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Subtitle 1 - General Rules and Exceptions
Part I - General Provisions
Section 3-101 - Deeds Required to Be Executed and Recorded; Exceptions; Memorandum of Lease - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no estate...
Section 3-102 - Other Instruments Which May Be Recorded - (a) (1) Any other instrument affecting property, including any contract...
Section 3-102.1 - Notice of Easements, Covenants, Restrictions, and Condition -- Recordation - (a) If a recorded easement, covenant, restriction, or condition has...
Section 3-103 - Place of Recording - The proper jurisdiction for recording all deeds or other instruments...
Section 3-104 - Prerequisites to Recording - (a) (1) The Clerk of the Circuit Court may record...
Section 3-104.1 - Licensing Information on Instruments Securing Mortgage Loans on Residential Property - (a) In this section, “residential property” means real property improved...
Section 3-105 - Recording of Releases of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust - (a) A mortgage or deed of trust may be released...
Section 3-105.1 - Releases of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust for Certain Loans - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 3-105.2 - Release of Mortgage, Deed of Trust, or Lien Instrument - (a) In this section, “lien instrument” means: (1) A lien...
Section 3-106 - Recording of Assignments of Mortgages - The clerk of the court shall record photographically any assignment...
Section 3-107 - Recording of Vendor's Liens - When recording a deed or other instrument retaining a vendor’s...
Section 3-108 - Recording of Plats -- in General - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Section 3-108.1 - Recording of Plats -- Queen Anne's County - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 3-109 - State Highway Administration Plats - Plats showing property or rights–of–way acquired or conveyed by the...
Section 3-109.1 - Recordation of County Right-of-Way Plats in Frederick, Carroll, and Talbot Counties - (a) (1) In Frederick, Carroll, and Talbot counties, the clerk...
Section 3-110 - Recording Deeds by Mail - (a) The clerk of the court of any county may...
Section 3-111 - Disclosure of Personal Information on Recordable Instruments Prohibited - (a) In this section, “personal information” means an individual’s: (1)...
Section 3-112 - Restrictive Covenant Modification - (a) In this section, “unlawfully restrictive covenant” means any recorded...
Part II - Recordation of Instruments for Address Confidentiality Program Participants
Section 3-114 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...
Section 3-115 - Shielding of Real Property Records for Address Confidentiality Program Participants - (a) A program participant who acquires an ownership interest in...
Section 3-116 - Disclosure of Information in Real Property Acp Notice by Recipients Prohibited - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...
Section 3-117 - Establishment of Uniform Statewide Procedures - (a) (1) The clerks of the circuit courts, in conjunction...
Section 3-118 - Authorization of Disclosure - (a) On request, the Secretary may authorize the disclosure of...
Section 3-119 - Information Sharing - (a) Nothing in this part may be interpreted to require:...
Section 3-120 - Regulations - The Secretary shall adopt regulations to carry out this part.
Subtitle 2 - Priorities Based on Recording
Section 3-201 - Effective Date of a Deed - The effective date of a deed is the date of...
Section 3-202 - Possession Under an Unrecorded Deed - If a grantee under an unrecorded deed is in possession...
Section 3-203 - Subsequent Deed; Priority of Deed First Recorded - Every recorded deed or other instrument takes effect from its...
Section 3-204 - Interests in Rents or Profits - An interest created by a deed granting, assigning, or otherwise...
Subtitle 3 - Record Books and Indexes
Section 3-301 - Record Books - (a) If the person offering a deed or other instrument...
Section 3-302 - Indexes - (a) The clerk of the circuit court of each county...
Section 3-303 - Copies to State Archivist - The clerk shall make a microfilm picture or other copy...
Section 3-304 - Plats - The clerk shall fasten securely one copy of each plat...
Subtitle 4 - Maryland Revised Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act
Section 3-401 - Place of Filing Notices of Federal Liens - (a) Notices of liens on real property for obligations payable...
Section 3-402 - Certification Necessary for Recording Federal Liens - Certification of notice of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting...
Section 3-403 - Federal Lien Index; File of Notices; Entry and Disposition of Certificate of Release - (a) If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of...
Section 3-404 - Fee for Filing Notice of Lien; Billing - The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien...
Section 3-405 - Interpretation and Citation of 3-401 Through 3-405 - Sections 3-401 through 3-405 of this subtitle shall be so...
Subtitle 5 - Miscellaneous Recordation and Indexing Rules
Section 3-501 - Land Recordation in Montgomery County - (a) (1) The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery...
Subtitle 6 - Recording and Other Costs
Section 3-601 - Recording Costs - (a) (1) In this subsection, “page” means one side of...
Section 3-602 - Certified or Reproduced Copies - The fee for certification of a copy of any original...
Section 3-603 - Counties, Municipalities, and Commissions Exempt From Fees - (a) The clerk may not charge any county, any municipality,...
Subtitle 7 - Maryland Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act
Section 3-701 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 3-702 - Electronic Methods for Satisfying Recording Requirements - (a) If a law requires, as a condition for recording,...
Section 3-703 - Responsibilities With Respect to Paper and Electronic Documents - (a) In this section, “paper document” means a document received...
Section 3-704 - Standards - The Administrative Office of the Courts may establish standards to...
Section 3-705 - Application or Construction of Subtitle - In applying and construing this subtitle, consideration shall be given...
Section 3-706 - Relationship With Other Federal Laws - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 3-707 - Short Title - This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Real...