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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="15-517" title_number="15" title_name="Fiduciaries" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “liquidating asset” means an asset whose value will diminish or terminate because the asset is expected to produce receipts for a period of limited duration.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Liquidating asset” includes a leasehold, patent, copyright, royalty right, and right to receive payments during a period of more than 1 year under an arrangement that does not provide for the payment of interest on the unpaid balance.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Liquidating asset” does not include a payment subject to § 15-516 of this subtitle, resources subject to § 15-518 of this subtitle, timber subject to § 15-519 of this subtitle, an activity subject to § 15-521 of this subtitle, an asset subject to § 15-522 of this subtitle, or any asset for which the trustee establishes a reserve for depreciation under § 15-525 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A trustee shall allocate to income 10 percent of the receipts from a liquidating asset and the balance to principal.</text>
  </level>
</section>
