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2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 1 - Miscellaneous Rules › Section 14-128 - Display of United States Flag by Homeowner or Tenant

(a)    The provisions of this section shall apply to any residential property, including property that is subject to the provisions of:
(1)    Title 8, Title 8A, Title 11, Title 11A, or Title 11B of this article; or
(2)    Title 5, Subtitle 6B of the Corporations and Associations Article.
(b)    Regardless of the terms of any contract, deed, covenant, restriction, instrument, declaration, rule, bylaw, lease agreement, rental agreement, or any other document concerning the display of flags or decorations by a homeowner or tenant on residential property, a homeowner or tenant may not be prohibited from displaying on the premises of the property in which the homeowner or tenant is entitled to reside one portable, removable flag of the United States in a respectful manner, consistent with 4 U.S.C. §§ 4 through 10, as amended, and subject to reasonable rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.
(c)    The terms of any contract, deed, covenant, restriction, instrument, declaration, rule, bylaw, lease agreement, rental agreement, or any other document concerning the display of flags or decorations by a homeowner or tenant on residential property may not prohibit or unduly restrict the right of a homeowner or tenant to display on the premises of the property in which the homeowner or tenant is entitled to reside one portable, removable flag of the United States in a respectful manner, consistent with 4 U.S.C. §§ 4 through 10, as amended, and subject to reasonable rules and regulations adopted under subsection (d) of this section.
(d)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the board of directors of a condominium, homeowners association, or housing cooperative, or a landlord may adopt reasonable rules and regulations regarding the placement and manner of display of the flag of the United States and a flagpole used to display the flag of the United States on the premises of the property in which the homeowner or tenant is entitled to reside.
(2)    Before adopting any rules or regulations under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the board of directors of the condominium, homeowners association, or housing cooperative, or the landlord shall:
(i)    Hold an open meeting on the proposed rules and regulations for the purpose of providing affected homeowners and tenants an opportunity to be heard; and
(ii)    Provide advance notice of the time and place of the open meeting by publishing the notice in a community newsletter, on a community bulletin board, by means provided in the documents governing the condominium, homeowners association, or housing cooperative, or in the lease, or by other means reasonably calculated to inform the affected homeowners and tenants.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 1 - Miscellaneous Rules › Section 14-130 - Installation and Use of Clotheslines on Residential Property

(a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)    (i)    “Single–family property” includes:
1.    A single–family detached home;
2.    A townhouse; and
3.    A property that is subject to:
A.    Title 11 of this article;
B.    Title 11B of this article; or
C.    Title 5, Subtitle 6B of the Corporations and Associations Article.
(ii)    “Single–family property” does not include property that contains more than four dwelling units.
(3)    “Townhouse” means a single–family dwelling unit that is constructed in a horizontal series of attached units with property lines separating the units.
(b)    This section does not apply to a restriction concerning the installation or use of clotheslines on historic property that is listed in, or determined by the Director of the Maryland Historical Trust to be eligible for inclusion in, the Maryland Register of Historic Properties.
(c)    A contract, deed, covenant, restriction, instrument, declaration, rule, bylaw, lease agreement, rental agreement, or any other document concerning the installation or use of clotheslines on single–family property may not prohibit a homeowner or tenant from installing or using clotheslines on single–family property.
(d)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law or the terms of any contract, deed, covenant, restriction, instrument, declaration, rule, bylaw, lease agreement, rental agreement, or any other document concerning the installation or use of clotheslines on single–family property, a homeowner or tenant may not be prohibited from installing or using clotheslines on single–family property.
(e)    This section does not prohibit reasonable restrictions on:
(1)    The dimensions, placement, or appearance of clotheslines for the purpose of protecting aesthetic values; or
(2)    The placement of clotheslines for the purpose of protecting persons or property in the event of fire or other emergencies.
(f)    Before adopting any restriction concerning the installation or use of clotheslines on single–family property, a landlord or the governing body of a condominium, homeowners association, or housing cooperative shall:
(1)    Hold an open meeting on the proposed restriction for the purpose of providing affected homeowners and tenants an opportunity to be heard; and
(2)    Provide advance notice of the time and place of the open meeting by publishing the notice:
(i)    In a community newsletter;
(ii)    On a community bulletin board;
(iii)    By means provided in the lease or governing documents of the condominium, homeowners association, or housing cooperative; or
(iv)    By other means reasonably calculated to inform the affected homeowners and tenants.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 1 - Miscellaneous Rules › Section 14-133 - Compilation of Complete Eviction Data by Judiciary -- Duties of Department in Collection and Distribution

