# § 6-3 Scope of subtitle.

Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 6-3 Scope of subtitle.

Balt., Md., Code art. 13, § 6-3 (2026)

The following transfers of title are exempt from the requirements of <cite data-path="|13|6">this subtitle</cite>:

(1) transfer of title to a spouse, child or children, parents, siblings, or in-laws of the landlord;

(2) transfer of title by will or through inheritance under the State Estates and Trusts Article;

(3) a gift to any religious, charitable, or benevolent, tax-exempt donee;

(4) transfer of title in a mortgage or deed of trust;

(5) transfer of title to a government agency;

(6) transfer of, or for the sole purpose of creating, a reversionary (ground rent) interest, if the leasehold is retained by, or was not owned by, the transferor;

(7) transfer of title in lieu of foreclosure of a mortgage or deed of trust;

(8) any sale at public auction of a property individually, if the landlord has offered the property to the persons required under <cite data-path="|13|6">this subtitle</cite>, and those persons have failed to exercise the opportunity to purchase before the auction sale;

(9) any transfer by a personal representative from a decedent’s estate made in the course of the administration of the estate; [and]

(10) a transfer of title by a bona fide gift to a relative of the transferor or relative of the transferor’s spouse, subject to the following:

  (i) “relatives” means only those relatives set forth in § 267(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and all lineal descendants and spouses of those relatives to the extent not already included in that section;

  (ii) “ancestors” as defined in § 267(c)(4) are limited to the levels of parents and grandparents; and

  (iii) “lineal descendants” include all biological children and stepchildren, and full effect shall be given to legal adoption[.] ; and

(11) A tranfer of title by the housing authority of Baltimore City.

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