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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="13-103" title_number="13" title_name="Transfer Taxes" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “controlling interest”, “real property”, and “real property entity” have the meanings stated in § 12–117 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The taxes under this title are imposed on the transfer of a controlling interest in a real property entity as if the real property, directly or beneficially owned by the real property entity, was conveyed by an instrument of writing that is recorded with the clerk of the circuit court for a county or filed with the Department under § 13–202 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The taxes under this section are imposed on the consideration payable for the transfer of the controlling interest in the real property entity or on the value of the real property directly or beneficially owned by the real property entity, as provided in § 12–117(b)(2) of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except for the county transfer tax, the taxes under this section shall be applied at the rates established in this title.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The county transfer tax shall be applied at the rate imposed by the county where the real property is located.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The taxes under this title are not imposed on the transfer of a controlling interest in a real property entity in any of the circumstances described:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in § 13–207 of this title that exempts an instrument of writing from the transfer tax; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in § 12–117(c) of this article that exempts the transfer of a controlling interest in a real property entity from the recordation tax.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In each instance in which a controlling interest in a real property entity is transferred, the provisions of § 12–117(d) and (e) of this article are applicable.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>This section does not apply in the circumstances described in § 12–117(f) of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Department shall adopt regulations to administer this section in the same manner as in § 12–117(g) of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
