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MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 5 - Proof of Foreign Laws|Section 10-503 - Determination of Laws to Be Made by Court; Instructions to Jury; Application of Law by Court

    The determination of the laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury, and shall be reviewable. The court shall grant instructions to the jury, applying foreign law to the facts of the case as if the foreign law were domestic law. In nonjury proceedings the court shall apply foreign law to the facts of the case, as would be proper if foreign law were domestic law.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 5 - Proof of Foreign Laws|Section 10-504 - Evidence of Laws

    A party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of foreign laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken of it, reasonable notice shall be given to the adverse parties either in the pleadings or by other written notice.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 5 - Proof of Foreign Laws|Section 10-505 - Law in Other Jurisdictions

    The law of a jurisdiction other than those referred to in § 10-501 of this subtitle shall be an issue for the court, but shall not be subject to the provisions concerning judicial notice.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-506 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 5 - Proof of Foreign Laws|Section 10-506 - Uniformity of Interpretation

    This subtitle shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 5 - Proof of Foreign Laws|Section 10-507 - Short Title

    This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 6 - Proof of Foreign Debt|Section 10-601 - Method of Proof

    A debt of record entered in a court located in the United States or in a foreign country may be proved by an official transcript of all of the record under the seal of the custodian and the court or office where the record was made.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 7 - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|Section 10-701 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Foreign judgment” means any judgment of a foreign state granting or denying recovery of a sum of money. It does not mean a judgment for taxes, fine, or penalty, or a judgment for support in matrimonial or family matters.    (c)    “Foreign state” means any governmental unit other than the United States, or any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, or the Panama Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Ryukyu Islands.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 7 - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|Section 10-702 - Applicability of Subtitle

    This subtitle applies to a foreign judgment that is final, conclusive, and enforceable where rendered even though an appeal is pending or it is subject to appeal.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-703 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 7 - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|Section 10-703 - Recognition and Enforcement

    Except as provided in § 10–704 of this subtitle, a foreign judgment meeting the requirements of § 10–702 of this subtitle is conclusive between the parties to the extent that it grants or denies recovery of a sum of money. The foreign judgment is enforceable in the same manner as the judgment of a sister state which is entitled to full faith and credit.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-704 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 7 - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|Section 10-704 - Grounds for Nonrecognition

    (a)    A foreign judgment is not conclusive if:        (1)    The judgment was rendered under a system which does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law;        (2)    The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant;        (3)    The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter; or        (4)    The judgment was obtained by fraud.    (b)    A foreign judgment need not be recognized if:        (1)    The defendant in the proceedings in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to defend;        (2)    The cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of the State;        (3)    The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;        (4)    The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute was to be settled out of court; or        (5)    In the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action.    (c)    (1)    In this subsection, “defamation” includes invasion of privacy by false facts.        (2)    A foreign judgment against any person who is a resident of this State or who has assets in this State may not be recognized if:            (i)    The cause of action resulted in a defamation judgment obtained in a jurisdiction outside the United States, unless the court before which the matter is brought in this State first determines that the defamation law as applied in the foreign jurisdiction provides for at least as much protection for freedom of speech and the press as is provided by both the United States Constitution and the Maryland Constitution; or            (ii)    The cause of action resulted in a defamation judgment entered against the provider of an interactive computer service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 230, unless the court before which the matter is brought in this State determines that the judgment is consistent with 47 U.S.C. § 230.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-705 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 7 - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|Section 10-705 - Basis of Personal Jurisdiction

    (a)    The foreign judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:        (1)    The defendant was served personally in the foreign state;        (2)    The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceedings, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceedings or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over him;        (3)    The defendant prior to the commencement of the proceedings had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;        (4)    The defendant was domiciled in the foreign state when the proceedings were instituted, or, being a body corporate has its principal place of business, was incorporated, or had otherwise acquired corporate status, in the foreign state;        (5)    The defendant had a business office in the foreign state and the proceedings in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign state; or        (6)    The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign state and the proceedings involved a cause of action arising out of such operation.    (b)    The court may recognize other bases of jurisdiction.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-706 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 7 - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|Section 10-706 - Stay Pending Appeal

