to the sale, to be collected and paid into the general funds of the county; and

(ix) a reasonable fee that does not exceed $150 for examinations of
title before the mailing of statements and notices.

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