A. Processing of plats.
1. The Planning Department Staff must reproduce a sufficient number of copies of an original approved plat for applicable local agencies and the plat preparer.
2. The official seal of the land surveyor who prepared the plat must be impressed upon the original approved plat and reproductions.
B. Recordation. The reproductions required by the Clerk of the Circuit Court must be transmitted with the appropriate recording fee within 7 days following completion of processing for recordation in the land records. Once recorded, the original approved plat must be filed in the vault provided by the Commission and remain there, unless required by court order as an exhibit.
C. Indexing. The Clerk of the Circuit Court must record the plat and enter it in the general index of the land records. All plats filed and recorded must be indexed both in the name of the subdivision and in the name of the owners signing the plat.
D. Effect of filing. Plats, when filed and recorded under this Chapter, constitute a part of the land records of the County and have the same effect as properly recorded deeds. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, §§17-4, 17-6, 104-26; 1894, ch. 622, §§60C, 60E; 1912, ch. 790, §§401, 403; 1914, ch. 134; Ord. No. 7-41, §4; 1973 L.M.C., ch. 25, §8; Ord. No. 8-90, §1; Ord. No. 10-12, §3; Ord. No. 13-26, §1; Ord. No. 13-36, §1; Ord. No. 13-57, §5; Ord. No. 13-62, §1; Ord. No. 13-113, §1; Ord. No. 14-37, §1; Ord. No. 14-50, §1; Ord. No. 18-19, §2; Ord. No. 19-22, §7.)
Editor’s note—Section 8.3 [formerly §15-14 and, prior to that, §19-6] is cited in Nohowel v. Hall, 218 Md. 160, 146 A.2d 187 (1958). See also Perlmutter v. Bacas, 219 Md. 406, 149 A.2d 23 (1959).