Sean Powell has served as the supervisor of assessments for St. Mary's County since November 2003 where he was responsible for administering real property assessments for the jurisdiction.

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Recent Maryland legislation will change the law affecting indemnity mortgages and indemnity deeds of trust (“IDOTs”) as well as refinancings in this state generally. Effective July 1, the new law raises the size of loan transactions involving IDOTs which are taxable when they are recorded from $1 million to $3 million, and it changes the way refinancings in Maryland are taxed.

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When Del. Herbert H. McMillan began drafting legislation to end a long-standing tax credit on the purchase of coal, the Anne Arundel County Republican was met by a troubling impediment.

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During the last several years, the mortgage industry has undergone intense scrutiny. And with good reasons:

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Ronald W. Wineholt has joined the Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington as vice president - government affairs for Maryland effective Oct. 1.

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ANNAPOLIS — History will remember the 2012 Maryland General Assembly session as the year the state permitted same-sex couples to legally marry, a controversial law that will likely have to survive a referendum in November if it is to go ...

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ANNAPOLIS — With key parts of its prior effort at ground-rent reform declared unconstitutional last fall, a Maryland Senate committee on Tuesday considered legislation that would penalize those who fail to register their property in ways that might pass muster ...

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Arundel Village Plaza, a strip mall in Brooklyn Park along Ritchie Highway, is scheduled to be sold at a foreclosure auction next week at the Anne Arundel County courthouse. The auction is scheduled for July 13 at 2 p.m. The ...

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Maryland counties unexpectedly awash with extra cash in May will see their finances come back down to earth this month as the state fixes a flubbed formula used to disburse income tax revenue to local jurisdictions. The mistake in the ...

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Taking stand against algae Maryland will become the first state March 21 to ban felt-soled fishing boots that spread an invasive algae from stream to stream. The ban has consumers scrambling to replace gear and retailers left with boots they can’t ...

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