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§ 3-102. Other instruments affecting property

West's Annotated Code of MarylandReal PropertyEffective: January 1, 2019

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Real Property (Refs & Annos)
Title 3. Recordation (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. General Rules and Exceptions (Refs & Annos)
Part I. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: January 1, 2019
MD Code, Real Property, § 3-102
§ 3-102. Other instruments affecting property
Currentness
In general
(a)(1) Any other instrument affecting property, including any contract for the grant of property, or any subordination agreement establishing priorities between interests in property may be recorded.
(2) The following instruments also may be recorded:
(i) Any notice of deferred property footage assessment for street construction;
(ii) Any boundary survey plat signed and sealed by a professional land surveyor or property line surveyor licensed in the State;
(iii) Any assumption agreement by which a person agrees to assume the liability of a debt or other obligation secured by a mortgage or deed of trust;
(iv) Any release of personal liability of a borrower or guarantor under a mortgage or under a note or other obligation secured by a deed of trust;
(v) A ground rent redemption certificate or a ground rent extinguishment certificate issued under § 8-110 of this article;
(vi) An affordable housing land trust agreement executed under Title 14, Subtitle 5 of this article with any transfer of property for which an affordable housing land trust has a reversionary interest; or
(vii) A restrictive covenant modification executed under § 3-112 of this subtitle.
(3) The recording of any instrument constitutes constructive notice from the date of recording.
Construction of section
(b) This section may not be construed to authorize the recording of a subdivision plat without any prior review and approval otherwise required by law.

Credits

Added by Acts 1974, c. 12, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1990, c. 512; Acts 1997, c. 595, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, c. 633, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1998, c. 634, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 2003, c. 464, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2004, c. 480, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Acts 2007, c. 290, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, c. 609, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 610, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2012, c. 464, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 465, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2018, c. 636, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.
Formerly Art. 21, § 3-102.
MD Code, Real Property, § 3-102, MD REAL PROP § 3-102
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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