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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="7-310" title_number="7" title_name="Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, and Vendor's Liens" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Protection of Homeowners in Foreclosure Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to any other right under law to rescind a contract, the homeowner of a residence in default has the right to rescind a contract for the sale or transfer of the residence in default within 5 days after the execution of the contract.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any provision in a contract or other agreement concerning a sale or transfer of a residence in default that attempts or purports to waive the homeowner’s rights under this title, consent to jurisdiction for litigation or choice of law in a state other than Maryland, consent to venue in a county other than the county in which the property is located, or impose any costs or filing fees greater than the fees required to file an action in a circuit court, is void.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except when a primary mortgage lender takes a deed in lieu of foreclosure, a sale or transfer of a residence in default may not be executed using a quitclaim deed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A notice of rescission under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall be in writing but need not take any particular form specified in this subtitle or any form contained in any agreement with the purchaser or transferee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is effective, however expressed, if it indicates the intention of the homeowner to rescind the contract.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The right to rescind may not be conditioned on the repayment of any funds, provided however that any debt existing prior to a rescission shall continue to exist.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Within 10 days after receipt of a notice of rescission, the purchaser or transferee shall return, without condition, any original deed, title, contract, and any other document signed by the homeowner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>During the 5–day rescission period, a deed or other document affecting title to the homeowner’s residence in default may not be recorded.</text>
  </level>
</section>
