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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-3 Service charge.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-3" heading="Service charge.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Charge imposed.">A property owner electing to pay real property taxes under a semiannual payment schedule shall pay a service charge annually with the 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; installment.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Charge as lien.">The service charge and all interest and penalties due on the principal amount shall be a lien on the property of any person liable for the charge, interest, and penalties, and the lien shall be recorded and collected in the same manner as taxes are collected.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Amount of charge.">The Mayor and City Council shall set the service charge in accordance with the requirements and limitations of &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gtp|10-204"&gt;State Tax-Property Article § 10-204&lt;/cite&gt;.3.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 28, §16B(d), (e)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-323</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-534</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
