# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 26. Public Drainage Associations

### Subtitle 6. Rights-of-Way, Easements, and Condemnation

#### Section 26-601

(a) The board of managers may acquire any right-of-way and easement necessary to construct and maintain the drainage projects or dispose of excavated material according to an approved operation and maintenance plan.

(b)

  (1) The board of managers of each drainage association shall submit to the clerk of the circuit court in the appropriate county a book, to be known as the "easement record", that contains each easement for maintenance or right-of-way, according to the original design specifications or for not less than 20 feet, that the drainage association has in the county.

  (2) A drainage association shall keep the easement record current.

  (3) The clerk of a circuit court shall make an easement record available for inspection by the public.

#### Section 26-602

If a landowner refuses to accept the damages awarded to the landowner by the board of viewers and approved by the county commissioners or county council and refuses the necessary access to the landowner's land, the board of managers may begin condemnation proceedings under Title 12 of the Real Property Article to acquire a right-of-way.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)