Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 12-924 - Release of lien securing extension of credit(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, this section applies only to a plan between a credit grantor and a consumer borrower under which a credit grantor has taken any property as security for credit extended under the plan.(2) This section does not apply to a loan to which § 3-105.1 of the Real Property Article applies.(b) A credit grantor shall release any recorded mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or other lien securing the extension of credit within a reasonable time after: (1) The outstanding unpaid indebtedness under a plan has been paid in full;(2) There are no further obligations of the credit grantor or the consumer borrower under the plan; and(3) The account under the plan is closed.(c) The release shall be: (2) Prepared at the expense of the credit grantor.(d)(1) If the credit grantor does not record the release, the credit grantor shall furnish the consumer borrower with the release in a recordable form.(2) If the credit grantor records the release, the credit grantor shall furnish the consumer borrower with a copy of the release.(e)(1) If a fee is collected by a credit grantor for the recording of a release: (i) The release shall be recorded by the credit grantor; and(ii) Any portion of the fee not paid to a governmental entity for recording the release shall be refunded to the borrower.(2) If a fee is not collected by a credit grantor for the recording of a release, the credit grantor is not obligated to record the release.