(a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)    “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(3)    “Eviction data” means, for each warrant of restitution or writ of possession issued in accordance with a judgment for possession of residential property entered under Title 7, Subtitle 1 of this article, §§ 8–401 through 8–402.2 of this article, or § 14–132 of this subtitle:
(i)    The county and zip code of the subject premises;
(ii)    The date of execution of the warrant or writ; and
(iii)    The type of action from which the warrant or writ was issued.
(b)    Each month, the Judiciary shall collect, compile, and share complete eviction data from the immediately preceding month with the Department in the manner required by the Department.
(c)    The Department shall:
(1)    Organize and format the data received under subsection (b) of this section;
(2)    Publish the data in a data dashboard on the Department’s website and update the dashboard monthly;
(3)    Make the data available for download in open data sets that allow automated searching, spatial analysis, visualization, and processing, on request by:
(i)    A State agency;
(ii)    An agency of a county or municipal corporation; or
(iii)    An academic institution located in the State; and
(4)    On or before August 31, 2023, and each year thereafter, submit a report on the eviction data to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Contract Lien Act › Section 14-201 - Definitions

(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated unless the context requires otherwise.
(b)    (1)    “Contract” means a real covenant running with the land or a contract recorded among the land records of a county or Baltimore City.
(2)    “Contract” includes a:
(i)    Declaration or bylaws recorded under the provisions of the Maryland Condominium Act or the Maryland Real Estate Time–Sharing Act; or
(ii)    Regulated sustainable energy contract recorded under the provisions of Title 9, Subtitle 20D of the State Government Article.
(c)    (1)    “Damages” means unpaid sums due under a contract, plus interest accruing on the unpaid sums due under a contract or as provided by law, including fines levied under the Maryland Condominium Act or the Maryland Real Estate Time-Sharing Act.
(2)    “Damages” does not include consequential or punitive damages.
(d)    “Lien” means a lien created under this subtitle.
(e)    “Party” means any person who:
(1)    Is a signatory to a contract;
(2)    Is described in a contract as having the benefit of any provision of the contract; or
(3)    Owns property subject to the provisions of a contract.
(f)    “Statement of lien” means the statement described under § 14-203(j) of this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Contract Lien Act › Section 14-202 - Creation of Lien by Contract

(a)    A lien on property may be created by a contract and enforced under this subtitle if:
(1)    The contract expressly provides for the creation of a lien; and
(2)    The contract expressly describes:
(i)    The party entitled to establish and enforce the lien; and
(ii)    The property against which the lien may be imposed.
(b)    A lien may only secure the payment of:
(1)    Damages;
(2)    Costs of collection;
(3)    Late charges permitted by law; and
(4)    Attorney’s fees provided for in a contract or awarded by a court for breach of a contract.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 2 - Maryland Contract Lien Act › Section 14-204 - Enforcement and Foreclosure of Lien

(a)    Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a lien may be enforced and foreclosed by the party who obtained the lien in the same manner, and subject to the same requirements, as the foreclosure of mortgages or deeds of trust on property in this State containing a power of sale or an assent to a decree.
(b)    If the owner of property subject to a lien is personally liable for alleged damages, suit for any deficiency following foreclosure may be maintained in the same proceeding, and suit for a monetary judgment for unpaid damages may be maintained without waiving any lien securing the same.
(c)    Any action to foreclose a lien shall be brought within 12 years following recordation of the statement of lien.
(d)    (1)    (i)    In this subsection the following words have the meanings indicated.
(ii)    “Common ownership community” means:
1.    A condominium as defined in § 11–101 of this article; or
2.    A homeowners association as defined in § 11B–101 of this article.
(iii)    “Governing body” means a person who has authority to enforce the declaration, articles of incorporation, bylaws, rules, or regulations of a common ownership community.
(2)    Notwithstanding the declaration, articles of incorporation, bylaws, rules, or regulations of a common ownership community, a governing body may foreclose on a lien against a unit owner or lot owner only if the damages secured by the lien:
(i)    Consist of:
1.    Delinquent periodic assessments or special assessments and any interest; and
2.    Reasonable costs and attorney’s fees directly related to the filing of the lien that do not exceed the amount of the delinquent assessments, excluding any interest; and
(ii)    Do not include fines imposed by the governing body or attorney’s fees or costs related to recovering the fines.
(3)    This subsection does not preclude a governing body from using any other means to enforce a lien against a unit owner or lot owner.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-301 - Definitions

