(a) The clerk of the court of any county may not refuse to accept for recording any deed or other recordable instrument delivered by mail, or not in person, if the deed or other recordable instrument:
(1) Meets all the requisites for recording;
(2) Is accompanied by correct fees and taxes; and
(3) Is accompanied by a letter from an attorney or party to the instrument requesting or directing its recordation.
(b) This section does not require a clerk to perform any function which he normally would not have to perform if an instrument is delivered in person.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 1 - General Rules and Exceptions
Section 3-101 - Deeds Required to Be Executed and Recorded; Exceptions; Memorandum of Lease
Section 3-102 - Other Instruments Which May Be Recorded
Section 3-102.1 - Notice of Easements, Covenants, Restrictions, and Condition -- Recordation
Section 3-103 - Place of Recording
Section 3-104 - Prerequisites to Recording
Section 3-105 - Recording of Releases of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust
Section 3-105.1 - Releases of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust for Certain Loans
Section 3-105.2 - Release of Mortgage, Deed of Trust, or Lien Instrument
Section 3-106 - Recording of Assignments of Mortgages
Section 3-107 - Recording of Vendor's Liens
Section 3-108 - Recording of Plats -- in General
Section 3-108.1 - Recording of Plats -- Queen Anne's County
Section 3-109 - State Highway Administration Plats
Section 3-110 - Recording Deeds by Mail
Section 3-111 - Disclosure of Personal Information on Recordable Instruments Prohibited