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MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-603 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 6 - Certification of Questions of Law|Section 12-603 - Power to Answer

    The Court of Appeals of this State may answer a question of law certified to it by a court of the United States or by an appellate court of another state or of a tribe, if the answer may be determinative of an issue in pending litigation in the certifying court and there is no controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision, or statute of this State.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-604 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 6 - Certification of Questions of Law|Section 12-604 - Power to Reformulate Question

    The Court of Appeals of this State may reformulate a question of law certified to it.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-605 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 6 - Certification of Questions of Law|Section 12-605 - Certification Order; Record

    (a)    The court certifying a question of law to the Court of Appeals of this State shall issue a certification order and forward it to the Court of Appeals of this State.    (b)    Before responding to a certified question, the Court of Appeals of this State may require the certifying court to deliver all or part of its record to the Court of Appeals of this State.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-606 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 6 - Certification of Questions of Law|Section 12-606 - Contents of Certification Order

    (a)    A certification order shall contain:        (1)    The question of law to be answered;        (2)    The facts relevant to the question, showing fully the nature of the controversy out of which the question arose;        (3)    A statement acknowledging that the Court of Appeals of this State, acting as the receiving court, may reformulate the question; and        (4)    The names and addresses of counsel of record and parties appearing without counsel.    (b)    If the parties cannot agree upon a statement of facts, the certifying court shall determine the relevant facts and state them as a part of its certification order.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-607 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 6 - Certification of Questions of Law|Section 12-607 - Notice; Response

    The Court of Appeals of this State, acting as a receiving court, shall notify the certifying court of acceptance or rejection of the question and, in accordance with notions of comity and fairness, respond to an accepted certified question as soon as practicable.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-608 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 6 - Certification of Questions of Law|Section 12-608 - Procedures

    (a)    After the Court of Appeals of this State has accepted a certified question, proceedings are governed by the Maryland Rules.    (b)    Procedures for certification from this State to a receiving court are those provided in the rules and statutes of the receiving forum.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-609 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 6 - Certification of Questions of Law|Section 12-609 - Opinion

    The Court of Appeals of this State shall state in a written opinion the law answering the certified question and send a copy of the opinion to the certifying court, counsel of record, and parties appearing without counsel.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-610 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 6 - Certification of Questions of Law|Section 12-610 - Cost of Certification

    Fees and costs are the same as in civil appeals docketed before the Court of Appeals of this State and shall be equally divided between the parties unless otherwise ordered by the certifying court.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-611 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 6 - Certification of Questions of Law|Section 12-611 - Severability

    If any provision of this subtitle or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this subtitle which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this subtitle are severable.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-612 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 6 - Certification of Questions of Law|Section 12-612 - Uniformity of Application and Construction

    This subtitle shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform law with respect to the subject of the subtitle among states enacting it.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-613 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 6 - Certification of Questions of Law|Section 12-613 - Short Title

    This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 7 - Practice on Appeal|Section 12-701 - Stays

    (a)    (1)    An appeal from an orphans’ court or a circuit court stays all proceedings in the orphans’ court concerning the issue appealed.        (2)    An appeal from an orphans’ court or a circuit court does not stay any proceedings in the orphans’ court that do not concern the issue appealed, if the orphans’ court can provide for conforming to the decision of the appellate court.        (3)    (i)    An appeal from a final order of an orphans’ court or a circuit court removing a personal representative does not stay an order appointing a successor personal representative or special administrator.            (ii)    If an appeal is filed from the final order of an orphans’ court or a circuit court removing a personal representative and the court appointed a successor personal representative, the successor personal representative shall have the powers of a special administrator.    (b)    An appeal from a judgment of a juvenile court with respect to a child neither stays the judgment nor discharges the child from the custody of a person, institution, or agency to whose care the juvenile court has committed the child. The appellate court may authorize a stay, on application and hearing, if it finds that suitable provision is made for the care and custody of the child.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  12-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 12 - Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions|Subtitle 7 - Practice on Appeal|Section 12-702 - Sentences Following Appeals

