(a) Except as otherwise provided, any deed, will, or other instrument that grants land binding on any street or highway, or that includes any street or highway as 1 or more of the lines thereof, shall be construed to pass to the devisee, donee, or grantee all the right, title, and interest of the devisor, donor, or grantor (hereinafter referred to as the transferor) in the street or highway for that portion on which it binds.
(b) If the transferor owns other land on the opposite side of the street or highway, the deed, will, or other instrument shall be construed to pass the right, title, and interest of the transferor only to the center of that portion of the street or highway upon which the 2 or more tracts coextensively bind.
(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply if the transferor in express terms in the writing by which the devise, gift, or grant is made, either reserves to the transferor or grants to the transferee all the right, title, and interest to the street or highway.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 2 - Rules of Construction
Section 2-101 - "Grant" or "Bargain and Sell" Construed to Pass Whole Interest
Section 2-102 - Tenant of Estate Tail May Grant in Fee Simple
Section 2-103 - Rights Granted by Assignment of Mortgage
Section 2-104 - Meaning of Term "The Said ... covenants."
Section 2-105 - Effect of General Warranty
Section 2-106 - Effect of Special Warranty
Section 2-107 - Effect of Covenant of Seisin
Section 2-108 - Effect of Covenant of Right to Grant
Section 2-109 - Effect of Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment
Section 2-110 - Effect of Covenant That Grantor Has Done No Act to Encumber
Section 2-111 - Effect of General Covenant Against Encumbrances
Section 2-112 - Effect of Covenant for Further Assurances
Section 2-113 - "Die Without Issue", and Similar Phrases
Section 2-114 - Title to Street or Highway Where Land Binding on It Is Granted
Section 2-115 - No Implied Covenant or Warranty of Title or Possession
Section 2-117 - Presumption Against Joint Tenancy
Section 2-118 - Conservation Easements; Grants to Certain Trusts
Section 2-119 - Covenants Restricting Installation of Solar Collector Systems
Section 2-120 - Disclosure of Material Fact or Latent Defect
Section 2-121 - Covenants Restricting Family Day Care Homes
Section 2-122 - Grant of Property to Trust Same as Grant to Trustee