All certified copies of instruments affecting title to every interest in land, recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the county, prepared by the clerk shall have the following certificate affixed thereto:
NOTICE
Any restrictive covenant which purports to restrict or affect, on the basis of race, color, religious creed or national origin, the title, occupancy or transfer of land, whether heretofore or hereafter included in an instrument affecting the title to real or leasehold property, is declared to be null, void and of no effect, and contrary to the public policy of this state, as well as contrary to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. Chapter 324, Laws of Maryland 1971.* (1972 L.M.C., ch. 20, § 1.)
*Editor's note—1971 Md. Laws, ch. 324, authorized Montgomery County to enact 1972 L.M.C., ch. 20, which provides for a notice as to discrimination in housing to be a part of any recorded instrument affecting title to real property. Chapter 324, Laws of Maryland 1971, as amended, is codified at Md. Ann. Code, art. 49B, § 23. Md. Ann. Code art. 49B, § 23, no longer contains this language. Although the provision appears to have responded to the Fair Housing Act of 1968, it is not clear when the language was removed. See 1971 Md. Laws, ch. 324.
Cross reference-Human rights and civil liberties, ch. 27.