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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="3-703" title_number="3" title_name="Recordation" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “paper document” means a document received by the clerk of a circuit court in a form that is not electronic.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In compliance with any standards established by the Administrative Office of the Courts, the clerk of a circuit court:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>May receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May provide for access to, and search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Shall, if the clerk of the circuit court accepts electronic documents for recording, continue to accept paper documents and place entries for electronic and paper documents in the same index;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>May convert into electronic form:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Paper documents accepted for recording; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Information recorded before the clerk of the circuit court began to record electronic documents;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Shall transmit documents in fully verified books to the State Archives for preservation and publication on a website maintained by the State Archives;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>May accept by electronic means any fee or tax collected as a condition precedent to recording a document; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Shall coordinate with other State or county officials on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording documents or the electronic payment of fees or taxes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The State Department of Assessments and Taxation or a county:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>May accept by electronic means any fee or tax that the Department or county is authorized to collect as a condition precedent to recording a document; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Shall coordinate with the clerk of a circuit court or other State official on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording documents or the electronic payment of fees or taxes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
