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Real Property - Land Installment Contracts - Requirements and Vendor Duties and Limitations

Sponsor: Delegate CharlesCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Real PropertyStatus: Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the vendor to provide a purchaser under a land installment contract with the results of a title search for the property at or before the time the purchaser signs the contract; requiring the inclusion of certain notice, terms, and recitals in a land installment contract formed in the State; altering the percentage of the original cash price of a land installment contract that the purchaser must pay before the purchaser may demand a grant of the deed to the property to the purchaser; etc.

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Testimony (7)

MGA witness list
FAV 5FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVPerry, AndreThe Brookings InstitutionOral
FAVCastelli, WilliamlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Charles, Delegate CharleslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVHenry-Nickie, MakadaIndividualOral
FAVYasgur, StuartIndividualOral
UNFLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FWAWilpone-Welborn, KiraConsumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVCastelli, WilliamRegistered for: ASC Engineered Solutions; Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S, LLC; Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, MD; Brown Advisory; Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware and D.C., Inc.; Colonial Pipeline Company