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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="14-505" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Rules" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Affordable Housing Land Trusts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An affordable housing land trust agreement may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Restrict the transfer, lease, sublease, or assignment of possession or of any interest in the property to a person who does not meet the conditions set forth in the affordable housing land trust agreement for that property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Grant the affordable housing land trust the right to repurchase any interest in the property and any improvements on the property under terms set forth in the affordable housing land trust agreement and in accordance with the requirements of § 14–506 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Grant the affordable housing land trust the right to take possession of the property and sell the property if a condition defined in the agreement is met and in accordance with the requirements of § 14–507 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Provide for the reversion of the property at the end of the term of the affordable housing land trust agreement under conditions set forth in the agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Provide a mechanism or formula for the sharing of any proceeds from a future sale or transfer of an interest in the property under terms set forth in the agreement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Provide other mechanisms to enforce the terms of the affordable housing land trust agreement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An affordable housing land trust shall record any affordable housing land trust agreement in accordance with subsection (f) of this section and Title 3 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An affordable housing land trust agreement:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>May not extend for a term longer than 99 years; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May be renewed under conditions set forth in the agreement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An affordable housing land trust agreement shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be in writing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Clearly identify each term and condition.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A copy of an affordable housing land trust agreement shall be provided to the purchaser of any property covered by the agreement at least 15 days before the purchaser enters into a contract acquiring an interest in or possession of any property covered by the agreement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If a copy of the affordable housing land trust agreement is not provided as required under this subsection, a contract entered into by a purchaser of any property covered by the agreement is voidable by the purchaser.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The failure to provide a copy of the affordable housing land trust agreement as required under this subsection is cause for the rescission of any transaction involving the transfer of any interest in the property by the purchaser.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A copy of the affordable housing land trust agreement and a signed, notarized affidavit acknowledging receipt of the affordable housing land trust agreement by the transferee shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Recorded in the land records of the county in which the property is located;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Indexed in the grantor and grantee indices with the seller as grantor and the purchaser as grantee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notwithstanding the fact that a copy of the affordable housing land trust agreement, rather than the original, is offered for record with the affidavit, accepted for recording by the clerk without payment of recordation and transfer taxes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Recordation of a copy of the affordable housing land trust agreement and the affidavit:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Terminates the right of rescission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provides a conclusive presumption that a contract of sale was not rescinded.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The terms of an affordable housing land trust agreement may be modified or changed only with the written consent of all the parties.</text>
  </level>
</section>
