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2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles › Subtitle 2 - Abandoned Vehicles › Section 25-205 - Notice by Police to Last Known Registered Owner and Secured Parties -- Notice by Publication

(a)    This section applies if:
(1)    The identity of the last registered owner of an abandoned vehicle cannot be determined;
(2)    The registration of the vehicle gives no address for the owner;
(3)    It is impossible to determine with reasonable certainty the identity and address of each secured party; or
(4)    The certified mail notice required by § 25-204 of this subtitle is returned as undeliverable.
(b)    Under one of the conditions described in subsection (a) of this section, a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody shall give the required notice by posting a notice complying with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section in the circuit court of the county where the abandoned vehicle was found.
(c)    The notice:
(1)    May contain multiple listings of abandoned vehicles;
(2)    Shall contain the information required by § 25-204 of this subtitle; and
(3)    Shall be posted:
(i)    Within 15 days of the taking into custody of the vehicle; or
(ii)    If the notice by posting under this section is made because of the return as undeliverable of a prior notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service, within 7 days of the return of that prior notice.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles › Subtitle 2 - Abandoned Vehicles › Section 25-206 - Effect of Failure to Reclaim Vehicle

(a)    If the owner or secured party fails to reclaim an abandoned vehicle within 3 weeks after notice is given under this subtitle, the owner or secured party is deemed to have waived all of the owner’s or secured party’s right, title, and interest in the vehicle and to have consented to the sale of the vehicle at public auction, and the owner other than a lessor is deemed to have consented to the retention of the vehicle for public purposes as provided in § 25-207 of this subtitle.
(b)    In Baltimore City and Montgomery County, if the owner or secured party fails to reclaim an abandoned vehicle within 11 working days after receipt of notice given under § 25-204(b)(4)(ii) of this subtitle, the owner or secured party is deemed to have waived all of the owner’s or secured party’s right, title, and interest in the vehicle and to have consented to the sale of the vehicle at public auction, and the owner other than a lessor is deemed to have consented to the retention of the vehicle for public purposes as provided in § 25-207 of this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles › Subtitle 2 - Abandoned Vehicles › Section 25-206.1 - Liability for Costs of Preservation and Storage of Vehicle

(a)    This section applies to any vehicle sold by a police department of Baltimore City, Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, or a municipal corporation in Prince George’s County or Montgomery County under this subtitle as an abandoned vehicle, and to any vehicle sold pursuant to an ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, an ordinance or local law enacted by Prince George’s County or Montgomery County, or an ordinance enacted by a municipal corporation in Prince George’s County or Montgomery County governing vehicles that are:
(1)    Abandoned and unclaimed;
(2)    Reported stolen, recovered, and subsequently unclaimed; or
(3)    Involved in an accident, removed by police, and subsequently unclaimed.
(b)    If the money collected from the sale of a vehicle subject to this section is not enough to reimburse a police department or its agent for the costs of towing, preserving, and storing the vehicle and for the expenses of sale, including all publication and notice costs, the last registered owner shall be liable to the police department or its agent for the deficiency. For purposes of this subsection, the costs chargeable to an owner for the preservation and storage of a vehicle may not exceed $300.
(c)    If a vehicle subject to this section is transferred by the registered owner after it has been towed or impounded and before its sale at auction, and the transferee is given a copy of the notice required under § 25-204 of this subtitle, by the transferor or by the towing or impounding agency, then the transferee shall be liable for the costs provided by this section.
(d)    The liability provided by this section does not apply to the registered owner of a vehicle who has made a bona fide sale or gift of the vehicle to another person prior to its being towed or impounded. The registered owner has the burden of showing that a bona fide sale or gift of the vehicle has occurred.
(e)    The liability provided by this section does not apply in any case in which notice as required by § 25-204(c) of this subtitle has not been provided.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles › Subtitle 2 - Abandoned Vehicles › Section 25-206.2 - Restrictions on Vehicle Registration for Liability Incurred Under 25-206.1