(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated unless the context requires otherwise.
(b)    “Broker” means:
(1)    An individual licensed as, or otherwise authorized to act as, a real estate broker under Title 17 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article; or
(2)    A corporation or partnership authorized to provide real estate brokerage services under Title 17 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article.
(c)    “Broker’s lien” means a lien established in accordance with this subtitle.
(d)    “Claimant” means a broker claiming a broker’s lien under this subtitle.
(e)    “Commercial lease” means a lease of building floor space intended to be used by the tenant for a nonresidential use whether or not the lease expressly sets forth a use.
(f)    (1)    “Commercial leasing brokerage agreement” or “brokerage agreement” means a written agreement between a broker and the owner of commercial property that provides for the payment of a commercial leasing commission by the owner to the broker for services in obtaining a commercial tenant regardless as to whether the broker acted as the agent for the owner or the commercial tenant.
(2)    “Commercial leasing brokerage agreement” or “brokerage agreement” includes a written unilateral offer from an owner of commercial property to one or more brokers, including the broker claiming a lien under this subtitle.
(g)    “Commercial leasing commission” or “commission” means the compensation payable by the owner of commercial property to a broker for obtaining a commercial tenant under a commercial leasing brokerage agreement.
(h)    “Commercial property” means land, and any improvements on the land, used or intended to be used for a nonresidential purpose.
(i)    “Commercial tenant” means a tenant under a commercial lease.
(j)    “Lien property” means the commercial property against which a broker’s lien is claimed or against which a broker’s lien has attached under this subtitle.
(k)    “Owner” means the owner of the commercial property.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-302 - Right to Lien; Priority; Exemptions; Notice of Lien

(a)    If a broker is not paid a commission according to the terms of a commercial leasing brokerage agreement, the broker shall be entitled to a lien under this subtitle for the unpaid portion of the commission.
(b)    (1)    A broker’s lien established under this subtitle shall:
(i)    Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, have priority over all liens of every kind perfected against the lien property after the issuance of an interlocutory order or the final order of the court under § 14-305 of this subtitle;
(ii)    Be subordinate to a mechanics’ lien established under Title 9 of this article, and perfected subsequent to the broker’s lien if the mechanics’ lien relates back to a date when work was performed or materials were furnished and that date is prior to the issuance of an interlocutory order or the final order of the court under § 14-305 of this subtitle;
(iii)    Be subordinate to all liens perfected prior to the issuance of an interlocutory order or the final order of the court under § 14-305 of this subtitle, notwithstanding that the holder of a prior perfected lien had knowledge of the broker’s unfiled commission claim at the time of perfection; and
(iv)    Be subordinate to all other liens which are otherwise paramount to the broker’s lien by operation of law.
(2)    (i)    A commercial property may not be subjected to a broker’s lien under this subtitle if, prior to the establishment of the broker’s lien, legal title has been granted to a bona fide purchaser for value.
(ii)    The filing of a petition under § 14-304 of this subtitle shall constitute notice to a purchaser of the possibility of a broker’s lien perfected under this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-303 - Scope of Lien

A lien established in accordance with this subtitle shall extend to the land covered by the building and to as much other land, immediately adjacent and belonging in like manner to the owner of the building, as may be necessary for the ordinary and useful purposes of the building.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-304 - Establishment of Broker's Lien

