Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 4-111
Terms Used In Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 4-111
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) “Lender” means a person holding an interest in or lien on property pursuant to a mortgage or deed of trust.
(3) “Subordination agreement” means an agreement establishing priorities:
(i) Between or among lenders; or
(ii) Between or among a lender and any other person or persons holding an interest in property.
(b) A lender may subordinate its interest under a mortgage or deed of trust to the interest of another lender or to the property interest of a person, through execution of a subordination agreement on behalf of the subordinating lender by:
(1) As to a lender secured by a mortgage, the mortgagee or assignee; or
(2) As to a lender secured by a deed of trust, the trustee or successor trustee or the holder of the note or other obligation secured by the deed of trust.
(c) This section applies to all subordination agreements existing on or after October 1, 1997.