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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="3-111" title_number="3" title_name="Recordation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Rules and Exceptions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “personal information” means an individual’s:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Social Security number; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Driver’s license number.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or after June 1, 2010, a person may not include personal information in a deed or other recordable instrument intended for recording.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person engaged to perform or charged with the duty to record a deed or other recordable instrument that contains personal information may, prior to recording:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Permanently delete the personal information from the deed or other recordable instrument; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Request that the personal information be masked from the deed or other recordable instrument in accordance with § 8–504 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person is immune from civil liability or criminal penalty if the person:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Inadvertently records a deed or other recordable instrument containing personal information; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Deletes or masks personal information from a deed or other recordable instrument in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If a deed or other recordable instrument that contains personal information is inadvertently recorded, the inclusion of the personal information does not affect the validity of the instrument.</text>
  </level>
</section>
