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Section 21: Community News Subject: OPA is Safe Msg# 946484
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Under Maryland law there are no "legal" cities or towns unless they are incorporated.
While generally a "town" is usually considered a smaller entity than a city, legally they are exactly the same as far as Maryland law is concerned. With the exception of the Independent city of Baltimore (which is a special case), in Maryland, there is no difference between a "city" and a "town," it is simply part of the name that was chosen to designate an incorporated municipality. It is analogous to a corporate business entity choosing to have a name with "incorporated" or with "corporation", both terms mean the same thing. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I am surprised. I have lived in Ocean Pines most of my adult life and I have never seen a Maryland drivers license that indicated an Ocean Pines, MD address. My legal address is Berlin, MD. Ocean Pines is not a "Town" in any sense of the definition. Marty Hi Marty, Didn't you grow up over in or near Chevy Chase? I have never understood all those "towns" in Chevy Chase. I think there are five of them. They couldn't be much more than a few blocks square. What is the purpose of that whole thing? One of them was established as late as 1996. They appear on the listings of towns in Montgomery Co. even though they are all in the same neighborhood. I thought you might know this lore. We only have 3 real towns in MoCo....... Rockville, Takoma Park, and Gaithersburg. maybe Poolesville...not sure. We have always put Ocean Pines, Md. as our address. Our house in not in the city of Berlin. We only share a zip code with them, and we are not within their boundaries. Hope you know the mystery of the many " towns" of Chevy Chase. Nancy |
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