(a)    To establish a broker’s lien under this subtitle, a broker shall commence proceedings in the circuit court where the commercial property is located within 180 days after the commercial leasing commission became due and payable by filing with the clerk of the court:
(1)    A petition to establish a broker’s lien, which shall contain the following:
(i)    The name and address of the petitioner;
(ii)    The name and address of the owner;
(iii)    A copy of the brokerage agreement;
(iv)    A description of the lien property, including a statement whether part of the lien property is located in another county, by:
1.    Reasonably specific geographic location;
2.    Street address; or
3.    Legal description from the deed as recorded among the land records; and
(v)    The amount of the commission and the unpaid portion of the commission;
(2)    An affidavit by the broker or by an individual on behalf of the broker stating the facts which the broker is claiming a broker’s lien against the lien property in the amount specified; and
(3)    Either original or sworn, certified or photostatic copies of all material papers or parts of any material papers, if any, which constitute the basis of the broker’s claim for a lien, unless the absence of any material papers or parts of any material papers is explained in the affidavit.
(b)    The clerk shall docket the proceedings as an action in equity, and all process shall issue out of and all pleadings shall be filed in the one action.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-306 - Property Located in Other County

(a)    If any part of the lien property is located within another county and the petitioner desires that the broker’s lien attach to the lien property in that county, the petitioner shall file a certified copy of the docket entries, the court order, and any required bond with the clerk of the circuit court for that county.
(b)    A broker’s lien attaches to the lien property in a county at the time the documents required to be filed under subsection (a) of this section are filed with the clerk of the circuit court of that county.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-307 - Judicial Sales

(a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if all or any part of the lien property against which a broker’s lien has been established under this subtitle is to be sold under a foreclosure or a judgment, execution or any other court order, all liens and encumbrances on the lien property that are subordinate to the lien with respect to which the property is sold shall be satisfied in accordance with their priority.
(b)    (1)    If the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to satisfy all broker’s liens established under this subtitle, then all proceeds available to satisfy each broker’s lien shall be stated by the court auditor as one fund.
(2)    The amount to be disbursed to satisfy each broker’s lien established under this subtitle shall bear the same proportion to that fund as the amount of each broker’s lien bears to the total amount secured by all broker’s liens, without regard to priority among the broker’s liens.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-308 - Enforcement

(a)    A broker’s lien established under this subtitle may be enforced to the same extent as a judgment under the Maryland Rules, including a judicial sale of the lien property to satisfy the amount of the broker’s lien.
(b)    (1)    The right to enforce any broker’s lien under this subtitle expires at the end of 1 year from the day on which the petition to establish the broker’s lien was first filed.
(2)    During the 1-year period the claimant may file a petition in the broker’s lien proceedings to enforce the lien or to execute on any bond given to obtain a release of the lien property from the broker’s lien.
(3)    If a petition to enforce the lien is filed within the 1-year period, the right to a broker’s lien or the broker’s lien, or any bond given to obtain a release of the broker’s lien, shall remain in full force and effect until the conclusion of the enforcement proceedings and after the conclusion of the enforcement proceedings in accordance with the decree entered in the case.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-309 - Other Rights Not Abridged

Nothing in this subtitle affects the right of any broker, to whom a commercial leasing commission is due and payable under a commercial leasing brokerage agreement, to maintain any personal action against the owner of commercial property or any other person for the commission due and payable.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-310 - Construction of Subtitle; Amendments to Proceedings

(a)    This law is remedial and shall be so construed to give effect to its purpose.
(b)    (1)    Any amendment shall be made in the proceedings, commencing with the claim or broker’s lien to be filed and extending to all subsequent proceedings, as may be necessary or proper.
(2)    The amount of the claim or broker’s lien filed may not be enlarged by amendment.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-311 - Waivers

(a)    A commercial leasing brokerage agreement between a broker and an owner may not waive or require the broker to waive the right to claim or establish a broker’s lien.
(b)    Any waiver provision made in a commercial leasing brokerage agreement or any other contract, express or implied, between a broker and an owner made in violation of this section is void as a matter of public policy.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-312 - Releases

(a)    At the time of any settlement or payment in full between a broker and an owner, the broker shall give to the owner a signed release of the broker’s lien established under this subtitle.
(b)    An owner is not subject to a lien and is not otherwise liable for any commission included in the release under subsection (a) of this section.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 3 - Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien › Section 14-313 - Applicability of Maryland Rules Provisions

Subject to the provisions of this subtitle, an action to establish and enforce a broker’s lien under this subtitle, and all proceedings held under this subtitle, shall be in accordance with the Maryland Rules applicable to the establishment and enforcement of a mechanics’ lien under Title 9 of this article.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 4 - Maryland Coordinate System › Section 14-403 - Designation That Survey Based on Maryland Coordinate System

