Section 4-202 - Grants.
§ 4-202. Grants.
(a) Deed granting fee-simple interest in property.
This deed, made this . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . ., by me, (here insert the name of the grantor) witnesseth, that in consideration of, (here insert consideration) I, the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., do grant unto (here insert the name of the grantee), all that (here describe the property).
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(b) Granting estate for life.
This deed, made this . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . . ., by me, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., witnesseth, that in consideration of . . . . . . . . . . I, the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., do grant unto . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., to hold during his life and no longer.
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(c) Deed of trust to secure debts or for other purposes.
This deed, made this . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . ., by me, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., witnesseth, that whereas (here insert the consideration for making the deed), I, said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., do grant unto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., as trustee, the following property, (here describe the property), in trust for the following purposes (here insert the purposes of the trust, and any covenant that may be agreed upon).
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(d) Sheriff's or other officer's deed.
This deed, made this . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . ., by me, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., Sheriff of . . . . . . . . . . . . County, Maryland, witnesseth, that by virtue of an execution issued out of (here insert the style of court), and dated . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . . . ., in the case of . . . . . . . . . . . . v. . . . . . . . . . . . ., I, the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., as Sheriff of said county, have sold to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., the following property, (here describe property). Now, therefore, I, the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., do grant unto the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., all the right and title of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in and to said hereinbefore described property.
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(e) Trustee's deed under a decree.
This deed, made this . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . ., by me, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., trustee, witnesseth, whereas, by a decree of (here insert style of court), passed on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (here insert day of decree), in the case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., I, the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., was appointed trustee to sell the land decreed to be sold, and have sold the same to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., who has fully paid the purchase money therefor. Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises, I, the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., do grant unto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . all the right and title of all the parties to the aforesaid cause, in and to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (describe property).
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(f) Deed of commissioners to make partition of land.
This deed, made this . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . ., witnesseth, that we . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., (here insert names of commissioners), commissioners appointed by the Circuit Court for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . County, to divide the lands of A B, late of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . County, deceased, in consideration of the sum of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., have sold, and do hereby grant to C D, all that parcel of land, (here describe the land as described in return of the commissioners).
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(g) Personal representative's deed.
This deed, made this . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . ., witnesseth, that I, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . personal representative of the Last Will of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., late of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . County, deceased, in consideration of the sum of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., have bargained and sold to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., all that parcel of land (here describe the land).
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(h) Mortgage of property.
This mortgage, made this . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by me, . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., witnesseth, that in consideration of the sum of . . . . . . . . . . . . dollars, now due from me, the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., I, the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., do grant unto the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., (here describe the property); provided, that if I, the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., shall pay, on or before the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . ., to the said . . . . . . ., the sum of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dollars, with the interest thereon from . . . . . . . . . . . ., then this mortgage shall be void.
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(i) Lease.
This lease, made this . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . . ., between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., witnesseth, that the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do lease unto the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., his personal representatives or assigns (here describe property), for the term of . . . . . . . . years, beginning on the . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . ., and ending on the . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in the year . . . . . . . ., the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., paying therefor the sum of . . . . . dollars, on the . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., in each and every year.
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[An. Code 1957, art. 21, § 4-202; 1974, ch. 12, § 2.]