    If the defendant satisfies the court either that an appeal is pending or that he is entitled and intends to appeal from the foreign judgment, the court may stay the proceedings until the appeal has been determined or until the expiration of a period of time sufficient to enable the defendant to prosecute the appeal.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-707 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 7 - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|Section 10-707 - Situations Not Covered by Subtitle

    This subtitle does not prevent the recognition of a foreign judgment in situations not covered by this subtitle.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-708 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 7 - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|Section 10-708 - Uniformity of Interpretation

    This subtitle shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of the states which enact it.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-709 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 7 - Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition|Section 10-709 - Short Title

    This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-801 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 8 - Simultaneous Death|Section 10-801 - No Sufficient Evidence of Survivorship

    Where title to property or its devolution depends upon priority of death and there is no sufficient evidence that the persons have died otherwise than simultaneously, the property of each person shall be disposed of as if he had survived, except as provided otherwise in this subtitle.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 8 - Simultaneous Death|Section 10-802 - Beneficiaries of Another's Property

    Where two or more beneficiaries are designated to take successively because of survivorship under another person’s disposition of property and there is not sufficient evidence that these beneficiaries have died other than simultaneously, the property disposed of shall be divided into as many equal portions as there are successive beneficiaries, and these portions shall be distributed to those who would have taken in the event that each designated beneficiary had survived.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-803 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 8 - Simultaneous Death|Section 10-803 - Joint Tenants or Tenants by the Entirety

    Where there is no sufficient evidence that two joint tenants or tenants by the entirety have died other than simultaneously, the property held shall be distributed one half as if one had survived and one half as if the other had survived. If there are more than two joint tenants and all of them have so died, the property distributed shall be in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of joint tenants.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-804 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 8 - Simultaneous Death|Section 10-804 - Insurance Policies

    Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is no sufficient evidence that they have died other than simultaneously, the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-805 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 8 - Simultaneous Death|Section 10-805 - Subtitle Not Applicable Where Different Provisions Made

    This subtitle shall not apply in the case of wills, living trusts, deeds, or contracts of insurance where provision has been made for distribution of property different from the provisions of this subtitle.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-806 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 8 - Simultaneous Death|Section 10-806 - Uniformity of Interpretation

    This subtitle shall be construed and interpreted to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law in those states which enact it.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-807 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 8 - Simultaneous Death|Section 10-807 - Short Title

    This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-901 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-901 - Admission of Statement in a Criminal Case

    (a)    During the trial of a criminal case in which the defendant is charged with a felony, a statement as defined in Maryland Rule 5–801(a) is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the statement is offered against a party that has engaged in, directed, or conspired to commit wrongdoing that was intended to and did procure the unavailability of the declarant of the statement, as defined in Maryland Rule 5–804.    (b)    Subject to subsection (c) of this section, before admitting a statement under this section, the court shall hold a hearing outside the presence of the jury at which:        (1)    The Maryland Rules of Evidence are strictly applied; and        (2)    The court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the party against whom the statement is offered engaged in, directed, or conspired to commit the wrongdoing that procured the unavailability of the declarant.    (c)    A statement may not be admitted under this section unless:        (1)    The statement was:            (i)    Given under oath subject to the penalty of perjury at a trial, hearing, or other proceeding or in a deposition;            (ii)    Reduced to writing and signed by the declarant; or            (iii)    Recorded in substantially verbatim fashion by stenographic or electronic means contemporaneously with the making of the statement; and        (2)    As soon as is practicable after the proponent of the statement learns that the declarant will be unavailable, the proponent notifies the adverse party of:            (i)    The intention to offer the statement;            (ii)    The particulars of the statement; and            (iii)    The identity of the witness through whom the statement will be offered.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-902 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-902 - Offenses Committed by Wife in Presence of Husband

    There is no presumption that an offense committed by a wife in the presence of her husband is committed under the coercion of the husband.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-903 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-903 - Evidence in Civil Proceeding of Failure to Testify in Criminal Proceeding

