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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Residential Property - Required Disclosures on Sale or Lease
FOR the purpose of requiring certain disclosures in the sale or lease of certain properties; defining certain terms; increasing certain penalties; imposing certain other penalties; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the sale or lease of residential property.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 2 - Consumer Protections
Subtitle 14, to be under the amended subtitle designation,
"Subtitle 14. Real Estate Practices - Sales of Residential Properties"
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Code
Article 2. Consumer Protections
Subtitle 14. Real Estate Practices - [Single-family Dwellings]
SALES OR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
ยง 14-1. DEFINITIONS.
(A) IN GENERAL.
IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
(B) CONTRACT OF SALE.
(1) IN GENERAL.
"CONTRACT OF SALE" MEANS ANY AGREEMENT OR WRITTEN INSTRUMENT THAT PROVIDES FOR THE TRANSFER OF TITLE TO ANY PROPERTY FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTH...
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