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MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 2 - Attendance and Pay|Section 9-203 - Witness Held in Criminal Proceedings

    (a)    In any criminal proceeding in which a warrant is issued for the purpose of requiring the attendance of a person as a material witness for the State, the witness must be taken promptly before a District Court commissioner before he is committed to jail.    (b)    If the commissioner determines, after a hearing, that the person brought before him should be held as a witness for the State, he shall set a reasonable bond for the appearance of the witness in the criminal proceedings when required.    (c)    If the witness is unable to post the bond set by the commissioner he shall be committed to jail until he posts the bond.    (d)    Upon the commitment to jail of a witness, the commissioner shall notify immediately the State’s Attorney of the county where the witness is being held. The sheriff, warden, or other custodian of the jail in which the witness is held shall also notify immediately the State’s Attorney.    (e)    Unless the State’s Attorney makes application in writing prior to the expiration of seven calendar days from the date of commitment of the witness to a judge of the circuit court of the county where the witness is committed for authority to continue to hold the witness, the sheriff, warden, or other custodian of the jail shall immediately upon the expiration of seven days release the witness.    (f)    The filing of a petition for authority to continue to hold a witness longer than seven days may be granted by a judge, only upon the conditions and in accordance with the procedure provided by the Maryland Rules.    (g)    The State’s Attorney may order the release of the witness from custody at any time before or after the expiration of seven days by placing an endorsement to that effect on the commitment or warrant.    (h)    A confined witness shall be paid $10 per day for each day confined in addition to the witness fees payable pursuant to § 9-202. Payment shall be made by the county in which the prosecution of the case is carried on.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 2 - Attendance and Pay|Section 9-204 - Discharge From Execution for Failure to Attend

    The court that issued an execution on a forfeited recognizance for a witness who failed to appear may discharge the witness from execution upon motion showing good and sufficient cause for the failure.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 2 - Attendance and Pay|Section 9-205 - Depriving Witnesses of Employment; Penalty

    (a)    An employer may not deprive an employee of the employee’s job solely because of job time lost by the employee as a result of:        (1)    The employee’s response to a subpoena requiring the employee to appear as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding, including discovery proceedings; or        (2)    The employee’s attendance at a proceeding that the employee has a right to attend under § 11-102 or § 11-302 of the Criminal Procedure Article, or under § 3-8A-13 of this article.    (b)    An employer that violates subsection (a) of this section may be fined not more than $1,000.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 3 - Attendance of Witnesses From Without a State|Section 9-301 - Definitions

    (a)    In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “State” means any state or territory of the United States and the District of Columbia.    (c)    “Summons” means a subpoena, order, or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness.    (d)    “Witness” means a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal prosecution or proceeding.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 3 - Attendance of Witnesses From Without a State|Section 9-303 - Witness From Another State Summoned to Testify in This State

    (a)    If a person in any state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions, or grand jury investigations commenced or about to commence, in this State, is a material witness in a prosecution pending in a court of record in this State, or in a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of the court may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will be required. A certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this State to assure his attendance in this State, unless the witness shall be admitted to bail by the appropriate authority, upon condition that the witness will appear at the time and place specified in the subpoena or summons served upon him. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the county in which the witness is found.    (b)    If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this State he shall be tendered the sum of 10 cents a mile for each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution is pending, and $5 for each day that he is required to travel and attend as a witness. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of the summons shall not be required to remain within this State a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless otherwise ordered by the court. If the witness, after coming into this State, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, he shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this State.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 3 - Attendance of Witnesses From Without a State|Section 9-304 - Exemption From Arrest and Service of Process

    (a)    If a person comes into this State in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this State he shall not while in this State pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this State under the summons.    (b)    If a person passes through this State while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state or while returning therefrom, he shall not while so passing through this State be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this State under the summons.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 3 - Attendance of Witnesses From Without a State|Section 9-305 - 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. §  9-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 3 - Attendance of Witnesses From Without a State|Section 9-306 - Short Title

    This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without a State in Criminal Proceedings.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 4 - Maryland Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|Section 9-401 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Foreign jurisdiction” means a state other than this State.    (c)    “Foreign subpoena” means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction.    (d)    “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.    (e)    “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.    (f)    “Subpoena” means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to:        (1)    Attend and give testimony at a deposition;        (2)    Produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible things in the possession, custody, or control of the person; or        (3)    Permit inspection of premises under the control of the person.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 4 - Maryland Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|Section 9-402 - Issuance of Subpoena

