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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="13-604" title_number="13" title_name="Court Supporting Agencies" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Administrator shall establish a surcharge of $20 for each type of recordable instrument to be recorded among the land records and the financing statement records.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For recordable instruments executed on or after July 1, 2011, the surcharge established under this subsection shall be $40 for each type of recordable instrument to be recorded among the land records and the financing statement records.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The surcharge shall be collected by the office of the clerk of the circuit court for each county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The surcharge may not be charged:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>To an entity that is exempt from the payment of fees under § 3–603 of the Real Property Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the recordation of a restrictive covenant modification executed under § 3–112 of the Real Property Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For the recordation of an amendment to the common area deeds or other declarations of a homeowners association that deletes a recorded covenant or restriction that restricts ownership based on race, religious belief, or national origin in accordance with § 11B–113.3 of the Real Property Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Receipts from the surcharge shall be placed in the Fund and used by the Administrator for the purposes of the Fund.</text>
  </level>
</section>
