Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary

HB 918 changes how county Registers of Wills are paid in Maryland. It removes an outdated $12,000 minimum salary for Baltimore City's Register and replaces the previous $146,500 salary cap with a new rule tying their pay to the state's Grade 26, Step 20 salary scale for public employees. Salaries will now be set annually by the Board of Public Works based on county population, office fees, and workload, with changes applying only to new terms - not current holders. This directly affects all county Registers of Wills, who manage wills and estate records.