    (a)    (1)    To request issuance of a subpoena under this section, a party shall submit a foreign subpoena to a clerk of the circuit court for the county in which discovery is sought to be conducted in this State.        (2)    A request for the issuance of a subpoena under this subtitle does not constitute an appearance in the courts of this State.    (b)    When a party submits a foreign subpoena to a clerk of court in this State, the clerk, in accordance with that court’s procedure, shall promptly issue a subpoena for service upon the person to which the foreign subpoena is directed.    (c)    A subpoena under subsection (b) of this section shall:        (1)    Incorporate the terms used in the foreign subpoena; and        (2)    Contain or be accompanied by the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all counsel of record in the proceeding to which the subpoena relates and of any party not represented by counsel.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 4 - Maryland Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|Section 9-403 - Service of Subpoena

    A subpoena issued by a clerk of court under § 9–402 of this subtitle shall be served in compliance with Maryland Rule 2–510.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 4 - Maryland Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|Section 9-404 - Applicability of Maryland Rules

    Title 2, Chapter 400 of the Maryland Rules and Maryland Rule 2–510 apply to subpoenas issued under § 9–402 of this subtitle.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 4 - Maryland Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|Section 9-405 - Protective Orders; Orders to Enforce, Quash, or Modify Subpoenas

    An application to the court for a protective order or to enforce, quash, or modify a subpoena issued by a clerk of court under § 9–402 of this subtitle shall comply with the rules and statutes of this State and be submitted to the circuit court for the county in which discovery is to be conducted.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 4 - Maryland Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|Section 9-406 - Application and Construction of Uniform Act

    In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  9-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 9 - Witnesses|Subtitle 4 - Maryland Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|Section 9-407 - Short Title

    This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 1 - Proof of Accounts and Records|Section 10-101 - Written Record

    (a)    “Business” includes business, profession, and occupation of every kind.    (b)    A writing or record made in the regular course of business as a memorandum or record of an act, transaction, occurrence, or event is admissible to prove the act, transaction, occurrence, or event.    (c)    The practice of the business must be to make such written records of its acts at the time they are done or within a reasonable time afterwards.    (d)    The lack of personal knowledge of the maker of the written notice may be shown to affect the weight of the evidence but not its admissibility.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 1 - Proof of Accounts and Records|Section 10-102 - Maryland Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act

    (a)    If a business, institution, member of a profession or calling, or a department or agency of government, in the regular course of business or activity has kept or recorded a memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation, or a combination of them, of an act, transaction, occurrence, or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of them to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by a photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, optical imaging, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of business unless its preservation is required by law. The reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in a judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of the reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of the court. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement, or facsimile does not preclude admission of the original.    (b)    This section shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate its general purpose of making uniform the law of those states which enact it.    (c)    This section may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 1 - Proof of Accounts and Records|Section 10-103 - Admissibility of Duplicate in Evidence

    (a)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated:        (1)    “Duplicate” means a counterpart produced by the same impression as the original, or from the same matrix, or by means of photography, including enlargements and miniatures, or by mechanical or electronic rerecording, or by chemical reproduction, or by other equivalent techniques which accurately reproduce the original.        (2)    (i)    “Original” of a writing means the writing itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it.            (ii)    “Original” of a photograph includes the negative or any print therefrom.            (iii)    “Original” includes, if data is stored in a computer or similar device, any printout or other output readable by sight that reflects the data accurately.        (3)    “Photographs” include still photographs, X–ray films, video tapes, and motion pictures.        (4)    “Writing” means letters, words, or numbers, or their equivalent, set down by handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, magnetic impulse, mechanical or electronic recording, or other form of data compilation.    (b)    A duplicate is admissible in evidence to the same extent as an original unless:        (1)    A genuine question is raised as to the authenticity of the original; or        (2)    Under the circumstances, it would be unfair to admit the duplicate in lieu of the original.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 1 - Proof of Accounts and Records|Section 10-105 - Admissibility of Bills for Goods or Services

