Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 3-401
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Terms Used In Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 3-401
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- 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
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) Notices of liens on real property for obligations payable to the United States, and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the real property subject to the liens is situated.
(b) Notices of liens on tangible or intangible personal property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed as follows:
(1) If the person against whose interest the lien applies is a corporation or a partnership whose principal executive office is in the State, as these entities are defined in the Internal Revenue Code, in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the county where the principal executive office is located;
(2) In all other cases in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county where the person resides at the time of filing of the notice of lien.