# Agriculture (GAG)

## Title 2. Department of Agriculture

### Subtitle 5. Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation

#### Section 2-510.1

(a) The Foundation may make a grant to purchase an easement on a property selected by the Foundation to a county with a program, approved by the Foundation, to purchase easements using installment purchase agreements.

(b) The Foundation may only approve a county's installment purchase program if the program is used to purchase easements using installment purchase agreements that:

  (1) Require the county to make annual equal payments to the landowner of interest on the outstanding balance of the purchase price;

  (2) Require that the county pay the landowner the remainder of the purchase price at the end of the term;

  (3) State the total amount of money the county will pay the landowner, the interest rate, and the terms of the agreement; and

  (4) Require that the easement be recorded within 30 days of settlement.

(c) An easement purchased using a grant provided under this section shall be jointly held by the county and the Foundation.

(d) An easement purchased using a grant provided under this section may not terminate.

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Md. Code Ann., Agric. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)