Md. Code, Commercial Law § 9-525
This is the official text of Md. Code, Commercial Law § 9-525, part of Maryland’s Code, Commercial Law — governs commercial transactions - Maryland's version of the Uniform Commercial Code.
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§9–525.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in § 9-502(c), is:
(1) $25 if the record is communicated in writing and consists of eight or fewer pages;
(2) $75 if the record is communicated in writing and consists of more than eight pages; and
(3) $25 if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.
(b) The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection (a).
(c) This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under § 9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.
(1) $25 if the record is communicated in writing and consists of eight or fewer pages;
(2) $75 if the record is communicated in writing and consists of more than eight pages; and
(3) $25 if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.
(b) The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection (a).
(c) This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under § 9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.
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