    (a)    If an appellate court remands a criminal case to a lower court in order that the lower court may pronounce the proper judgment or sentence, the lower court shall deduct from the term of the new sentence the time served by the defendant under the previous sentence from the date of his conviction. If the previous sentence was a statutory maximum sentence, the lower court also shall give credit for any period of incarceration prior to the previous sentence, if the incarceration was related to the offense for which the sentence was imposed.    (b)    If an appellate court remands a criminal case to a lower court in order that the lower court may pronounce the proper judgment or sentence, or conduct a new trial, and if there is a conviction following this new trial, the lower court may impose any sentence authorized by law to be imposed as punishment for the offense. However, it may not impose a sentence more severe than the sentence previously imposed for the offense unless:        (1)    The reasons for the increased sentence affirmatively appear;        (2)    The reasons are based upon additional objective information concerning identifiable conduct on the part of the defendant; and        (3)    The factual data upon which the increased sentence is based appears as part of the record.    (c)    If a defendant who appeals from a conviction in the District Court is convicted after a trial de novo on appeal, the appellate court may impose a more severe sentence than that imposed in the District Court, but if the case is one in which the defendant was denied a jury trial under § 4-302(e)(2) of this article, the sentence may not be for more than 90 days except under the conditions prescribed in subsection (b) of this section. Except as provided above, the appellate court may impose any sentence authorized by law to be imposed as punishment for the offense.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-101.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 1 - Administrative Offices|Section 13-101.1 - State Court Administrator -- Assessment of Drug Court Programs for Grant Purposes

    (a)    The State Court Administrator shall assess drug court programs in circuit courts, including juvenile courts, and the District Court to determine how to increase these programs in a manner sufficient to meet each county’s needs.    (b)    (1)    It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Administrative Office of the Courts request an appropriation of $2,000,000 of additional funding in the State budget for fiscal year 2019 for the purpose of awarding grants to expand the scope of drug court programs described under subsection (a) of this section.        (2)    The State Court Administrator shall disburse the grants authorized under paragraph (1) of this subsection based on the population of the county, to circuit courts, including juvenile courts, and the District Court.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 1 - Administrative Offices|Section 13-102 - Court Administrators in Seventh Judicial Circuit

    (a)    In each county of the seventh judicial circuit, there may be a court administrator. The court administrator shall be appointed by the county administrative judge after consultation with the circuit administrative judge and shall hold office at the pleasure of the county administrative judge. The court administrator shall devote time and attention to the tasks, duties, and responsibilities that the county administrative judge prescribes.    (b)    The court administrator, with the approval of the county administrative judge, shall appoint employees necessary to enable the administrator to perform the duties assigned to the position. Each county government shall provide compensation for the employees, together with expenses for the proper performance of assigned duties of the court administrator and employees appointed under this section.    (c)    The court administrator may not engage directly or indirectly in the practice of law.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 2 - State Reporter|Section 13-201 - Office Established; Appointment; Term

    There is a position of State Reporter. The judges of the Court of Appeals shall appoint the State Reporter for a term of four years unless the judges remove him sooner. He is eligible for reappointment.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 2 - State Reporter|Section 13-202 - Compensation

    The State Reporter shall have the salary provided in the State budget.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 2 - State Reporter|Section 13-203 - Duties of State Reporter Generally; Clerical Assistance

    The State Reporter, under the supervision of the Court of Appeals, shall prepare for publication reports of cases decided in the Court of Appeals of Maryland and in the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland and designated for publication by the respective courts. The clerk of each appellate court shall deliver to the Reporter accurate copies of the opinions designated for publication by his court. The opinion in each case shall be published within six months of the decision in the case. The Reporter, in the usual manner of authors, shall superintend the proofreading, correction, and publication of the reports and secure copyright for the State of Maryland as its property. The Reporter shall have the sum for clerical assistance provided in the State budget.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 2 - State Reporter|Section 13-204 - Maryland Reports; Maryland Appellate Reports

    (a)    The State Reporter, under the direction and supervision of the Court of Appeals, shall let the necessary contracts for publishing the Maryland Reports, containing opinions of the Court of Appeals, and the Maryland Appellate Reports, containing opinions of the Court of Special Appeals. The contracts may be awarded on the terms and conditions the State Reporter deems necessary.    (b)    The publisher shall deliver to the State Reporter copies of the Maryland Reports and Maryland Appellate Reports, including advance reports, in the number and with the binding specified in the contracts.    (c)    The State Reporter shall have the Maryland Reports and Maryland Appellate Reports distributed as appropriate and may deliver any excess copies to the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 3 - Standing Committee on Rules|Section 13-301 - Appointment by Court of Appeals; Compensation of Members

    To aid in the exercise of its rulemaking powers, the Court of Appeals may appoint a standing committee of lawyers, judges, and other persons competent in judicial practice, procedure or administration. A committee member shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for traveling and other expenses incurred on committee business.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 3 - Standing Committee on Rules|Section 13-302 - Assistants

