Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB130: Task Force to Study Deed Fraud
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
Establishing the Task Force to Study Deed Fraud; requiring the Task Force to review the incidence of deed fraud in Maryland, including the number of complaints, resolved deed fraud cases, amount of restitution awarded, and geographic and demographic trends; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to provide staff for the Task Force; and requiring the Task Force by July 1, 2028, to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.
What the bill says
An act concerning Criminal Law - Deed Fraud - Prohibition, Deed Fraud Prevention Grant Fund, and Task Force to Study Deed Fraud FOR the purpose of prohibiting the intentional fraudulent sale, conveyance, or lease or attempted sale, conveyance, or lease of real property by a person who does not own the real property; prohibiting the acquisition, sale, or conveyance or the attempted acquisition, sale, or conveyance of real property by deception, intimidation, threat, or undue influence; establishing the Deed Fraud Prevention Grant Fund; establishing the Task Force to Study Deed Fraud…
From the enrolled text, May 18, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Criminal Law - Deed Fraud - Prohibition, Deed Fraud Prevention Grant Fund, and Task Force to Study Deed Fraud FOR the purpose of prohibiting the intentional fraudulent sale, conveyance, or lease or attempted sale, conveyance, or lease of real property by a person who does not own the real property; prohibiting the acquisition, sale, or conveyance or the attempted acquisition, sale, or conveyance of real property by deception, intimidation, threat, or undue influence; establishing the Deed Fraud Prevention Grant Fund; establishing the Task Force to Study Deed Fraud; and generally relating to deed fraud. BY adding to Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings Section 5-106(kk) Annotated Code of Maryland (2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Criminal Law Section 8-601 Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Criminal Law Section 8-906 Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Public Safety Section 2-307 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Public Safety Section 2-801 and 2-802 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 8. Deed Fraud Prevention Grant Fund" Annotated Code of Maryland Ch. 399 2026 LAWS OF MARYLAND (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 …