Md. Code, Real Property, Title 5

Md. Code, Real Property, Title 5
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Md. Code, Real Property § 5-101

Every corporeal estate, leasehold or freehold, or incorporeal interest in land created by parol and not in writing and signed by the party creating it, or his agent lawfully authorized by writing, has the force and effect of an estate or interest at will only, and has no other or greater force or effect, either in law or equity.

Md. Code, Real Property § 5-103

No corporeal estate, leasehold or freehold, or incorporeal interest in land may be assigned, granted, or surrendered, unless it is in writing signed by the party assigning, granting, or surrendering it, or his agent lawfully authorized by writing, or by act and operation of law.

Md. Code, Real Property § 5-104

No action may be brought on any contract for the sale or disposition of land or of any interest in or concerning land unless the contract on which the action is brought, or some memorandum or note of it, is in writing and signed by the party to be charged or some other person lawfully authorized by him.

Md. Code, Real Property § 5-105

Except as provided in § 5-107 of this title, every declaration of trust, or amendment to it, respecting land shall be manifested and proved by a writing signed by the party who by law is enabled to declare the trust, or by his last will in writing, or else it is void.

Md. Code, Real Property § 5-106

Every assignment of any beneficial interest in a trust, the assets of which wholly or partially consist of land, is void unless the assignment is: (1) In writing signed by the assignor or his agent lawfully authorized by writing; or (2) By his last will in writing.

Md. Code, Real Property § 5-107

This title is not applicable where any grant is made of any interest in land by which a trust arises or results by implication or construction of law, or where a trust is transferred or extinguished by operation of law.

Md. Code, Real Property § 5-108

Nothing in this title may be construed as negating any additional requirement of this article for the effective granting of estates or interests in land.
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