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Real Property - Recordation - Procedures

Sponsor: Mary-Dulany James (District 34)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Real PropertyStatus: Special Order until later this session (Delegate Barve) Adopted (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a county treasurer, tax collector, or director of finance to provide a certificate enumerating certain taxes, assessments, and charges against a property and to establish certain procedures to facilitate the issuance of the certificate; requiring a collecting agent presented with a certificate to endorse a deed and establishing that this endorsement is sufficient authority for a transfer on the assessment books; authorizing a county or municipality to collect a fee of up to $55 for the issuance of a certain certificate; etc.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 8Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVO'Connell, WilliamMSBA Real Property Section CounselWritten (PDF)
FAVO'Connell, WilliamMSBA Real Property Section CounselWritten (PDF)
FAVGlazer, MarkMaryland Land Title AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVJames, Mary-DulanyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKivioja, SusanIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKivioja, SusanIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator James, Senator JameslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator James, Senator JameslegislatorIndividualOral

Organizations on record