Section 15-101 – General Effective Date
The effective date of this article is 12:01 A.M. on July 1, 1974, and this article is applicable at that time except as provided in § 15-102 of this title.
Section 15-102 – Special Effective Dates
Unless otherwise specifically provided in this article, the provisions of this article are applicable on the effective date. In addition, (1) Section 3–101(a) of this article applies to all deeds whether executed before or after the effective date. (2) Section 3–102 of this article applies to all instruments whether recorded before or after the effective date. (3) Section […]
Section 15-103 – Applicability
Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this article, transactions validly entered into before the effective date and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from them remain valid thereafter and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by any statute amended or repealed by this article as though such repeal […]
Section 14-620 – Rights of Purchaser or Encumbrancer Without Knowledge of Defects or Irregularities in Judgment
Any relief granted in an action or proceeding directly or collaterally attacking a judgment entered under this subtitle, whether based on lack of actual notice to a party or otherwise, may not impair the rights of a purchaser or encumbrancer for value of the property acting in reliance on the judgment without knowledge of any […]
Section 14-621 – When Judgment Not Binding
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, a judgment in an action under this subtitle is not binding or conclusive on: (1) The State, unless individually joined as a party to the action and State law authorizes the judgment to be binding or conclusive as to its interests; or (2) The United States, unless the United States […]
Section 14-606 – Complaint — Contents
A complaint under this subtitle shall be verified and shall include: (1) A description of the property that is the subject of the action, including both its legal description and its street address or common designation, if any; (2) (i) The title of the plaintiff as to which a determination is sought and the basis of the title; […]
Section 14-607 – Answer
(a) An answer to a complaint under this subtitle shall be verified and shall set forth: (1) Any claim the defendant has to the property that is the subject of the action; (2) Any facts tending to controvert any material allegations of the complaint that the defendant does not wish to be taken as true; and (3) A statement […]
Section 14-608 – Defendants; Admissions
(a) The plaintiff shall name as defendants in an action under this subtitle the persons having adverse claims to the title of the plaintiff that are of record or known to the plaintiff or reasonably apparent from an inspection of the property against which a determination is sought. (b) If the plaintiff admits the validity of any […]
Section 14-609 – Unknown Defendants or Claims
(a) If the name of a person required to be named as a defendant is not known to the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall state in the complaint that the name is unknown and shall name as parties all persons unknown in the manner provided in § 14–613 of this subtitle. (b) (1) If the claim or the share […]
Section 14-610 – Effect of Death of Defendant
(a) If a person required to be named as a defendant is dead and the plaintiff knows of a personal representative, the plaintiff shall join the personal representative as a defendant. (b) (1) If a person required to be named as a defendant is dead, or is believed by the plaintiff to be dead, and the plaintiff knows […]