(a)    The Administration may not renew the registration of any vehicle subject to this section if it is notified by a police department of Baltimore City, Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, or a municipal corporation in Prince George’s County or Montgomery County that the applicant has failed to satisfy a liability arising under § 25-206.1 of this subtitle to the police department or its agent.
(b)    (1)    The restriction provided by this section shall apply to all vehicles registered to the applicant at the time that notification is made by a police department as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(2)    The restriction provided by this section may not apply solely to those vehicles provided for under § 25-206.1 of this subtitle.
(c)    The Administration shall continue to refuse an application as required by subsection (a) of this section until it is notified by the police department that the applicant is no longer subject to the restriction imposed by this section.
(d)    The penalty provided in this section does not apply to the registered owner of a vehicle who has made a bona fide sale or gift of the vehicle to another person prior to its being towed or impounded. The registered owner has the burden of showing that a bona fide sale or gift of the vehicle has occurred.
(e)    The penalty provided by this section does not apply in any case in which notice as required by § 25-204(c) of this subtitle has not been provided.
(f)    The Administration shall adopt procedures by which a police department shall notify it of any restriction or rescission of a restriction under this section on a person’s ability to register or transfer the registration of a vehicle.
(g)    The restrictions and procedures provided by this section are in addition to any other penalty provided by law for the abandonment of, or failure to reclaim impounded vehicles.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles › Subtitle 2 - Abandoned Vehicles › Section 25-207 - Sale of Vehicle; Disposition of Proceeds

(a)    Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, if an abandoned vehicle is not reclaimed as provided for in this subtitle, the police department shall sell the vehicle at public auction.
(b)    The buyer of the vehicle at auction:
(1)    Takes ownership of the vehicle free and clear of any claim of ownership or lien of any other person;
(2)    Is entitled to a sales receipt, on a form that is approved by the Administration, from the police department;
(3)    Is entitled to obtain a salvage certificate for the vehicle; and
(4)    May obtain a certificate of title under § 13-507 of this article.
(c)    The sales receipt, on a form that is approved by the Administration, is sufficient title for transferring the vehicle to an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor for dismantling, destroying, or scrapping, in which case, a certificate of title is not required.
(d)    Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle:
(1)    From the proceeds of the sale of an abandoned vehicle, the police department shall reimburse itself for the costs of towing, preserving, and storing the vehicle and the expenses of the auction, including all notice and publication costs incurred under this subtitle; and
(2)    Any remaining proceeds of the sale shall be held for 90 days for the owner of the vehicle and any entitled secured party, after which the remaining proceeds revert to:
(i)    The treasury of the county in which the sale was made; or
(ii)    In the case of a municipality that conducts the sale, the treasury of the municipality.
(e)    (1)    After satisfying the requirements for obtaining a certificate of title for an abandoned vehicle under § 25-207.1 of this subtitle, a police department may retain and use the vehicle for public purposes without any further notice or consent of the owner other than a lessor as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(2)    (i)    If there is a secured party with an interest in the vehicle as shown on the records of the Administration, the police department may not retain the vehicle for public purposes without the written consent of the secured party.
(ii)    If the vehicle is owned by a lessor under a lease not intended as security, the police department may not retain the vehicle for public purposes without the written consent of the lessor.
(f)    A vehicle retained for public purposes under subsection (e) of this section:
(1)    May be dismantled or disassembled for the purpose of using its component parts; and
(2)    When no longer usable for public purposes, may at the discretion of the police department, without further notice, be sold at public auction as provided in this subtitle or transferred by the police department to a scrap processor licensed under § 15-502 of this article.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles › Subtitle 2 - Abandoned Vehicles › Section 25-207.1 - Abandoned or Impounded Vehicles With Removed or Defaced Serial Numbers

(a)    This section applies to any vehicle:
(1)    Which is impounded by a police department either as abandoned or pursuant to other State or local law;
(2)    From which the engine or vehicle serial number has been removed or defaced; and
(3)    Of which neither the owner nor any secured party can be identified from records of the Administration or other reasonable steps taken by the police department.
(b)    The police department on whose authority the vehicle was impounded may apply to the Administration for an assignment of an identification number under §§ 13-106.1 and 14-107 of this article.
(c)    The police department on whose authority the vehicle was impounded may apply to the Administration for a certificate of title to a vehicle, and shall submit as evidence of ownership:
(1)    A copy of the return receipt or certified mail notice returned as undeliverable, received under § 25-204 of this subtitle; or
(2)    A copy of the notice published under § 25-205 of this subtitle.
(d)    Notwithstanding the provisions of § 25-207 of this subtitle, the police department, after satisfying the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, may retain and use the vehicle for public purposes.
(e)    Any vehicle retained for use under this section:
(1)    May not be dismantled or disassembled for the purpose of using its component parts; and
(2)    When no longer usable for public purposes, shall be transferred by the police department to a scrap processor licensed under § 15-502 of this article.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles › Subtitle 2 - Abandoned Vehicles › Section 25-208 - Special Provisions for Vehicles Abandoned in Garages