(a)    If a land description uses the Maryland Coordinate System, it shall be designated on the land description.
(b)    A survey of lands may not have endorsed on the survey any legend or other statement indicating that the survey is based on the Maryland Coordinate System unless the survey actually is based on the Maryland Coordinate System.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 4 - Maryland Coordinate System › Section 14-404 - Plane Rectangular Coordinates

(a)    The plane rectangular coordinates of a point on the earth’s surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of the point on the Maryland Coordinate System, consist of two distances, expressed in meters and decimals of meters.
(b)    (1)    One of the distances, known as the “eastings”, shall give the position in an east-west direction.
(2)    The other distance, known as the “northings”, shall give the position in a north-south direction.
(c)    The plane rectangular coordinates under this section shall be made to depend on and conform to the plane rectangular coordinates of the triangulation and traverse stations of the National Geodetic Survey within the State, as those coordinates have been determined by the National Geodetic Survey.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 4 - Maryland Coordinate System › Section 14-405 - Standards of Maryland Coordinate System

(a)    For the purpose of more precisely defining the Maryland Coordinate System, the standards of the National Geodetic Survey set out in this section are adopted.
(b)    (1)    The Maryland Coordinate System is a Lambert conic conformal projection of the Geodetic Reference System of 1980, having standard parallels at north latitudes 38 degrees 18’ and 39 degrees 27’, along which parallels the scale shall be exact.
(2)    The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 77 degrees 00’ west longitude and the parallel 37 degrees 40’ north latitude.
(3)    This origin is given the coordinates: Easting=400,000 meters and northing=0 meters.
(c)    For the Maryland Coordinate System, the unit used to convert feet to meters is the United States survey foot, which is 39.37/12 feet for each meter.
(d)    The position of the Maryland Coordinate System shall be as marked on the ground by triangulation or traverse stations established in conformity with the standards adopted by the National Geodetic Survey for first-order and second-order work, whose:
(1)    Geodetic positions have been rigidly adjusted on the North American Datum of 1983; and
(2)    Plane coordinates have been computed in accordance with this section.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 4 - Maryland Coordinate System › Section 14-406 - Triangulation Stations

A triangulation or traverse station may be used in establishing a survey connection with the Maryland Coordinate System if:
(1)    The triangulation or traverse station is established:
(i)    In accordance with § 14-405 of this subtitle; or
(ii)    By or in accordance with the requirements of the State department authorized to administer this subtitle; and
(2)    The connection is made in accordance with the regulations adopted by the State department authorized to administer this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 5 - Affordable Housing Land Trusts › Section 14-501 - Definitions

(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)    “Affordable housing land trust” means an entity that:
(1)    Provides affordable housing to low–income families and moderate–income families through an affordable housing land trust agreement; and
(2)    Is organized or managed by:
(i)    A nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(2), (3), or (4) of the United States Internal Revenue Code; or
(ii)    A unit or instrumentality of the State or a political subdivision of the State.
(c)    “Affordable housing land trust agreement” means an agreement between an affordable housing land trust and a purchaser of real property owned by the affordable housing land trust, or for which the affordable housing land trust has a proprietary or reversionary interest, that:
(1)    Grants the affordable housing land trust a preemptive right to purchase or repurchase the property, including any improvements on the property;
(2)    Contains language restricting the transfer, lease, sublease, assignment, or occupancy of the property with regard to:
(i)    Potential transferees, sublessees, assignees, or occupants; and
(ii)    The price at which the property may be transferred; or
(3)    Imposes other conditions on the use or transfer of the property that would trigger a reversionary interest and that are designed to ensure that the property remains available and affordable to low–income families and moderate–income families.
(d)    “Family” means a household consisting of one or more individuals.
(e)    “Low–income family” means a household with an income that does not exceed 80% of the area median income for a household of the same size.
(f)    “Moderate–income family” means a household with an income that does not exceed 140% of the area median income for a household of the same size.
(g)    “Nonprofit status” means the recognition by the Internal Revenue Service that an affordable housing land trust is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(2), (3), or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 5 - Affordable Housing Land Trusts › Section 14-502 - Affordable Housing Land Trust Agreement -- Nature; Construction

