TA-407 Common Ownership – Blueprints and Pipe Schematics

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CITIZEN-DRAFTED BILL TA-407 
 
Requested: August 24, 2024 
Suggested assignment to: Environment and Transportation 
AN ACT concerning 
 
Common Ownership – Blueprints and Pipe Schematics 
FOR the purpose of preserving pipe location documents as described in §11-132 and which are otherwise 
commonly purged from county records or lost by the council of unit owners or management transitions, and 
without which there is significant waste and destruction searching inefficiently for pipe pathways 
EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. 
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. 
Underlining indicates amendments to bill. 
Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by amendment. 
 
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as 
follows: 
 
Article – Real Property 
11-105 
(b) The condominium plat may consist of one or more sheets and shall contain at least the following 
particulars: 
... 
(5) BLUEPRINTS, PIPE SCHEMATICS, AND OTHER SUITABLE DOCUMENTS UNDER §11-132 OF THIS 
TITLE SETTING FORTH THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR LOCATION, MAINTENANCE, AND 
REPAIR OF PIPES AND ALL OTHER CONDOMINIUM FACILITIES 
 
11-126 
(b) The public offering statement required by subsection (a) of this section shall be sufficient for the 
purposes of this section if it contains at least the following: 
... 
(19) BLUEPRINTS, PIPE SCHEMATICS, AND OTHER SUITABLE DOCUMENTS UNDER §11-132 OF 
THIS TITLE SETTING FORTH THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR LOCATION, MAINTENANCE, AND 
REPAIR OF PIPES AND ALL OTHER CONDOMINIUM FACILITIES 

 
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(a) (4) A certificate containing: 
... 
(xii) THE NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LONG-TERM CUSTODIANS, 
COMPRISED OF ANY COMBINATION OF MANAGERS, BOARD MEMBERS, DEVELOPERS, CLERKS, 
HOMEOWNERS, CONTRACTORS, OR PLUMBERS, WITH VERIFIED POSSESSION OR CONTROL OF 
DRAWINGS, ARCHITECTURAL PLANS, BLUEPRINTS, PIPE SCHEMATICS, AND OTHER SUITABLE 
DOCUMENTS SETTING FORTH THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR LOCATION, MAINTENANCE, 
AND REPAIR OF PIPES AND ALL OTHER CONDOMINIUM FACILITIES, OR A STATEMENT THAT THE 
INFORMATION IS LOST OR DESTROYED 
 
... 
(g)(1) A notice given as required by subsection (a) of this section shall be sufficient for the purposes of 
this section if it is in substantially the following form: 
... 
 (iv) A certificate containing: 
...    
14. THE NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LONG-TERM CUSTODIANS, 
COMPRISED OF ANY COMBINATION OF MANAGERS, BOARD MEMBERS, DEVELOPERS, 
CLERKS, HOMEOWNERS, CONTRACTORS, OR PLUMBERS, WITH VERIFIED POSSESSION 
OR CONTROL OF DRAWINGS, ARCHITECTURAL PLANS, BLUEPRINTS, PIPE SCHEMATICS, 
AND OTHER SUITABLE DOCUMENTS SETTING FORTH THE NECESSARY INFORMATION 
FOR LOCATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR OF PIPES AND ALL OTHER CONDOMINIUM 
FACILITIES, OR A STATEMENT THAT THE INFORMATION IS LOST OR DESTROYED 
 
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect October 1, 2025.