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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="3-601" title_number="3" title_name="Recordation" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Recording and Other Costs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “page” means one side of a leaf not larger than 8 1/2 inches wide by 14 inches long, or any portion of it.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, before recording an instrument among the land or financing records, a clerk shall collect:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$10 for a release 9 pages or less in length;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$20 for any other instrument 9 pages or less in length;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Except as provided in item (i) of this paragraph, $20 for an instrument, regardless of length, involving solely a principal residence; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>$75 for any other instrument 10 pages or more in length.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The recording costs under this subsection shall also apply to instruments required to be recorded in the financing statement records of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A clerk may not collect a fee for the recordation of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A restrictive covenant modification executed under § 3–112 of this title; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An amendment to the common area deeds or other declarations of a homeowners association that deletes a recorded covenant or restriction that restricts ownership based on race, religious belief, or national origin in accordance with § 11B–113.3 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who submits a written refund claim for recording fees, including any recording surcharge, that have been overpaid to the clerk of a circuit court, is eligible for a refund of the amount overpaid from the clerk that collected the fees.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A claim for a refund under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be as required by regulations adopted by the State Court Administrator.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
