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<baltimore-city-law heading="Regulation .01 Adoption, Applicability, and Scope of Regulations.">
  <section prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Adoption, Applicability, and Scope of Regulations.">
    <para num="A.">Adoption.
The Baltimore City Department of Finance (“DOF”) adopts these rules and regulations under &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Code" data-path="|28"&gt;City Code Article 28&lt;/cite&gt;, §8-5.</para>
    <para num="B.">Applicability.
These rules and regulations are in addition to all applicable laws found in the &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Code" data-path="|28"&gt;City Code Article 28&lt;/cite&gt;, other applicable sections of the City Code, and the Annotated Code of Maryland.</para>
    <para num="C.">Scope of Regulations.<para num="(1)">Effective July 1, 2021, certain homeowners are eligible to apply during a two-month period beginning February 15 of that fiscal year to have their properties withheld from the annual tax sale list.</para>
      <para num="(2)">&lt;cite data-path="05.18.01.01"&gt;This section&lt;/cite&gt; applies to the sale of a dwelling with an assessed value of $250,000 or less.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The aggregate tax and lien liability of all properties withheld from the annual tax sale list may not exceed $2 million in any tax year.</para>
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