{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-11-402","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 11–402","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.\n(2) “Land” means real property or any interest in or appurtenant to real property.\n(3) “Medical debt” has the meaning stated in § 14–203.1 of the Real Property Article.\n(b) (1) A complaint seeking a money judgment shall indicate whether the judgment sought is for medical debt.\n(2) A complaint seeking a money judgment for medical debt shall include the address of the primary residence of the defendant.\n(c) If indexed and recorded as prescribed by the Maryland Rules, a money judgment of a court constitutes a lien to the amount and from the date of the judgment on the judgment debtor’s interest in land located in the county in which the judgment was rendered except:\n(1) For a lease from year to year or for a term of not more than five years and not renewable; and\n(2) As provided in § 14–203.1 of the Real Property Article.\n(d) If indexed and recorded as prescribed by the Maryland Rules, a money judgment constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor’s interest in land located in a county other than the county in which the judgment was originally entered, except:\n(1) For a lease from year to year or for a term not more than five years and not renewable; and\n(2) As provided in § 14–203.1 of the Real Property Article.\n(e) Promptly after the entry of an order of satisfaction or the filing of a written statement by a judgment creditor with the clerk of the court that a judgment of a court has been satisfied, the clerk of the court shall make an entry of the word “satisfied” on the horizontal line in the judgment record where the lien is indexed.","path":["Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcj\u0026section=11-402","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:03Z","sha256":"22da0ac8d2cecef3914a374c7db2eda1b24315687cdc52b433e77a6afcab0ffd","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-11-401","next":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-11-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}