PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 581

CHAPTER 581
(Senate Bill 327)

AN ACT concerning

Real Property - Baltimore County Baltimore, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Montgomery,
Washington, and Worcester Counties - Recordation

FOR the purpose of providing that, in Baltimore County Baltimore, Cecil, Charles,
Dorchester, Montgomery, Washington, and Worcester Counties, 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 Baltimore
County Baltimore, .Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Montgomery. Washington, and
Worcester Counties.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 3-104(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 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 - Real Property

3-104.

(a) (1) 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 BALTIMORE COUNTY AND Harford County:

(I) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH APPLY ONLY IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

1. BALTIMORE COUNTY;

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