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<subtitle article="grp" title_number="3" subtitle_number="5" title_name="Recordation" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Recordation and Indexing Rules">
  <section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="3-501" title_number="3" title_name="Recordation" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Recordation and Indexing Rules">
    <level label="a">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County shall:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>Assign to each parcel of real property in the county an individual parcel identifier, numerical or otherwise; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Record by parcel identifier in a parcel index any instrument or reference to an instrument presented for recording after June 30, 1981.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Information recorded by parcel identifier in a parcel index shall be the legal record of interests affecting any parcel.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <level label="i">
          <text>Except as provided by subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, all interests created after June 30, 1981 that are enforceable against real property, shall be recorded in the land records by serial number (liber or folio, or other number as the Clerk determines) and by parcel identifier.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>The provisions of this subsection do not apply to:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>Contracts for conveyance of real property;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>Leases not required to be recorded under § 3-101(c) or (d) of this title;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="3">
            <text>Liens of judgment created by § 11-402 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, and other actions in law or equity which constitute a claim against or encumbrance upon the property;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="4">
            <text>Liens arising from nonpayment of real property taxes; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="5">
            <text>Claims of the United States not subjected by federal law to the recording requirements of this State.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>An instrument may not be recorded after June 30, 1981 unless it is legible and contains:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>The parcel identifier;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>The county tax account number for the parcel, if any, and if it is different from the parcel identifier;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>The record legal description of the boundaries of the parcel;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>The street address of the parcel, if any;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="v">
          <text>The full name and address of each party to that instrument and the nature of the party’s interest; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="vi">
          <text>The name of any title insurer insuring the instrument.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>An instrument is not rendered invalid by failure to comply with the requirements of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>