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2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 10 - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1001 - Definitions

(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)    In Harford County, “agency” means the Office of the Sheriff of Harford County.
(c)    (1)    “Correctional officer” has the meaning stated in § 8–201 of this article.
(2)    “Correctional officer” does not include an officer who is in probationary status on initial entry into the correctional agency except if an allegation of brutality in the execution of the officer’s duties is made against the officer.
(d)    (1)    “Hearing” means a proceeding during an investigation conducted by a hearing board to take testimony or receive other evidence.
(2)    “Hearing” does not include an interrogation at which no testimony is taken under oath.
(e)    “Hearing board” means a board that is authorized by the managing official to hold a hearing on a complaint against a correctional officer.
(f)    “Internal investigation unit” means the internal investigation unit of a correctional facility charged with the investigation of complaints within a correctional facility.
(g)    In Harford County, “managing official” means the Sheriff of Harford County.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 10 - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1003 - Conflict of Provisions; Authority to Regulate

(a)    Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this subtitle supersede any inconsistent provisions of any other State or local law that conflicts with this subtitle to the extent of the conflict.
(b)    This subtitle does not limit the authority of the managing official to regulate the competent and efficient operation and management of a county correctional facility by any reasonable means including transfer and reassignment if:
(1)    that action is not punitive in nature; and
(2)    the managing official determines that action to be in the best interests of the internal management of the correctional facility.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 10 - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1004 - Correctional Officer's Rights

(a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a correctional officer has the same rights to engage in political activity as a State employee.
(2)    The right of a correctional officer to engage in political activity does not apply when the correctional officer is on duty or acting in an official capacity.
(b)    A managing official:
(1)    may not prohibit secondary employment by a correctional officer; but
(2)    may adopt reasonable regulations that relate to secondary employment by a correctional officer.
(c)    A correctional officer may not be required or requested to disclose an item of the correctional officer’s property, income, assets, source of income, debts, or personal or domestic expenditures, including those of a member of the correctional officer’s family or household, unless:
(1)    the information is necessary to investigate a possible conflict of interest with respect to the performance of the correctional officer’s official duties; or
(2)    the disclosure is required by federal or State law.
(d)    A correctional officer may not be discharged, disciplined, demoted, or denied promotion, transfer, or reassignment, or otherwise discriminated against in regard to the correctional officer’s employment or be threatened with that treatment because the correctional officer:
(1)    has exercised or demanded the rights granted by this subtitle; or
(2)    has lawfully exercised constitutional rights.
(e)    A statute may not abridge and a correctional facility may not adopt a regulation that prohibits the right of a correctional officer to bring suit that arises out of the correctional officer’s duties as a correctional officer.
(f)    A correctional officer may waive in writing any or all rights granted by this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 10 - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1006 - Order to Show Cause

(a)    A correctional officer who is denied a right granted by this subtitle may apply to the circuit court of the county where the correctional officer is regularly employed for an order that directs the internal investigation unit to show cause why the right should not be granted.
(b)    The correctional officer may apply for the show cause order:
(1)    either individually or through the correctional officer’s certified or recognized employee organization; and
(2)    at any time prior to the beginning of a hearing by the hearing board.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 10 - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1007 - Limitations Period for Administrative Charges

(a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an internal investigation unit may not bring administrative charges against a correctional officer unless the unit files the charges within 1 year after the act that gives rise to the charges comes to the attention of the managing official.
(b)    The 1–year limitation of subsection (a) of this section does not apply to charges that relate to criminal activity or excessive force.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 10 - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1010 - Appeal

(a)    An appeal from a decision made under § 11–1009 of this subtitle shall be taken to the circuit court for the county in accordance with Maryland Rule 7–202.
(b)    A party aggrieved by a decision of a court under this subtitle may appeal to the Court of Special Appeals.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 10 - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1011 - Expungement

On written request, a correctional officer may have expunged from any file the record of a formal complaint made against the correctional officer if:
(1)    (i)    the internal investigation unit that investigated the complaint:
1.    exonerated the correctional officer of all charges in the complaint; or
2.    determined that the charges were unsustained or unfounded; or
(ii)    a hearing board acquitted the correctional officer, dismissed the action, or made a finding of not guilty; and
(2)    at least 3 years have passed since the final disposition by the correctional facility or hearing board.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 10 - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1012 - Summary Punishment

(a)    This subtitle does not prohibit summary punishment by higher–ranking correctional officers as designated by the managing official.
(b)    (1)    Summary punishment may be imposed for minor violations of correctional facility rules and regulations if:
(i)    the facts that constitute the minor violation are not in dispute;
(ii)    the correctional officer waives the hearing provided under this subtitle; and
(iii)    the correctional officer accepts the punishment imposed by the highest–ranking correctional officer, or individual acting in that capacity, of the unit to which the correctional officer is attached.
(2)    Summary punishment imposed under this subsection may not exceed suspension of 3 days without pay or a fine of $150.
(c)    (1)    If a correctional officer is offered summary punishment in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and refuses:
(i)    the managing official may convene a hearing board of one or more members; and
(ii)    the hearing board has only the authority to recommend the sanctions provided in this section for summary punishment.
(2)    If a single member hearing board is convened:
(i)    the member need not be of the same rank as the correctional officer; but
(ii)    all other provisions of this subtitle apply.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 10 - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1013 - Emergency Suspension

