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<chapter heading="Chapter 40. Real Property - Regulations">
  <section heading="COMCOR 40.12C.01 Advertisements Subject to Property Tax Disclosure Requirements">
    <regulation heading="COMCOR 40.12C.01 Advertisements Subject to Property Tax Disclosure Requirements">
      <subsection heading="40.12C.01.01">
        <paragraph indent="0">This Executive Regulation defines the phrase “any written or electronically transmitted material that a seller produces or distributes in connection with the advertisement for sale of specific residential real property” as used in Section 40-12C of the County Code.</paragraph>
        <paragraph indent="2">(a)   Any “written or electronically transmitted material that a seller produces or distributes in connection with the advertisement for sale of a specific residential real property,” as used in County Code § 40-12C, includes:</paragraph>
        <paragraph indent="3">(1)   all printed sales material available on site or at an “open house;”</paragraph>
        <paragraph indent="3">(2)   any information about a specific property for sale which is available on the Internet or in a web page; and</paragraph>
        <paragraph indent="3">(3)   any written material which specifies the amount of tax the seller currently pays or recently paid.</paragraph>
        <paragraph indent="2">(b)   Any “written or electronically transmitted material that a seller produces or distributes in connection with the advertisement for sale of a specific residential real property,” as used in County Code § 40-12C, does not include, unless the material specifies the amount of tax the seller currently pays or recently paid:</paragraph>
        <paragraph indent="3">(1)   a newspaper or magazine classified “liner” advertisement or a “group display” advertisement in which the advertisement for a specific house is less than 16 square inches;</paragraph>
        <paragraph indent="3">(2)   one or more introductory screen listings for a specific property on the Internet, which may contain the asking price, as long as the disclosure required by § 40-12C appears on the Internet listing in any later or linked screen which provides further financial details about the property;</paragraph>
        <paragraph indent="3">(3)   a “For Sale” sign posted at or near a property; or</paragraph>
        <paragraph indent="3">(4)   a radio or television advertisement.</paragraph>
      </subsection>
      <subsection heading="40.12C.01.02 Severability">
        <paragraph indent="0">If a court holds that part of this regulation is invalid, the invalidity does not affect other parts.</paragraph>
      </subsection>
    </regulation>
  </section>
</chapter>