The process can take from 6 to 13 weeks. The Transfer Tax Checklist is attached to this guide.
If you wish to change your name or remove a name on your property record, due to marriage, divorce, death of an owner, etc., a new deed must be filed with the local Land Records office where the property is located. You can not change a deed to a property through the Assessment 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.
Is Maryland a Mortgage State or a Deed of Trust State? Maryland is a Mortgage state and Deed of Trust state.
In order to change any information in a Deed, a new Deed has to be prepared. One of the questions this office is most frequently asked is how to remove the name of a deceased person from the deed to property. Unfortunately, this is not a process that can be accomplished by merely providing a death certificate.
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.
A completed Maryland Land Instrument Intake Sheet must accompany all deeds (typically completed by the party transferring the property).