(a)    An affordable housing land trust agreement created under this subtitle:
(1)    Is not a ground lease; and
(2)    Is not subject to any provision concerning ground leases under Title 8 of this article or Subtitle 1 of this title or under any other provision of the Code.
(b)    This subtitle does not apply to any ground lease that is subject to Title 8 of this article or Subtitle 1 of this title.
(c)    This subtitle may not be construed to exempt any affordable housing land trust or any affordable housing land trust agreement from any provision of law mandating equal treatment or prohibiting discrimination.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 5 - Affordable Housing Land Trusts › Section 14-503 - Affordable Housing Land Trust

(a)    In this section, “Department” means the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.
(b)    Each affordable housing land trust shall register its creation with the Department on a form prescribed by the Department.
(c)    An affordable housing land trust shall submit updates relating to its organization, tax status, address, officers, and any other information as required by the Department.
(d)    (1)    The Department shall maintain an online list of registered affordable housing land trusts in the State.
(2)    The Department is not responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the contents of the online list or the accuracy of any registration.
(e)    The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out and enforce the provisions of this section.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 5 - Affordable Housing Land Trusts › Section 14-504 - Affordable Housing Land Trust -- Activities

In accordance with this subtitle, an affordable housing land trust may:
(1)    Acquire residential real property;
(2)    Acquire an interest in property for the construction of residential real property;
(3)    Make improvements on residential real property;
(4)    Enter into affordable housing land trust agreements with persons who meet the criteria set out in this subtitle and any other criteria as established in the affordable housing land trust agreement for the transfer of an interest in residential real property; and
(5)    Engage in other activities related to the sale, leasing, management, maintenance, and preservation of properties under the control of the affordable housing land trust.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 5 - Affordable Housing Land Trusts › Section 14-506 - Right to Repurchase

(a)    (1)    Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, an affordable housing land trust agreement may authorize the affordable housing land trust to repurchase any interest in the property covered and any improvements on it under conditions set forth in the agreement.
(2)    The time period during which the affordable housing land trust may exercise the right to repurchase shall be set forth in the affordable housing land trust agreement and may not exceed 120 days from the date that the affordable housing land trust receives notice of an event that would give the affordable housing land trust the right to exercise the right to repurchase.
(3)    The failure of an affordable housing land trust to exercise the right to repurchase does not prohibit the affordable housing land trust from exercising any other right established in the agreement, including the right to share in the proceeds of the first sale to a purchaser following the failure of the land trust to exercise its right to repurchase.
(b)    (1)    Except as provided in subsection (a)(3) of this section or in the affordable housing land trust agreement, the failure to exercise a right to repurchase extinguishes the right of the affordable housing land trust to exercise any reversionary interest in the future.
(2)    A subsequent purchaser who acquires the specified interest in the property in an arms–length, third–party transaction for a fair market price after the affordable housing land trust has not exercised its right to repurchase receives title, free of any rights established in the affordable housing land trust agreement that would otherwise have been enforceable by the affordable housing land trust.
(3)    (i)    A seller who sells the specified interest in the property to a purchaser in an arms–length, third–party transaction for a fair market price after the affordable housing land trust has failed to exercise its right to repurchase shall execute a signed, notarized affidavit attesting to the fact of the seller’s notification to the affordable housing land trust and the affordable housing land trust’s failure to exercise its right to repurchase.
(ii)    The affidavit shall be recorded with the deed transferring the specified interest in the property to the purchaser in accordance with § 14–505(f) of this subtitle.
(iii)    Recordation of the affidavit under this paragraph provides a conclusive presumption of the fact that the affordable housing land trust failed to exercise its right to repurchase.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 5 - Affordable Housing Land Trusts › Section 14-507 - Possession, Sale, and Transfer of Property

An affordable housing land trust agreement may authorize the affordable housing land trust to take possession of the property and any improvements and sell or transfer the specified interest in the property if:
(1)    A condition defined in the affordable housing land trust agreement authorizing the action is met;
(2)    The sale is made under Title 14, Chapter 300 of the Maryland Rules;
(3)    The owner of the interest in the property retains the right to any proceeds of a sale as set forth in the affordable housing land trust agreement; and
(4)    The right of the owner to the proceeds has precedence over any claim by the affordable housing land trust to the proceeds of the sale.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 5 - Affordable Housing Land Trusts › Section 14-508 - Reversionary Rights

