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Terms Used In Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 13-410

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) (1) If the proceeding is heard by the Commissioner under § 13-406 of this subtitle, the final judgment of the Commissioner may be appealed as provided by the Administrative Procedure Act.

(2) If the proceeding is referred to the circuit court for declaratory relief under § 13-407 of this subtitle, the final judgment of the court may be appealed as provided in § 3-408.1 of the Courts Article.

(b) (1) On appeal, the purchase price for any vacant land may be contested only:

(i) By the applicant; or

(ii) If the Commissioner or the court, as the case may be, establishes a purchase price under § 13-313(c)(2) of this title at an amount less than that established by the assessors under § 13-313(c)(1) of this title, by the State.

(2) If the purchase price for vacant land is contested on appeal, the court hearing the appeal may set the purchase price at any amount, not exceeding that established by the assessors under § 13-313(c)(1) of this title, that the court, based on the record before it, determines to be the proper assessed value of the land.