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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 8.1-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="8.1-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Department.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Department” means the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusion.">“Department” includes any attorney representing the Department in an action filed under this subtitle.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Interested party.">“Interested party” has the meaning stated in § 14-873 {“Definitions: Interested party”} of the State Tax-Property Article&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Property; Real property.">“Property” or “real property” has the meaning stated in § 1-101 {“Definitions: Real property”} of the State Tax-Property Article.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Tax.">“Tax” has the meaning stated in § 14-801 {“Definitions: Tax”} of the State Tax-Property Article&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-393</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">
            State Tax-Property Art. § 14-801(d), as re-enacted by Chapter 276, 2019 Laws of Maryland, reads as follows
            
              (d)
              
                (1)
                “Tax” means any tax, or charge of any kind due to the State or any of its political subdivisions, or to any other taxing agency, that by law is a lien against the real property on which it is imposed or assessed.
              
              
                (2)
                “Tax” includes interest, penalties, and service charges.
              
            
          </annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">
            State Tax-Property Art. § 14-873(b), as enacted by Chapter 276, 2019 Laws of Maryland, reads as follows
            
              (b)
              “Interested party” means:
              
                (1)
                the person who last appears as owner of the real property on the collector’s tax roll;
              
              
                (2)
                a mortgagee of the property or assignee of a mortgage of record;
              
              
                (3)
                a holder of a beneficial interest in a deed of trust recorded against the real property;
              
              
                (4)
                a taxing agency that has the authority to collect tax on the real property; or
              
              
                (5)
                any person having an interest in the real property whose identity and address are:
                
                  (i)
                  reasonably ascertainable from the county land records; or
                
                
                  (ii)
                  revealed by a full title search consisting of at least 50 years.
                
              
            
          </annotation>
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</baltimore-city-law>
