Title insurers and title insurance agents and brokers, licensing,
certificate of qualification, bonding, financial oversight and
recordkeeping requirements, and lawyer exemptions, provisions

altered .................................................................................................

Real Property —

Calvert County -
Authority of county to convey to federal, State, or other political
subdivision or public instrumentality without consideration,
termination date repealed .............................................................

Capital leases, authority of State Treasurer to enter into, provisions
added; method for financing established.........................................

Commercial property leasing, discrimination prohibited ....................

Condominium declarations, bylaws, or plat, corrective amendments,
provisions added; definition of property amended to include
riparian or littoral rights associated with land.................................

Inheritance tax exemption for surviving spouse, provisions clarified .

Land acquisition by State, notice of intent to relevant local and
municipal governing bodies, requirements added ............................

Limitation on use of private land by owner or owner's guest or
requirement for permit from Historical Trust for archaeological
excavation or other activity, prohibitions clarified...........................

Program Open Space, use of funds for capital renewal projects,
submission and approval of applications, sale of property with
easements and first right of refusal for municipalities and counties,
provisions altered...............................................................................

Property tax bill, designation of "principal residence" or "not a
principal residence", and documentation to verify, provisions
added ...............................................................................................

Residential real property condition disclosure and disclaimer
statements from vendor to purchaser, standardized form, effect on
right to rescind contract of sale, time requirements, and disclaimer
as to warranty, provisions altered .....................................................

State Highway Administration, exchange of land from completed or
abandoned transportation projects for land needed for current
highway purposes, provisions added, including first and second

right of refusal requirements.............................................................

Realtors SEE Agents and Brokers
Recordation —

SEE ALSO Transfer Tax

Tax -
Application to certain corporate mergers and reorganizations,

clarified ...........................................................................................

Exemption and payment by seller for property sold to first-time

Maryland home buyers, provisions added ....................................

Records —

SEE ALSO Criminal Background Investigations; Land Records;
Reports; Vital Records

Adoption, access to medical or nonidentifying information without
showing need by adoptee or birth parent of adopted adult,
provisions added.................................................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

635

3565

226	2039
138 262	1804 2096
576 441	3288 2619
411	2551
483	2721
584	3342
73	1371
384	2476
597	3374
71	1366
123	1692
290	2169