Ch. 413 1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND...
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1996.
Approved May 14, 1996.
CHAPTER 413
(Senate Bill 672)
AN ACT concerning
Real Property - Harford County - Recordation
FOR' the purpose of providing that in Harford County recordation of instruments
affecting property by the Clerk of the Circuit Court may be done prior to transfer of
the property on the assessment records; providing for transfer of the property on
the assessment records; providing for formulation of certain procedures; and
generally relating to recordation of instruments in Harford County.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 3-104(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Real Properly
3-104.
(a) (1) [ A] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION,
A deed or other instrument which effects a change of ownership on the assessment books
under the Tax - Property Article may not be recorded until the property granted is
transferred on the assessment books or records of the county where the property is
located to the grantee or assignee named in the deed or other instrument. When
submitting the deed or other instrument for transfer on the assessment books, the person
offering the deed or other instrument, on request, shall mail or deliver to the person
having charge of the assessment books, a statement of any building and improvement on
the property granted. When the property is transferred on the assessment books, the
person recording the transfer shall evidence the fact of transfer on the deed or other
instrument. This endorsement is sufficient to authorize the recording of the deed or other
instrument by the clerk of the appropriate court.
(2) IN HARFORD COUNTY:
(I) THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT MAY RECORD AN
INSTRUMENT THAT EFFECTS A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP IF THE INSTRUMENT IS:
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