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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 8-2 Tax deeds copied, recorded.">
  <section prefix="§" num="8-2" heading="Tax deeds copied, recorded.">
    <text>The Comptroller of the City shall, on receipt of a deed from the Director of Finance of any property purchased by the City of Baltimore at any sale for taxes:</text>
    <para num="(1)">have the deed:<para num="(i)">scanned electronically into the database required by City Code &lt;cite data-path="|5|§16-1"&gt;Article 5, § 16-1 {“Record of conveyances and contracts”}&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
      <para num="(ii)">duly recorded among the land records in the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City; and</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(2)">when recorded, retain the original deed in the Comptroller’s office.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1893, art. 50, §67</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 46, §76</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 37, §45</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 28, §44</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 28, §17</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1880-045</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-141</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-032</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">This section was amended by Ordinance 21-032, effective January 10, 2022, to coordinate with the online database that will be required by that Ordinance.  Cf. Code &lt;cite data-path="|5"&gt;Article 5&lt;/cite&gt;, § 16-1, and accompanying Editor’s Note.</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
