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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="14-202" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Rules" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Contract Lien Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A lien on property may be created by a contract and enforced under this subtitle if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The contract expressly provides for the creation of a lien; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The contract expressly describes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The party entitled to establish and enforce the lien; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The property against which the lien may be imposed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A lien may only secure the payment of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Damages;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Costs of collection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Late charges permitted by law; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Attorney’s fees provided for in a contract or awarded by a court for breach of a contract.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