(a)    In this section, “abandoned” means abandoned in a garage, as described in § 25-201(b)(4), (5), or (6) of this subtitle.
(b)    (1)    A garage keeper shall report any vehicle abandoned in the garage to the appropriate police department.
(2)    Any garage keeper who fails to report the vehicle within 10 days after it becomes abandoned no longer has any claim for servicing, storage, or repair of the vehicle.
(c)    The police department may take the abandoned vehicle into custody and sell it in accordance with the procedures set forth in this subtitle, unless:
(1)    The vehicle is reclaimed by the owner or secured party; and
(2)    The garage keeper is paid.
(d)    As to the proceeds of the sale:
(1)    They shall be applied, first, to the garage keeper’s charges for servicing, storage, or repair; and
(2)    Any surplus proceeds shall be distributed in accordance with § 25-207(d) of this subtitle.
(e)    This section does not impair any:
(1)    Lien of a garage keeper under the laws of this State; or
(2)    The right of any secured party to foreclose.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 1 - Parties Subject to the Maryland Vehicle Law › Section 26-101 - Parties to an Offense

(a)    Any person who commits a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law, whether as a principal, agent, or accessory, is guilty of the violation.
(b)    Any person who attempts to commit a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law, whether as a principal, agent, or accessory, is guilty of the violation.
(c)    Any person who conspires to commit a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law, whether as a principal, agent, or accessory, is guilty of the violation.
(d)    Any person who aids another in the commission of a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law, whether as a principal, agent, or accessory, is guilty of the violation.
(e)    Any person who abets another in the commission of a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law, whether as a principal, agent, or accessory, is guilty of the violation.
(f)    Any person who intentionally induces another to commit a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law is guilty of the violation.
(g)    Any person who intentionally causes another to commit a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law is guilty of the violation.
(h)    Any person who intentionally coerces another to commit a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law is guilty of the violation.
(i)    Any person who intentionally permits another to commit a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law is guilty of the violation.
(j)    Any person who intentionally directs another to commit a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law is guilty of the violation.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 1 - Parties Subject to the Maryland Vehicle Law › Section 26-102 - Offense by Person Owning or Controlling Vehicle

(a)    A person who owns a vehicle may not require or knowingly permit the operation of the vehicle on a highway in any manner contrary to law.
(b)    A person who employs or otherwise directs the driver of a vehicle may not require or knowingly permit the operation of the vehicle on a highway in any manner contrary to law.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 1 - Parties Subject to the Maryland Vehicle Law › Section 26-103 - Application of Titles 20 Through 24 to Federal, State, and Local Vehicles

Subject to the exemptions specified in the Maryland Vehicle Law, the following titles of this article apply to the driver of any vehicle owned or operated by the United States, this State, or any political subdivision of this State:
(1)    Title 20, “Accidents and Accident Reports”;
(2)    Title 21, “Rules of the Road”;
(3)    Title 22, “Equipment of Vehicles”;
(4)    Title 23, “Inspection of Used Vehicles and Warnings for Defective Equipment”; and
(5)    Title 24, “Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation”.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 2 - Citation and Arrest › Section 26-203 - Signature of Person Charged Required on Citation