The reversionary rights of an affordable housing land trust as set forth in the affordable housing land trust agreement are limited to provisions that relate to:
(1)    The transfer of the property to a person who is not a party to the agreement or a person who does not meet the conditions set forth in the affordable housing land trust agreement;
(2)    The possession of the property by a person who does not meet the conditions set forth in the affordable housing land trust agreement;
(3)    The transfer of an interest in the property to a person who does not meet the conditions set forth in the affordable housing land trust agreement;
(4)    The waste, destruction, or abandonment of the property; or
(5)    The failure to comply with any financial provision in the affordable housing land trust agreement.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 5 - Affordable Housing Land Trusts › Section 14-509 - Tax Assessment

(a)    In any assessment for tax purposes of property subject to an affordable housing land trust agreement, the property shall be assessed based on its market value subject to any restrictions in the affordable housing land trust agreement.
(b)    The assessment shall note that the sale was not an arms–length transfer on the property tax record.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 5 - Affordable Housing Land Trusts › Section 14-510 - Nonprofit Organization Operating Trust

(a)    A nonprofit organization operating an affordable housing land trust that gives up or loses its nonprofit status may no longer operate an affordable housing land trust under the terms of this subtitle.
(b)    A nonprofit organization operating an affordable housing land trust may transfer its interest in any affordable housing land trust agreement to another affordable housing land trust, provided that the nonprofit organization does not receive any financial or other valuable compensation for the transfer other than compensation for incidental costs associated with the transfer.
(c)    If a nonprofit organization operating an affordable housing land trust gives up or loses its nonprofit status and does not transfer its interest in an affordable housing land trust agreement as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the affordable housing land trust agreement is abrogated and any reversionary interest contained in the agreement or any provision for the sharing of proceeds becomes unenforceable.
(d)    If an affordable housing land trust agreement becomes unenforceable, the title holder to the property obtains fee simple title to the property without restriction.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-601 - Definitions

(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)    “Claim” includes a legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in property or a cloud on the title to property.
(c)    “Holder” means the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, nominee, or assignee of record, if any, of a security instrument.
(d)    “Property” means real property or any interest in or appurtenant to real property, including fixtures.
(e)    “Security instrument” means a recorded mortgage or deed of trust or an assignment of a recorded mortgage or deed of trust.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-603 - Possession and Control of Property; Equitable Relief

(a)    In an action under this subtitle, the court is deemed to have obtained possession and control of the property for the purposes of the action.
(b)    This subtitle does not limit any authority the court may have to grant any equitable relief that may be proper under the circumstances of the case.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-605 - Notification of Holders Not Named as Parties

(a)    At the time a complaint is filed, the plaintiff shall send each holder that is not named as a party in the action a copy of the complaint with exhibits and a statement that:
(1)    The holder is not a party in the proceeding and any judgment in the proceeding will not affect any claim of the holder; and
(2)    If the holder elects to appear in the proceeding, the holder will appear as a defendant and be bound by any judgment entered in the proceeding.
(b)    The complaint and statement shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, and by first–class mail to the holder:
(1)    At the address set forth in the security instrument for the holder’s receipt of notices; or
(2)    If no address for the holder’s receipt of notices is set forth in the security instrument, at the last known address of the holder.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-606 - Complaint -- Contents

A complaint under this subtitle shall be verified and shall include:
(1)    A description of the property that is the subject of the action, including both its legal description and its street address or common designation, if any;
(2)    (i)    The title of the plaintiff as to which a determination is sought and the basis of the title; and
(ii)    If the title is based on adverse possession, the specific facts constituting the adverse possession;
(3)    The adverse claims to the title of the plaintiff against which a determination is sought; and
(4)    A prayer for a determination of the title of the plaintiff against the adverse claims.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-607 - Answer

(a)    An answer to a complaint under this subtitle shall be verified and shall set forth:
(1)    Any claim the defendant has to the property that is the subject of the action;
(2)    Any facts tending to controvert any material allegations of the complaint that the defendant does not wish to be taken as true; and
(3)    A statement of any new matter constituting a defense.
(b)    If the defendant disclaims any interest in the title of the property in the answer or allows judgment to be taken without answer, the plaintiff may not recover costs.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-608 - Defendants; Admissions