    Evidence is not admissible in a civil proceeding to prove that any party failed to testify in a criminal proceeding involving the same subject matter.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-904 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-904 - Proof of Crime Committed by Another

    In a civil or criminal case in which a person is charged with commission of a crime or act, evidence is admissible by the defendant to show that another person has been convicted of committing the same crime or act.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-905 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-905 - Proof of Interest or Conviction of Infamous Crime or Perjury

    (a)    (1)    Evidence is admissible to prove the interest of a witness in any proceeding, or the fact of the witness’s conviction of an infamous crime other than the common law offense of sodomy as it existed before October 1, 2020.        (2)    Evidence of conviction is not admissible if an appeal is pending, or the time for an appeal has not expired, or the conviction has been reversed, and there has been no retrial or reconviction.    (b)    The certificate, under the seal of the clerk of the court, of the court in which the conviction occurred is sufficient evidence of the conviction.    (c)    Evidence that a witness has been convicted of perjury shall be admitted for the purpose of attacking the credibility of the witness, regardless of the date of the conviction, if the evidence is elicited from the witness or established by public record during examination of the witness.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-906 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-906 - Proof of Written Instrument

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section evidence is admissible in any proceeding to prove the execution of a written instrument attested by one or more subscribing witnesses in the same manner as the instrument might be proved had it not been attested. Evidence of a disputed writing is admissible and may be submitted to the trier of the facts for its determination as to genuineness.    (b)    The provisions of this section do not apply to the proof of the execution of a last will and testament or codicil.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-907 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-907 - Parol Evidence Admissible in Surety Matter

    If an action is brought to charge a person on a special promise to be answerable for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person, it is not necessary to show that the consideration for the promise is in writing.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-908 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-908 - Proof of Plats

    (a)    If a plat is authenticated, it may be considered as evidence.    (b)    In an action of trespass quare clausum fregit involving the location of minerals underground, if the location cannot be measured on plats because of earth falls or other reasons, the trespass may be proved by other evidence.    (c)    A plat or certificate of survey may be amended at bar where the location does not correspond with the variation. In the sound discretion of the court, objects may be placed on a plat by a witness who was not sworn on the survey.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-909 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-909 - Proof of Patented Lands

    (a)    Patented land is not required to be stated by the patented name in a declaration in an action at law. It may be described by abuttals, course and distance, or a name by which it was acquired. The description shall be certain enough to identify the land.    (b)    When title of patented land is questioned, a party is not required to prove that the land was patented. A patent shall be presumed in favor of the party showing a title otherwise good.    (c)    Acts of exclusive user and ownership are admissible to prove possession. Actual evidence of enclosure is not necessary for this proof.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-910 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-910 - Negligence of Parent or Custodian Not Imputed to Infant

    In an action on behalf of an infant to recover for death, personal injury, or property damage the negligence of the parent or custodian of the infant may not be imputed to the infant.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-911 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-911 - Sound Level Meters and Frequency Analyzers

    In any legal proceeding of any nature, the quantities and qualities of noise may be proved by evidence of tests made with any instrument designed and constructed to measure and indicate or record the presence of sound, including such devices commonly called sound level meters and frequency analyzers.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-912 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-912 - Failure to Take Defendant Before Judicial Officer After Arrest

    (a)    A confession may not be excluded from evidence solely because the defendant was not taken before a judicial officer after arrest within any time period specified by Title 4 of the Maryland Rules.    (b)    Failure to strictly comply with the provisions of Title 4 of the Maryland Rules pertaining to taking a defendant before a judicial officer after arrest is only one factor, among others, to be considered by the court in deciding the voluntariness and admissibility of a confession.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-913 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Rules|Section 10-913 - Punitive Damages for Personal Injuries

    (a)    In any action for punitive damages for personal injury, evidence of the defendant’s financial means is not admissible until there has been a finding of liability and that punitive damages are supportable under the facts.    (b)    A claim filed with the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office in accordance with § 3-2A-04 of this article shall be considered an action for purposes of this section.