(a)    This section applies to all traffic citations issued under this subtitle, unless:
(1)    The person otherwise is being arrested under § 26–202(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subtitle;
(2)    The person is incapacitated or otherwise unable to comply with the provisions of this section;
(3)    The citation is being issued to an unattended vehicle in violation of § 21–1003 of this article; or
(4)    The citation is being issued to an unattended motor vehicle in violation of § 13–402 of this article.
(b)    On issuing a traffic citation, the police officer:
(1)    Shall ask the person to acknowledge receipt of a copy of the citation, as required under § 1–605 of the Courts Article; and
(2)    If the person refuses to do so, shall advise the person that failure to acknowledge receipt may lead to the person’s arrest.
(c)    (1)    On being advised that failure to acknowledge receipt of a copy of a citation may lead to arrest, the person may not refuse to acknowledge receipt.
(2)    If the person continues to refuse to do so, the police officer may arrest the person for violation of this section or, as provided in § 26–202(a)(5) of this subtitle, for the original charge, or both.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 2 - Citation and Arrest › Section 26-206 - Noncompliance With Traffic Citation Issued Under Federal Law

(a)    If a person fails to comply with a notice to appear in U.S. District Court contained in a traffic citation issued to him under federal traffic laws or regulations for a violation occurring in Maryland, the U.S. District Court may notify the Administration of the noncompliance.
(b)    On receipt of a notice of noncompliance from the U.S. District Court, and after giving the person 10 days’ written notice, the Administration may suspend the driving privileges of the person.
(c)    With the cooperation of the U.S. District Court, the Administration shall develop procedures to carry out the provisions of this section that relate to the suspension of driving privileges.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 2 - Citation and Arrest › Section 26-207 - Sanctions for Noncompliance With Foreign State Law

(a)    If a person holding a commercial driver’s license fails to comply with a notice to appear in court or a notice for failure to pay a fine for a traffic citation issued to the person under the laws or regulations of another state, and the other state’s driver licensing authority notified the Administration of the noncompliance, on receipt of the notice of noncompliance and after giving the person 10 days’ written notice, the Administration shall suspend the driving privileges of the person until receipt of a notice of compliance from the other state.
(b)    In cooperation with other states’ driver licensing authorities, the Administration shall develop procedures to carry out the provisions of this section that relate to the suspension of driving privileges.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 3 - Parking Ordinances and Regulations › Section 26-301 - Power of Political Subdivisions and State Agencies to Regulate Parking

(a)    In this subtitle, “officer” means a police officer or a person other than a police officer who is authorized to issue a citation for a violation of an ordinance or regulation that is adopted under this section.
(b)    Subject to subsection (c) of this section, any State agency authorized by law and any political subdivision of this State may adopt ordinances or regulations that:
(1)    Regulate the parking of vehicles;
(2)    Provide for the impounding of vehicles parked in violation of the ordinances or regulations;
(3)    Regulate the towing of vehicles from publicly owned and privately owned parking lots; and
(4)    Provide for the issuance of a citation by an officer for a violation of an ordinance or regulation that is adopted under this section.
(c)    A political subdivision may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or regulation that prohibits the parking of more than one motorcycle within a space served by a single parking meter.
(d)    (1)    In this subsection, “rental vehicle” means a vehicle that is rented or leased for a period not exceeding 180 days.
(2)    If a parking citation is issued for a rental vehicle, the owner is not liable for any penalty in excess of the original fine for a parking violation unless the owner fails to pay the fine or file a notice of intention to stand trial for the violation within the time specified in a notice of the infraction mailed to the business address of the owner.
(3)    If a political subdivision or State agency receives payment for a parking violation from both the owner of the vehicle and the person who had possession of the rental vehicle at the time the parking citation was issued, the political subdivision or State agency shall reimburse the owner of the vehicle for the amount paid by the owner for the violation.
(e)    Any State agency authorized by law and any political subdivision of the State may establish public outreach efforts to educate law enforcement officers, businesses, medical practitioners, and the general public as to parking laws and regulations, including:
(1)    The authority of law enforcement officers to enter private parking lots used by the public; and
(2)    Specific eligibility criteria for, and requirements for the lawful use of, special registration plates and placards issued under Title 13, Subtitle 6 of this article for individuals with disabilities.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 3 - Parking Ordinances and Regulations › Section 26-301.1 - Motorcycle Parking