(a)    The plaintiff shall name as defendants in an action under this subtitle the persons having adverse claims to the title of the plaintiff that are of record or known to the plaintiff or reasonably apparent from an inspection of the property against which a determination is sought.
(b)    If the plaintiff admits the validity of any adverse claim, the plaintiff shall state the admission in the complaint.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-609 - Unknown Defendants or Claims

(a)    If the name of a person required to be named as a defendant is not known to the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall state in the complaint that the name is unknown and shall name as parties all persons unknown in the manner provided in § 14–613 of this subtitle.
(b)    (1)    If the claim or the share or quantity of the claim of a person required to be named as a defendant is unknown, uncertain, or contingent, the plaintiff shall state those facts in the complaint.
(2)    If the lack of knowledge, uncertainty, or contingency is caused by a transfer to an unborn or unascertained person or class member, or by a transfer in the form of a contingent remainder, vested remainder subject to defeasance, executory interest, or similar disposition, the plaintiff shall also state in the complaint, so far as is known to the plaintiff, the name, age, and legal disability, if any, of the person in being who would be entitled to the claim had the contingency on which the claim depends occurred before the commencement of the action.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-610 - Effect of Death of Defendant

(a)    If a person required to be named as a defendant is dead and the plaintiff knows of a personal representative, the plaintiff shall join the personal representative as a defendant.
(b)    (1)    If a person required to be named as a defendant is dead, or is believed by the plaintiff to be dead, and the plaintiff knows of no personal representative, the plaintiff shall state those facts in an affidavit filed with the complaint.
(2)    If the plaintiff states in an affidavit under paragraph (1) of this subsection that a person is dead, the plaintiff may join as defendants “the testate and intestate successors of __________ (naming the deceased person), deceased, and all persons claiming by, through, or under the decedent”.
(3)    If the plaintiff states in an affidavit under paragraph (1) of this subsection that a person is believed to be dead, the plaintiff may join the person as a defendant, and may also join “the testate and intestate successors of __________ (naming the person), believed to be deceased, and all persons claiming by, through, or under the person believed to be deceased”.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-611 - Court Order for Joinder of Parties or Title Report

The court on its own motion or on motion of any party may issue any appropriate order to require:
(1)    Joinder of any additional parties that are necessary or proper; and
(2)    The plaintiff to procure a title report supported by an affidavit by the person making the search that a complete search of the public records has been performed in accordance with generally accepted standards of title examination for the appropriate period as determined by the court, but not less than 60 years, and designate a place where the title report shall be kept for inspection, use, and copying by the parties.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-613 - Naming of Additional Defendants

In addition to the persons required to be named as defendants in an action under this subtitle, the plaintiff may name as defendants “all persons unknown, claiming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property described in the complaint adverse to the plaintiff’s title, or any cloud on the plaintiff’s title to the property”.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-614 - Court Order for Appointment of Attorney to Protect Interests of Individuals Not in Being

The court on its own motion or on motion of any party may issue an order for appointment of an attorney to protect the interest of any party to the same extent and effect as provided under Rule 2–203 of the Maryland Rules with respect to individuals not in being.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-615 - Service by Publication

(a)    (1)    If, on affidavit of the plaintiff, it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the plaintiff has used reasonable diligence to ascertain the identity and residence of and to serve a summons on the persons named as unknown defendants and persons joined as testate or intestate successors of a person known or believed to be dead, the court shall order service by publication in accordance with Rule 2–122 of the Maryland Rules and the provisions of this subtitle.
(2)    The order shall direct that a copy of the summons, the complaint, and the order for publication be mailed immediately to the party if the party’s address is ascertained before expiration of the time prescribed for publication of the summons.
(b)    This section does not authorize service by publication on any person named as an unknown defendant who is in open and actual possession of the property.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Real Property › Title 14 - Miscellaneous Rules › Subtitle 6 - Actions to Quiet Title › Section 14-616 - Procedure for Service by Publication

(a)    If the court orders service by publication, the plaintiff shall:
(1)    Post, not later than 10 days after the date the order is issued, a copy of the summons and complaint in a conspicuous place on the property that is the subject of the action; and
(2)    File proof that the summons has been served, posted, and published as required in the order.
(b)    If the court orders service by publication, the publication shall use the legal description of the property along with its street address, or other common designation, if any.