Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 1 - In General
Section 7-106 - Control of Electronic Documents of Title; Systems

(a)    A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred.
    (b)    A system satisfies subsection (a), and a person is deemed to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that:
        (1)    A single authoritative copy of the document exists which is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), unalterable;
        (2)    The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as:
            (A)    The person to which the document was issued; or
            (B)    If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred;
        (3)    The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;
        (4)    Copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control;
        (5)    Each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and
        (6)    Any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.