(a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)    “Funding” includes any form of assurance, guarantee, grant payment, credit, tax credit, or other assistance.
(3)    “Vehicle parking facility” has the meaning stated in § 4–101 of this article.
(b)    A vehicle parking facility shall allow motorcycles to park in the facility, subject to the charges established by the facility, if:
(1)    The facility is owned, operated, or leased by the State or a political subdivision of the State; or
(2)    The facility receives funding from the State or a political subdivision of the State.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 3 - Parking Ordinances and Regulations › Section 26-302 - Citations for Parking Violations

(a)    An officer who discovers a vehicle parked in violation of an ordinance or regulation adopted under this subtitle shall:
(1)    Deliver a citation to the driver or, if the vehicle is unattended, attach a citation to the vehicle in a conspicuous place; and
(2)    Keep a copy of the citation, bearing his certification under penalty of perjury that the facts stated in the citation are true.
(b)    In the absence of the driver, the registered owner of the vehicle is presumed to be the person receiving the citation.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 3 - Parking Ordinances and Regulations › Section 26-303 - Election to Pay or Stand Trial; Presence of Officer at Trial

(a)    (1)    The person receiving a citation under this subtitle shall:
(i)    Pay for the parking violation directly to the political subdivision or State agency serving the citation; or
(ii)    Elect to stand trial for the violation.
(2)    An election to stand trial shall be made by sending a notice of intention to stand trial to the political subdivision or State agency at least 5 days before the payment date specified in the citation.
(b)    (1)    If a person elects to stand trial and desires the presence at trial of the officer who issued the citation, he shall so notify the political subdivision or State agency at the time the notice of intention to stand trial is given.
(2)    If proper notification is not given, the officer need not appear at the trial, and the copy of the citation bearing the certification of the officer is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in it.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 3 - Parking Ordinances and Regulations › Section 26-304 - Adoption of Procedures by Chief Judge

(a)    The Chief Judge of the District Court shall adopt procedures for the trial of parking violations under this subtitle.
(b)    The procedures adopted under this section shall include provisions for notifying the person receiving a citation of:
(1)    The date of trial, which may not be less than 15 days from the date on which the notice of intention of the person to stand trial is received;
(2)    The place of trial; and
(3)    The time of trial.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 3 - Parking Ordinances and Regulations › Section 26-306 - Reimbursement of Owner of Vehicle Wrongfully Towed, Impounded, or Stored

Any State, county, or municipal corporation, or any of its agencies, which mistakenly or otherwise wrongfully authorizes the towing, impoundment, or storage of a privately owned motor vehicle shall reimburse the owner of the vehicle for all reasonable towing and storage costs incurred by the owner as a result of the mistaken or wrongful action.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 4 - Venue, Court Procedure, Bail, and Charging Documents › Section 26-401 - Venue

If a person is taken before a District Court commissioner or is given a traffic citation or a civil citation under § 21–202.1, § 21–809, § 21–810, § 21–1414, or § 24–111.3 of this article containing a notice to appear in court, the commissioner or court shall be one that sits within the county in which the offense allegedly was committed.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 4 - Venue, Court Procedure, Bail, and Charging Documents › Section 26-402 - Release of Defendant if Commissioner Not Available

(a)    This section does not apply if the alleged offense is any of the offenses enumerated in § 26–202(a)(3)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this title.
(b)    If a police officer arrests a person and takes the person before a District Court commissioner as provided in this title, the person shall be released on issuance of a citation if:
(1)    A commissioner is not available;
(2)    A judge, clerk, or other public officer, authorized to accept bail for the court is not available; and
(3)    The person charged gives the person’s written promise to appear in court.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 4 - Venue, Court Procedure, Bail, and Charging Documents › Section 26-405 - Lesser Included Offenses Under 21-901.1 and 21-902

If a person is charged with a violation of § 21-901.1 of this article (“Reckless and negligent driving”) or § 21-902 of this article (“Driving while under the influence of alcohol, while under the influence of alcohol per se, while impaired by alcohol, or while impaired by a drug, a combination of drugs, a combination of one or more drugs and alcohol, or while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance”), the court may find the person guilty of any lesser included offense under any subsection of the respective section.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 4 - Venue, Court Procedure, Bail, and Charging Documents › Section 26-405.1 - Disposition of Penalty Deposit