    (a)    The provisions of this section apply to a civil action in:        (1)    The District Court; or        (2)    A circuit court if the amount in controversy in the action in the circuit court does not exceed the amount specified in § 4-401 of this article for that type of action.    (b)    (1)    (i)    Subject to the provisions of this section, a paid bill for goods or services is admissible without the testimony of the provider of the goods or services as evidence of the authenticity of the bill for goods or services provided and the fairness and reasonableness of the charges of the provider of the goods or services.            (ii)    A finder of fact may attach whatever weight to a paid bill that the finder of fact deems appropriate.        (2)    The bill shall be admitted on testimony, by the party or any other person with personal knowledge:            (i)    Identifying the original bill or an authenticated copy; and            (ii)    1.    Identifying the provider of the goods or services;                2.    Explaining the circumstances surrounding the receipt of the bill;                3.    Describing the goods or services provided;                4.    Stating that the goods or services were provided in connection with the event giving rise to the action; and                5.    Stating that the bill was paid.    (c)    (1)    Subsection (b) of this section applies only if, at least 60 days before the beginning of the trial, the party who intends to introduce the bill:            (i)    Serves notice of the party’s intent to introduce the bill without the support of the testimony of the provider of the goods or services that were billed, a list that identifies each bill, and a copy of the bill on all other parties as provided under Maryland Rule 1-321; and            (ii)    Files notice of service and the list that identifies each bill with the court.        (2)    The list required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include:            (i)    The name of the provider of the goods and services for each bill; and            (ii)    The date of each bill of the provider of the goods and services.    (d)    Nothing contained in this section may be construed to:        (1)    Apply to proof of the existence of a medical, dental, or other health condition, the opinion of a health care provider, or the necessity and the providing of medical, dental, or other health care;        (2)    Limit the provisions of § 10-104 of this subtitle concerning the admissibility of a medical, dental, hospital, or other health care writing or record; or        (3)    Limit the right of a party to:            (i)    Request a summons to compel the attendance of a witness;            (ii)    Examine a witness who appears at trial; or            (iii)    Engage in discovery as provided under the Maryland Rules.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-201.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 2 - Public Statutes, Office Copies, and Official Certificate|Section 10-201.1 - Public Local Laws of Maryland -- Compilation of Municipal Charters

    (a)    The Public Local Laws of Maryland - Compilation of Municipal Charters that is prepared and published by the Department of Legislative Services is adopted and made evidence of the portion of the Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland that contains the charters of all the municipal corporations in the State. It shall be considered as evidence of the law in all courts of the State and by all public offices and officers of the State and its political subdivisions.    (b)    A replacement edition of the Public Local Laws of Maryland - Compilation of Municipal Charters that is prepared and published by the Department of Legislative Services is adopted and made evidence of the portion of the Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland that contains the charters of all the municipal corporations in the State at the time of publication. It shall be considered as evidence of the law in all courts of the State and by all public offices and officers of the State and its political subdivisions.    (c)    Any supplemental page to the Public Local Laws of Maryland - Compilation of Municipal Charters that is prepared and published by the Department of Legislative Services is adopted and made evidence of the portion of the Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland that contains the charters of all the municipal corporations in the State which are supplementary or in addition to the laws in the compilation. It shall be considered as evidence of the law in all courts of the State and by all public offices and officers of the State and its political subdivisions.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 2 - Public Statutes, Office Copies, and Official Certificate|Section 10-202 - Maryland Uniform Proof of Statutes Act

    (a)    Printed books or pamphlets purporting on their face to be the session or other statutes of the United States, any of the United States or its territories, or of a foreign jurisdiction, and to have been printed and published by the authority of a state, territory, or foreign jurisdiction or proved to be commonly recognized in its courts, shall be received in the courts of the State as prima facie evidence of the statutes.    (b)    This section shall be so interpreted and construed to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.    (c)    This section may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Proof of Statutes Act.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  10-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 10 - Evidence|Subtitle 2 - Public Statutes, Office Copies, and Official Certificate|Section 10-203 - Public and Private Laws, Ordinances, Regulations, and Resolutions of County and Municipal Corporations and Commissions; Maryland Register and Code of Maryland Regulations

    (a)    (1)    The public laws, ordinances, regulations, and resolutions approved and enacted by a county or municipal corporation of the State, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, or the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, shall be judicially noticed or read in evidence from the printed volumes or from a true copy of an amendment published by the authority of the county or municipal corporation.        (2)    The contents of the Maryland Register and the Code of Maryland Regulations shall be judicially noticed from the official text of those publications.    (b)    The private laws and resolutions published by the authority of the State may be read in evidence from the printed statute book.