Maryland 1031 Exchange rules allow investors to defer capital gains on sale of qualified property if exchanged for like-kind property. Visit our library of important 1031 exchange forms.The pros at Equity Advantage have provided everything you need in easily downloadable PDF files. A Purchase Sales Agreement (can be emailed or faxed to the QI). Include verbiage establishing the intent to perform a §1031 tax deferred exchange in the Purchase and Sale. Agreement. You must attach an original settlement statement, property tax printout. Based on the language of Section 1031, there are 4 essential elements to completing a valid likekind exchange: 1. At closing, the proceeds are delivered to the Qualified Intermediary to be held in escrow for the benefit of the Exchanger. But in a likekind exchange, gain or loss on the sale of relinquished property is deferred until the replacement property is sold. We prefer the NC version, which incorporates the language in the main contract; there should be no need for a checkbox as in the GCAAR version.