(a)    The disposition of a penalty deposit posted under § 26-204(d) of this title shall be as provided in this section.
(b)    If the defendant does not appear on the trial date set, the deposit shall be forfeited in full as the fine on the original charge.
(c)    If the defendant does appear on the trial date set:
(1)    First, the deposit shall be applied to any fine that the court imposes on the original charge; and
(2)    Then, the balance of the deposit not applied to the fine shall be returned to the defendant.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 4 - Venue, Court Procedure, Bail, and Charging Documents › Section 26-407 - Disposition and Records of Traffic Citations

(a)    This section does not affect or modify the procedures established under Subtitle 3 of this title as to violations of parking ordinances or regulations adopted under that subtitle.
(b)    Each police officer who issues a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any State or local law:
(1)    Shall file an electronic or written copy of the citation promptly with the District Court;
(2)    If the person charged acknowledges receipt on a written copy of the citation, shall keep that copy to produce as evidence in court if required; and
(3)    Shall dispose of the other copies of the citation in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Administration.
(c)    After the copy of a traffic citation is filed with the District Court, the citation may be disposed of only by:
(1)    Trial, dismissal of the charges, or other official action by a judge of the court;
(2)    Forfeiture of the collateral, if authorized by the court; or
(3)    Payment of a fine by the person to whom the traffic citation has been issued.
(d)    This section does not prohibit the entry of a “nol pros” or “stet”.
(e)    For each traffic citation issued by a police officer under the police officer’s jurisdiction, the chief executive officer of each traffic enforcement agency shall keep a record of the disposition of the charge by the District Court.
(f)    (1)    Subject to the requirements of this section and in consultation with the Chief Judge of the District Court, the Administration shall adopt regulations:
(i)    To govern the distribution and disposition of written and electronic traffic citation forms; and
(ii)    To specify the records and reports required to be made of the disposition of charges.
(2)    These regulations apply to each traffic enforcement agency and police officer with authority to issue traffic citations for a violation of a State or local law.
(3)    Each police officer and the chief executive officer of each traffic enforcement agency shall make the records and reports required by these regulations.
(g)    (1)    No police officer or other public employee may dispose of a traffic citation, its copies, or the record of the issuance of a traffic citation in any manner other than as required by this section and the regulations adopted by the Administration.
(2)    In addition to being unlawful, a violation of this subsection constitutes official misconduct.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 4 - Venue, Court Procedure, Bail, and Charging Documents › Section 26-408 - Cancellation or Solicitation of Cancellation of Traffic Citation

(a)    A person may not cancel a traffic citation in any manner other than as provided in this subtitle.
(b)    A person may not solicit another person to cancel a traffic citation in any manner other than as provided in this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 4 - Venue, Court Procedure, Bail, and Charging Documents › Section 26-409 - When Copy of Citation Is Sufficient Charging Document; Case to Be Tried Only on Proper Charging Document

(a)    The form of traffic citation provided for under § 1–605 of the Courts Article is a sufficient charging document for the prosecution of any offense for which a traffic citation may be issued under this title if:
(1)    It includes the information required under the laws of this State;
(2)    It is executed by the police officer issuing the citation as required under § 1–605 of the Courts Article; and
(3)    It is filed with the District Court as required under § 1–605 of the Courts Article.
(b)    The trial court may try a case for which a charge is made under this title only on:
(1)    A traffic citation that meets the requirements of a charging document under subsection (a) of this section;
(2)    A warrant, information, or indictment; or
(3)    Any other charging document authorized by a rule adopted by the Court of Appeals with the concurrence of the Administration.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 4 - Venue, Court Procedure, Bail, and Charging Documents › Section 26-410 - Fees for Sheriffs

Notwithstanding any local law to the contrary, a sheriff is not entitled to any fee for services rendered in connection with a prosecution under the vehicle laws of this State in excess of the fees prescribed for sheriffs by § 7-402 of the Courts Article.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 26 - Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal › Subtitle 4 - Venue, Court Procedure, Bail, and Charging Documents › Section 26-411 - Witness Fees for Officers Prohibited

A constable or police officer is not entitled to any fee for testifying as a witness in any case involving a violation of the vehicle laws of this State.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 27 - Vehicle Laws -- Penalties; Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures › Section 27-101 - Misdemeanor -- Penalties; Exceptions

