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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="14-603" title_number="14" title_name="Procedure" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Interest">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and for estimated personal property tax in § 14-604 of this subtitle, the rate of interest for full year county or municipal corporation property tax or taxing district property tax is two-thirds of 1% for each month or fraction of a month that the county or municipal corporation property tax or taxing district property tax is overdue.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For the following counties and municipal corporations the rate of interest for each month or fraction of a month that county or municipal corporation property tax or taxing district property tax is overdue is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="1">
        <text>5% for Garrett County;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>1% for the City of Salisbury;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>1% for Washington County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>1% for Somerset County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the rate set by law by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the governing body of a county that has adopted a charter form of government under Article XI–A of the Maryland Constitution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the governing body of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Allegany County;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the City of Annapolis;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Berlin, not exceeding 1.5%;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Caroline County, not exceeding 1%;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Cecil County, or any municipal corporation in Cecil County, not exceeding 1%;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>Dorchester County;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>the City of Frederick, not exceeding 1%, that is set on or before the date of finality;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>Frederick County, not exceeding 1%, that is set on or before the date of finality;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="9">
          <text>Ocean City, not exceeding 1.5%;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="10">
          <text>Pocomoke City, not exceeding 1.5%;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="11">
          <text>the Town of Princess Anne, not exceeding 1.5%;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="12">
          <text>Kent County or any municipal corporation in Kent County;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="13">
          <text>Queen Anne’s County or any municipal corporation in Queen Anne’s County;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="14">
          <text>Snow Hill, not exceeding 1.5%;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="15">
          <text>Worcester County, not exceeding 1.5%;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="16">
          <text>Calvert County;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="17">
          <text>St. Mary’s County;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="18">
          <text>the City of Taneytown;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="19">
          <text>the City of Cambridge; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="20">
          <text>Mardela Springs, not exceeding 1%; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City for Baltimore City, if the rate is set on or before June 30 for the following taxable year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The governing body of Calvert County or of St. Mary’s County may set, by law:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an interest rate for overdue tax on commercial property; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a separate interest rate for overdue tax on noncommercial property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
