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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="14-702" title_number="14" title_name="Procedure" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Additions to Tax and Assessable Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation may set, by law, a tax penalty against overdue county, municipal corporation, or taxing district total tax liability on property.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A tax penalty may be set only on overdue county, municipal corporation, or taxing district total tax liability on property imposed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>under § 10-102 or § 10-210 of this article, if the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of the county or of the municipal corporation sets, by law, the tax penalty rate on or before June 30 for the succeeding taxable year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>under § 10-103 of this article, if the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of the county or of the municipal corporation sets, by law, the tax penalty rate on or before December 31 for the succeeding taxable year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>under § 10-104 of this article, if the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of the county or of the municipal corporation sets, by law, the tax penalty rate on or before September 30 for the succeeding taxable year; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>under § 10-105 of this article, if the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of the county or of the municipal corporation sets, by law, the tax penalty rate on or before March 30 for the succeeding taxable year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The governing body of Montgomery County or of Prince George’s County may not charge tax penalties under this subtitle on unpaid county property tax deferred under § 10-201 or § 10-202 of this article before the deferral period expires.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The governing body of Calvert County or of St. Mary’s County may set, by law:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a tax penalty rate for overdue tax on commercial property; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a separate tax penalty rate for overdue tax on noncommercial property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
