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Terms Used In Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 14-307

  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if all or any part of the lien property against which a broker’s lien has been established under this subtitle is to be sold under a foreclosure or a judgment, execution or any other court order, all liens and encumbrances on the lien property that are subordinate to the lien with respect to which the property is sold shall be satisfied in accordance with their priority.

(b) (1) If the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to satisfy all broker’s liens established under this subtitle, then all proceeds available to satisfy each broker’s lien shall be stated by the court auditor as one fund.

(2) The amount to be disbursed to satisfy each broker’s lien established under this subtitle shall bear the same proportion to that fund as the amount of each broker’s lien bears to the total amount secured by all broker’s liens, without regard to priority among the broker’s liens.