(a)    A person who violates a provision of the Maryland Vehicle Law is guilty of a misdemeanor unless the violation:
(1)    Is a felony under the Maryland Vehicle Law; or
(2)    Is punishable by a civil penalty under the applicable provision of the Maryland Vehicle Law.
(b)    Except as otherwise provided in the Maryland Vehicle Law, a person convicted of a misdemeanor for a violation of a provision of the Maryland Vehicle Law is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 27 - Vehicle Laws -- Penalties; Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures › Section 27-102 - Misdemeanor -- Violation of License Restriction or Regulation

Except as provided in § 21–1207.1 of this article, a person who violates a restriction imposed on any license under the Maryland Vehicle Law or who violates a regulation adopted under the Maryland Vehicle Law is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction, in addition to any administrative penalty provided in the Maryland Vehicle Law, is subject to the greater of:
(1)    The penalty provided in § 27–101(b) of this title;
(2)    The penalty provided for a violation of § 16–113(j) of this article; or
(3)    The penalty provided for a violation of the statute under which the restriction is imposed or the regulation adopted.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 27 - Vehicle Laws -- Penalties; Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures › Section 27-103 - Payment of Outstanding Fines -- Notice

(a)    If a person fined under the Maryland Vehicle Law does not pay the fine or enter into a payment plan under § 7–504.1 of the Courts Article, the court may:
(1)    Refer the amount of the unpaid outstanding fine to the Central Collection Unit of the Department of Budget and Management; or
(2)    Process the unpaid outstanding fine as it would otherwise process outstanding fines owed the court.
(b)    The court shall provide notice to the person of the disposition of the unpaid outstanding fine under subsection (a) of this section in the same manner required for other outstanding fines processed in the same manner.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Transportation › Title 27 - Vehicle Laws -- Penalties; Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures › Section 27-104 - Reimbursement of Forfeited Bond or Collateral

(a)    If a defendant is found not guilty of the offense charged, the Comptroller shall reimburse the defendant for any forfeited bond or collateral received by the Comptroller after a District Court judge has stricken the forfeiture.
(b)    If a defendant is found guilty of the offense charged, but the fine is less than the amount of the forfeited bond or collateral, the Comptroller shall reimburse the defendant for any amount received by the Comptroller that exceeds the fine.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States › Section 2 - Sovereignty and Jurisdiction of Commonwealth

Section 2. The sovereignty and jurisdiction of the commonwealth shall extend to all places within its boundaries subject to the concurrent jurisdiction granted over places ceded to or acquired by the United States.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States › Section 4 - Commonwealth Boundary Markers; Inspection, Restoration and Repair

Section 4. The department of highways, in this chapter called the department, shall in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-five and in every fifth year thereafter inspect all monuments or other marks defining the location of the boundary lines of the commonwealth, and if any of them have been injured, displaced, removed or lost the department shall, in co-operation with persons duly authorized by the adjoining state, restore them or replace them with suitable stone monuments, and in the same manner set suitable stone monuments at points not properly marked where the state boundary is intersected by the boundary of any counties, cities or towns in the commonwealth or by a highway or railroad. If officers of adjoining states are required to make such inspection at other times, the department may co-operate with them.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States › Section 5 - Commonwealth Boundary Markers; Removing or Defacing; Penalty

Section 5. No person shall wilfully or maliciously disturb or injure, or, except as herein provided, remove, obliterate, deface or cover up any monument or mark designating the boundary line of the commonwealth. Any person desirous of removing and replacing any such monument or mark may apply in writing to the department, who may grant permission therefor under its supervision, first making provision for preserving the exact location of the original boundary or mark, and also giving notice to the adjoining state of the time and place at which proposed action is to be taken. The monument shall be reset in the identical location from which it was removed, or at a convenient distance therefrom upon the boundary line. A full description of any change in such monument or mark shall be recorded in the offices of the clerks of the contiguous towns, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the state secretary. Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States › Section 6 - Conveyance to United States of Certain Lands Owned by Commonwealth for Lighthouses

