CHAPTER 100
(House Bill 520)

AN ACT concerning

Allegany and Garrett Counties - Property Tax Sales - Limitation on Expense

Reimbursement

FOR the purpose of including Allegany County and Garrett County within a provision
of law limiting the right of certain persons to be reimbursed for certain expenses
relating to the foreclosure of a right of redemption within a specified period
following a tax sale.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Tax — Property
Section 14-843
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1998 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 ALLEGANY
COUNTY, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Calvert County,
Caroline County, Carroll County, Cecil County, Charles County, Dorchester County,
Frederick County, GARRETT COUNTY, Harford County, Howard County, Kent County,
Prince George's County, Queen Anne's County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County,
Washington County, Wicomico County, and Worcester 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.