    The Court of Appeals may employ necessary assistants for the committee and fix their salaries.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 3 - Standing Committee on Rules|Section 13-303 - Payment of Salaries and Expenses

    The State Court Administrator shall pay the assistants’ salaries as well as the traveling and other expenses of the committee, including printing and other costs from the appropriate budget allocation.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 4 - Commission on Judicial Disabilities|Section 13-401 - Powers

    The Commission on Judicial Disabilities established pursuant to Article IV, § 4A of the Maryland Constitution, may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena any witness, compel his attendance, take evidence and require the production of any book, paper, correspondence, memorandum, contract, agreement, other record, or tangible thing which the Commission finds relevant or material to an inquiry or proceeding before it. An oath or affirmation may be administered, and a subpoena issued by, any member of the Commission.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 4 - Commission on Judicial Disabilities|Section 13-402 - Refusal to Obey Subpoena Issued by Commission or Court Order

    In case of contumacy by any person, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person by the Commission, the Commission may invoke the aid of the circuit court for the county where the person resides or carries on business or is found. The court may issue an order requiring the person to appear before the Commission, and there to produce records, if so ordered. Failure to obey an order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt. Process in any case may be served wherever the person is found.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 4 - Commission on Judicial Disabilities|Section 13-403 - Immunity From Prosecution

    The Commission may grant to any person immunity from prosecution, or from any penalty or forfeiture, for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which that person testifies or produces evidence, documentary or otherwise.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 5 - Thurgood Marshall State Law Library|Section 13-501 - Part of Judiciary Department; Under Supervision of Library Committee

    The Thurgood Marshall State Law Library shall be part of the Judiciary Department and shall operate under the supervision of a library committee to be appointed as provided in this subtitle.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 5 - Thurgood Marshall State Law Library|Section 13-502 - Composition and Appointment of Library Committee; Vacancies

    (a)    The library committee consists of three or more persons appointed to serve without compensation by a majority of the judges of the Court of Appeals.    (b)    Vacancies in the library committee shall be filled by a majority of the judges of the Court of Appeals.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 5 - Thurgood Marshall State Law Library|Section 13-503 - Powers of Library Committee

    The library committee may:        (1)    Appoint a Director to be compensated as provided in the State budget;        (2)    Make rules and regulations for the conduct and operation of the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library; and        (3)    Direct the Director to purchase from time to time books, maps, and periodicals for the use of the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 5 - Thurgood Marshall State Law Library|Section 13-504 - Powers and Duties of Director

    The Director of the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library may:        (1)    Appoint employees, with the approval of the library committee, to assist in the performance of the duties of the Director. Employees shall be compensated as provided in the budget;        (2)    Not allow any book, map, or documents to be removed from the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library, except by the executive and legislative departments, other State agencies located in Annapolis, members of the General Assembly, and judges of the Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals, or on interlibrary loan to other libraries;        (3)    Accept excess copies of the Maryland Reports and Maryland Appellate Reports from the State Reporter;        (4)    With the approval of the library committee, sell or exchange, from time to time, books from the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library, including the Maryland Reports, Maryland Appellate Reports, codes, maps, and periodicals. The proceeds of the sales, after deducting the expenses, shall be paid over to the State Treasurer within 30 days after receipt. However, a book, map, or periodical may not be sold if its sale would break a set;        (5)    Report in writing to the library committee as often as required by the committee upon the operations of the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library; and        (6)    Perform other duties assigned by law to the Director.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 6 - Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund|Section 13-601 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Administrator” means the State Court Administrator.    (c)    “Fund” means the Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund.    (d)    “Recordable instrument” means:        (1)    A deed, as defined in § 1–101 of the Real Property Article; and        (2)    Any other instrument affecting property that may be recorded under § 3–102 of the Real Property Article.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  13-602 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 13 - Court Supporting Agencies|Subtitle 6 - Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund|Section 13-602 - Fund Established

    (a)    (1)    There is a Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund.        (2)    There is an oversight committee composed of one representative from each of the following:            (i)    The Administrative Office of the Courts;            (ii)    The Maryland State Archives;            (iii)    The Circuit Court Clerks’ Association;            (iv)    The Maryland Land Title Association; and            (v)    The Maryland State Bar Association.        (3)    The Fund shall be managed and supervised by the State Court Administrator, with advice from the oversight committee.        (4)    The State Treasurer shall hold, and the State Comptroller shall account for, the Fund.    (b)    (1)    The Fund shall be invested and reinvested in the same manner as other State funds.        (2)    Investment earnings of the Fund shall be paid into the Fund.