Ch. 342

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

becomes due after a tax sale of the property and be entitled to reimbursement for
the amount paid plus interest at a certain rate.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Tax - Property
Section 14-843
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article - Tax - Property

14-843.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, on redemption, the
plaintiff or the holder of a certificate of sale is entitled to be reimbursed for expenses
incurred in any action or in preparation for any action to foreclose the right' of
redemption. In addition, the plaintiff or holder of a certificate of sale, on redemption, is
entitled to be reimbursed for fees paid for recording the certificate of sale, for attorney's
fees in the sum of $400 for each certificate of sale, for expenses incurred in the
publication and service of process by publication,, for reasonable fees for a necessary title
search, and for taxes, together with interest and penalties on the taxes, arising after the
date of sale that have been paid by the plaintiff, INCLUDING, IN BALTIMORE CITY ONLY,
TAXES, INTEREST, AND PENALTIES PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (C) OF
THIS SECTION AND INTEREST AT THE RATE OF REDEMPTION PROVIDED IN § 14-820
OF THIS SUBTITLE FROM THE DATE OF PAYMENT TO THE DATE OF REDEMPTION.
The plaintiff or holder of a certificate of sale is not entitled to be reimbursed for any
other expenses.

(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, in Anne Arundel
County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Calvert County, Caroline County, Cecil
County, Charles County, Harford County, Howard County, Kent County, Prince George's
County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, and Washington County, the plaintiff
or holder of a certificate of sale is not entitled to be reimbursed for. expenses incurred
within 4 months after the date of sale.

(2) This subsection does not apply to property for which the holder may file
a complaint any time after 60 days from the date of sale, pursuant to § 14-833(e) of the
Tax - Property Article.

(C) IN BALTIMORE CITY ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 1 OF EACH YEAR, THE
PLAINTIFF OR HOLDER OF A CERTIFICATE OF SALE MAY PAY TAXES, INTEREST, AND
PENALTIES THAT BECOME DUE AFTER THE DATE OF THE SALE ON THE PROPERTY
DESCRIBED IN THE TAX SALE CERTIFICATE AND THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PAID BY THE
OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1997.

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