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Md. Code, Land Use § 5-302

This is the official text of Md. Code, Land Use § 5-302, part of Maryland’s Code, Land Use — governs zoning and land use planning.

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§5–302.

Official statutory text

(a) A clerk of the circuit court for the county in which the local jurisdiction is located may not record a subdivision plat unless the plat has been approved by the planning commission for the local jurisdiction in the manner required by law.

(b) A subdivision plat that is recorded without the required approval is limited to the legal effect of an unrecorded plat.

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