So, as long as everything is submitted successfully to the Transfer Tax Office, there will be no other action needed on your part. The process can take from 6 to 13 weeks.
Recording a deed in Montgomery County is a two step process. First, bring the deed to the County Transfer/Recordation Tax Office located at: 27 Court House Square, Suite 200, Rockville, for processing. Second, visit the Courthouse at 50 Maryland Avenue, Rockville 2nd floor Recording Office.
Maryland law requires all deeds to include the names of the grantor (the seller) and grantee (the buyer), a description of the property, and the interest that you intend to convey. All deeds must be recorded with the Department of Land Records in the county where the property is located.
The deed of trust must then be recorded with the county where the property is located, and each of the parties (the trustor, trustee, and lender) should keep a copy of the recorded document.
You can cancel your deed of trust by getting a deed of surrender in place. This is a legal document which can be used to waive a previous deed or contract between multiple parties. You can't cancel a deed of trust without the consent of all parties named within the deed.
Any deed or document that affects a change of ownership must be accompanied by: (1) a completed Intake Sheet; (2) a copy of the deed for submission to the Department of Assessments and Taxation; and (3) an affidavit of residency and/or a Maryland Form MW 506 NRS, for non-resident sale of property.
If a deed of trust recorded in California does not contain a maturity date, then the lender has up to 60, and possibly even 64 years to foreclose non-judicially, but the longer the lender waits, the more likely it is that a borrower could successfully raise a defense of equitable estoppel or laches.
Holding title to a piece of property is the legal way of saying you own the right to the property. In contrast, deeds are legal documents (also called instruments) that transfer title from one person to another.
They are kept in the Land Records Department. Every Maryland County and Baltimore City has a Land Records Department located in that County's Circuit Court. Deeds and other documents stored in land records are open to the public.