§ 3–701
Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.
Md. Code Ann., Real Prop. § 3-701 (2026)
Title 3. Recordation
Subtitle 7. Maryland Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act
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(a)
In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)
“Document” means information that is:
(1)
Inscribed on a tangible medium or stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form; and
(2)
Eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the clerk of a circuit court.
(c)
“Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(d)
“Electronic document” means a document that is received by the clerk of a circuit court in electronic form.
(e)
“Electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.
(f)
“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a statutory trust, a personal representative of an estate, a trustee, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint venture, a public corporation, a government, a governmental subdivision, an agency, an instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(g)
“State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.