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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="14-203.1" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Rules" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Contract Lien Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Medical debt” means a debt owed by a consumer to a person whose primary business is providing medical services, products, or devices, or to the person’s agent or assignee, for the provision of the medical services, products, or devices.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Medical debt” does not include debt charged to a credit card unless the credit card is issued under an open–end or closed–end credit plan offered solely for the payment of health care services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Owner–occupied residential property” has the meaning stated in § 7–105.1 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A lien on owner–occupied residential property may not be created by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a lien is created in violation of this section, the court shall remove the lien.</text>
  </level>
</section>
