(a)   If the person offering a deed or other instrument affecting property
for record first pays the recording fees, the clerk of the circuit
court of each county shall record every deed and other instrument
affecting property in well-bound books to be named "Land Records",
if that is the practice in the county, or on microfilm, if that is the
practice. The clerk shall endorse on the deed or other instrument the
time he receives the document for recording and the endorsement shall
show in the Land Records. Any deed or other instrument affecting
property which also affects personal property shall be recorded in the
same manner in the Land Records only, and not in the "Financing
Records".
  (b)   If an interested party so requests, the "Financing Records"
provided for in § 9-402(9) of the Commercial Law Article shall
include a notation that the instrument is recorded among the "Land
Records". The instrument also shall be indexed in the general
alphabetical index provided in § 3-302 of this subtitle. The notation
and indexing have the same effect as if the instrument were recorded in
full among the "Financing Records".
  (c)   The clerk may not refuse to accept any deed or other document entitled
to be recorded, solely on the grounds that the deed or document
contains a strike-through, interlineation, or other corrections. The
clerk may refuse to accept for re-recording, a previously recorded
deed or document that has been corrected or altered by a
strike-through, interlineation, or similar corrective measures, and
that has not been re-executed, initialled, or otherwise ratified in
writing by the party or parties affected by the correction.
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