Real Property
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Rights Protection Act of 2025 [HB-1396]
Prohibiting certain persons from exercising a right of condemnation to acquire property for the purpose of constructing a power line or a certain generating station that produces electricity from wind energy or solar energy; and prohibiting the State or any of its instrumentalities or political subdivisions from acquiring by condemnation property that is encumbered by certain conservation easements or will be used for the construction of a power line or a certain generating station.
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Gettr Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Prohibited Restrictions on Use - Accessory Dwelling Units MC 2-25 [HB-1234]
Providing that certain restrictions on use that prohibit the use of real property in Montgomery County for accessory dwelling units otherwise authorized under law are void and unenforceable; and applying the Act retroactively.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Transfer Tax - Exemption for First-Time Home Buyers [HB-1295]
Exempting instruments of writing that transfer improved residential real property to certain first-time home buyers from the Baltimore County transfer tax.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Fee Disclosures [HB-1257]
Requiring a landlord to provide certain information to prospective tenants about fees imposed on tenants and prohibiting a landlord from imposing a mandatory fee that was not disclosed; applying the Act to a lease signed or renewed on or after October 1, 2025, and a landlord that offers four or more dwelling units for rent; and authorizing a tenant to file a claim against a landlord for a violation of the Act on or after February 1, 2026, and during the tenancy or up to 2 years after the tenancy expired.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions [HB-1466]
Establishing the policy of the State to promote and encourage the creation of accessory dwelling units on land with a single-family detached dwelling unit as the primary dwelling unit in order to meet the housing needs of the citizens of the State; requiring, on or before October 1, 2026, the legislative body of certain counties or municipal corporations to adopt a local law authorizing the development of accessory dwelling units on land with certain single-family detached dwelling units subject to certain requirements; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Eminent Domain - Just Compensation - Fees and Costs [HB-1362]
Establishing that damages to be awarded for the taking of land in a condemnation proceeding include, in addition to the fair market value of the land taken, any legal, expert, or other fees or costs of the action incurred by a defendant.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Charles County - Governing Bodies of Common Ownership Communities - Member Training [HB-1284]
Requiring each member of a board of directors or officer of a council of unit owners of a condominium in Charles County and each member of a governing body of a homeowners association in Charles County to successfully complete a certain training curriculum on the responsibilities of a member of the governing body, subject to certain requirements.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Cutting or Clearing Trees MC/PG 113-25 [HB-1470]
Providing that, in Prince George's County, to enforce a certain violation involving the clearing or cutting of trees in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, the Prince George's County Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement must record a lien on property that is the subject of the violation in a certain manner; establishing certain limits, prohibitions, requirements, and authorizations on actions certain local jurisdictions may take if a lien is not recorded as required by the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Licensed Funeral Establishments - Provision of Fact Sheet on Real Property Ownership [HB-1445]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish a fact sheet about the legal issues and resources related to the ownership of residential real property following the death of a homeowner; and requiring a licensed funeral establishment to provide a printed copy of the fact sheet to certain individuals during the course of providing funeral services.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Requirements for Sale or Transfer or Government Acquisition [HB-1354]
Prohibiting certain owners of a cemetery from selling or transferring the cemetery without the approval of the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight; authorizing a governmental unit to acquire an abandoned cemetery under certain circumstances; and establishing requirements for the sale, transfer, or government acquisition of a cemetery.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Property Tax - Day Care Centers and Child Care Centers [HB-1343]
Exempting personal property used in connection with certain large family child care homes from valuation and taxation in Anne Arundel County; authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County or the governing body of a municipal corporation in Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the real property tax owed on the portion of real property used for certain child care centers and day care centers; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Residential Real Property - Moratorium on Assessment Increases and Review of Assessment Practices and Methodology [HB-1330]
Prohibiting, for a taxable year beginning after June 30, 2025, but before July 1, 2027, an increase of the assessed value of residential real property in Baltimore County except under certain circumstances; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to retain an independent third party to study and make certain recommendations regarding the residential real property assessment practices and methodology of the Department; requiring the Department to report, on or before December 1, 2026, the results of the study; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Transfer Tax - Exemption for First-Time Home Buyers - Alterations [HB-1410]
Altering the exemption from the State transfer tax for instruments of writing that transfer improved residential real property to certain first-time home buyers.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Condemnation - Damages Awarded for Lost Profits [HB-1337]
Providing that the owner of a business or farming operation on certain property that is taken is entitled to damages for the loss of profits under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities - Online Publication of Resale Disclosures [HB-1221]
Requiring the governing bodies of certain common ownership communities or a certain property management company to maintain certain information on their websites in a downloadable format and at no cost.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Pesticide and Pest Control - State-Owned Property - Pesticide Use Restrictions and Pollinator Habitat [HB-1342]
Authorizing a person to apply a pesticide on State-owned property only if the person is applying a listed pesticide or a registered pesticide for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Agriculture to develop a model pesticide and pollinator habitat management plan to be implemented on State-owned and managed property; and requiring a unit of State government that manages tracts of State-owned property to work with the Department to adapt the model plan.
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Utah 2025 General Session
Uniform Mortgage Modification Act [HB-440]
Uniform Mortgage Modification Act
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, relative to planning. [HB-1326]
As introduced, creates a vested property right upon the submission, rather than the approval, of a development plan or building permit; specifies that the vesting period applicable when it is based on the submission of a building permit is three years. - Amends TCA Title 13.
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, relative to planning. [SB-1313]
As introduced, creates a vested property right upon the submission, rather than the approval, of a development plan or building permit; specifies that the vesting period applicable when it is based on the submission of a building permit is three years. - Amends TCA Title 13.
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 10, Part 1 and Title 66, Chapter 24, Part 2, relative to electronic recordings. [SB-1230]
As enacted, specifies certain persons who may submit electronic records for registration with a register of deeds that accepts electronic records under the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act; makes other changes related to the act. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 10, Part 1 and Title 66, Chapter 24, Part 2.