Section 8-115 - Rent reserved as crops. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-115. Rent reserved as crops.
 

(a)  Lien on crops.- If a share of growing crops is reserved as rent, the rent reserved is a lien on the crops. 

(b)  Rule in Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, St. Mary's, and Worcester counties.- In Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, St. Mary's, and Worcester counties, if a share of growing crops is reserved as rent, or advances by the landlord are made on the faith of the crops to be grown, the reserved rent and advances made are a lien on the crops. However, the contract making the advances shall be written and executed by the landlord and tenant. 

(c)  Lien not divested by sale, insolvency, or process of law.- Any lien provided for by this section is not divested by sale by the tenant, the personal representative of a deceased tenant, by the assignment of the tenant in bankruptcy or insolvency, or by process of law. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 21, § 8-215; 1974, ch. 12, § 2; 2002, ch. 19, § 10.]