Terms Used In Maryland Code, TAX - PROPERTY 11-102

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) The Department may require a person to submit to the Department a report on personal property that contains the information listed in subsection (b) of this section, if the person:

(1) moves personal property to any county or municipal corporation from the county or municipal corporation where it was assessed;

(2) moves personal property from outside this State to a county or municipal corporation inside this State; or

(3) possesses, cares for, or manages any personal property that:

(i) is not assessed; or

(ii) the Department suspects is not assessed.

(b) The report on personal property shall contain:

(1) a list of:

(i) all personal property assessable by the Department; and

(ii) all personal property assessable but not previously assessed by the Department that the person possesses, cares for, or manages; and

(2) the name of each person who owns an item of the personal property.