Section 6. The department, with the approval of the governor and council, may, upon the application of an agent of the United States, in the name and behalf of the commonwealth, convey to the United States the title of the commonwealth to any tract of land covered by navigable waters and necessary for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse, beacon light, range light or other aid to navigation, or light keeper's dwelling; but such title shall revert to the commonwealth if such land ceases to be used for such purpose.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States › Section 7 - Jurisdiction Over Land Acquired by United States; Reversion

Section 7. The United States shall have jurisdiction over any tract of land within the commonwealth acquired by it in fee for the following purposes: for the use of the United States bureau of fisheries, or for the erection of a marine hospital, custom office, post office, life-saving station, lighthouse, beacon light, range light, light keeper's dwelling or signal for navigators; provided, that a suitable plan of such tract has been or shall be filed in the office of the state secretary within one year after such acquisition of title thereto. But the commonwealth shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over any such tract of land to the extent that all civil and criminal processes issuing under authority of the commonwealth may be executed thereon as if there had been no cession of jurisdiction, and exclusive jurisdiction over any such tract shall revest in the commonwealth if such tract ceases to be used by the United States for such public purpose.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States › Section 7a - Legislative Jurisdiction Over Property Previously Ceded to Federal Government; Acceptance of Retrocession; Procedure

Section 7A. The governor, if he finds that the public interest will benefit thereby, may accept on behalf of the commonwealth retrocession of all or part of the legislative jurisdiction over property within the commonwealth over which such jurisdiction has been ceded to the United States by the commonwealth. Such acceptance of retrocession shall take effect in each case upon the written acceptance by the governor of a notice of retrocession signed by the duly authorized officer or agent of the United States having supervision and control over the property being retroceded. A copy of the notice of retrocession and the written acceptance thereof shall be filed with the state secretary and the city or town clerk of the city or town in which the affected property is located, and in the case of property located in more than one city or town, with the clerk of each municipality in which the property is located.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States › Section 8 - Geological or Coast Survey Employees; Entry on Lands; Works, Stations, Buildings; Compensation for Takings

Section 8. In connection with their official duties persons employed by the United States geological survey or coast survey, or by the department, may enter upon land and erect works, stations, buildings and appurtenances; provided, that, in case of such entry or erection by persons employed by the United States, it shall make adequate provision by law for compensation for any taking of property thereby.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States › Section 9 - Damages Caused by Entry on Lands by Employees of Commonwealth or United States; Payment

Section 9. In case of entry by persons employed by the commonwealth, it shall pay all damages thereby caused. In case of entry, not constituting a taking, by persons employed by the United States, such persons shall pay all such damages. If the parties interested cannot agree upon the amount to be paid for damages under the preceding section, such damages shall be determined and recovered under chapter seventy-nine.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States › Section 10 - Injury to Signals, Monuments, Buildings, of United States; Penalty

Section 10. Whoever wilfully injures, defaces or removes a signal, monument, building or appurtenance erected, used or constructed under the authority of the United States shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars, and be liable in tort to the United States for all damages so sustained.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth › Section 1 - Coat of Arms of Commonwealth

Section 1. The coat of arms of the commonwealth shall consist of a blue shield with an Indian thereon, dressed in a shirt, leggings, and moccasins, holding in his right hand a bow, and in his left hand an arrow, point downward, all of gold; and, in the upper right-hand corner of the field a silver star of five points. The crest shall be, on a wreath of gold and blue, a right arm, bent at the elbow, clothed and ruffled, and grasping a broad-sword, all of gold. The motto ''Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem'' shall appear in gold on a blue ribbon.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth › Section 2 - Seal of Commonwealth

Section 2. The seal of the commonwealth shall be circular in form, bearing upon its face a representation of the arms of the commonwealth encircled with the inscription within a beaded border, ''Sigillum Reipublicae Massachusettensis''. The colors of the arms shall not be an essential part of said seal, and an impression from a seal engraved according to said design, on any commission, paper, or document shall be valid without such colors or the representation thereof by heraldic lines or marks.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title I - Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents › Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth › Section 3 - Commonwealth and Naval and Maritime Flags; Design

Section 3. The flag of the commonwealth shall consist of a white rectangular field, bearing on either side a representation of the arms of the commonwealth, except that the star shall be white. The naval and maritime flag of the commonwealth shall consist of a white rectangular field bearing on either side a representation of a green pine tree.