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Terms Used In Maryland Code, TAX - GENERAL 7-302

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • 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
Except as provided in § 7-303 of this subtitle, a tax is imposed on the transfer of the Maryland estate of each decedent who, at the time of death, was:

(1) a resident of this State; or

(2) a nonresident of this State whose estate includes any interest in:

(i) real property permanently located in this State; or

(ii) tangible personal property that has a taxable situs in this State.