(a)    This subtitle does not prohibit emergency suspension by higher–ranking correctional officers as designated by the managing official.
(b)    (1)    The managing official may impose emergency suspension with pay if it appears that the action is in the best interest of the inmates, public, and the correctional facility.
(2)    If the correctional officer is suspended with pay, the managing official may suspend the correctional powers of the correctional officer and reassign the correctional officer to restricted duties pending:
(i)    a determination by a court with respect to a criminal violation; or
(ii)    a final determination by a hearing board with respect to a correctional facility violation.
(3)    A correctional officer who is suspended under this subsection is entitled to a prompt hearing.
(c)    (1)    If a correctional officer is charged with a felony, the managing official may impose an emergency suspension of correctional powers without pay.
(2)    A correctional officer who is suspended under paragraph (1) of this subsection is entitled to a prompt hearing.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 10 - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1014 - Violations

(a)    A person may not knowingly make a false statement, report, or complaint during an investigation or proceeding conducted under this subtitle.
(b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1101 - Definitions

(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)    (1)    “Correctional officer” has the meaning stated in § 8–201 of this article.
(2)    “Correctional officer” does not include an officer who is in probationary status on initial entry into the Sheriff’s Office except if an allegation of brutality in the execution of the officer’s duties is made against the officer.
(c)    (1)    “Hearing” means a proceeding during an investigation conducted by a hearing board to take testimony or receive other evidence.
(2)    “Hearing” does not include an interrogation at which no testimony is taken under oath.
(d)    “Hearing board” means a board that is authorized by the managing official to hold a hearing on a complaint against a correctional officer.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1103 - Conflict of Provisions; Authority to Regulate

(a)    Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this subtitle supersede any inconsistent provisions of any other State or local law that conflicts with this subtitle to the extent of the conflict.
(b)    This subtitle does not limit the authority of the Sheriff to regulate the competent and efficient operation and management of the Sheriff’s Office by any reasonable means including transfer and reassignment if:
(1)    that action is not punitive in nature; and
(2)    the Sheriff determines that action to be in the best interests of the internal management of the Sheriff’s Office.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1104 - Correctional Officer's Rights

(a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a correctional officer has the same rights to engage in political activity as a State employee.
(2)    The right of a correctional officer to engage in political activity does not apply when the correctional officer is on duty or acting in an official capacity.
(b)    The Sheriff’s Office:
(1)    may not prohibit secondary employment by a correctional officer; but
(2)    may adopt reasonable regulations that relate to secondary employment by a correctional officer.
(c)    A correctional officer may not be required or requested to disclose an item of the correctional officer’s property, income, assets, source of income, debts, or personal or domestic expenditures, including those of a member of the correctional officer’s family or household, unless:
(1)    the information is necessary to investigate a possible conflict of interest with respect to the performance of the correctional officer’s official duties; or
(2)    the disclosure is required by federal or State law.
(d)    A correctional officer may not be discharged, disciplined, demoted, or denied promotion, transfer, or reassignment, or otherwise discriminated against in regard to the correctional officer’s employment or be threatened with that treatment because the correctional officer:
(1)    has exercised or demanded the rights granted by this subtitle; or
(2)    has lawfully exercised constitutional rights.
(e)    A statute may not abridge and the Sheriff’s Office may not adopt a regulation that prohibits the right of a correctional officer to bring suit that arises out of the correctional officer’s duties as a correctional officer.
(f)    A correctional officer may waive in writing any or all rights granted by this subtitle.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1106 - Limitations Period for Administrative Charges

(a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Sheriff’s Office may not bring administrative charges against a correctional officer unless the Sheriff’s Office files the charges within 1 year after the act that gives rise to the charges comes to the attention of the appropriate Sheriff’s Office official.
(b)    The 1–year limitation of subsection (a) of this section does not apply to charges that relate to criminal activity or brutality.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1108 - Decision, Order or Action

(a)    (1)    A decision, an order, or an action taken as a result of a hearing under § 11–1107 of this subtitle shall be in writing and accompanied by findings of fact.
(2)    The findings of fact shall consist of a concise statement on each issue in the case.
(3)    A finding of not guilty terminates the action.
(4)    If the hearing board makes a finding of guilt, the hearing board shall:
(i)    reconvene the hearing;
(ii)    receive evidence; and
(iii)    consider the correctional officer’s past job performance and other relevant information as factors before making recommendations to the Sheriff.
(5)    A copy of the decision or order, findings of fact, conclusions, and written recommendations for action shall be delivered or mailed promptly to:
(i)    the correctional officer or the correctional officer’s counsel or representative of record; and
(ii)    the Sheriff.
(b)    (1)    After a disciplinary hearing and a finding of guilt, the hearing board may recommend the penalty it considers appropriate under the circumstances, including demotion, dismissal, transfer, loss of pay, reassignment, or other similar action that is considered punitive.
(2)    The recommendation of a penalty shall be in writing.
(c)    (1)    Within 30 days after receipt of the recommendations of the hearing board, the Sheriff shall:
(i)    review the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the hearing board; and
(ii)    issue a final order.
(2)    The recommendation of a penalty by the hearing board is not binding on the Sheriff.
(3)    The Sheriff shall consider the correctional officer’s past job performance as a factor before imposing a penalty.
(4)    The Sheriff may increase the recommended penalty of the hearing board only if the Sheriff personally meets with the correctional officer and allows the correctional officer to be heard on the record.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1109 - Expungement

On written request to the Sheriff, a correctional officer may have expunged from any file the record of a formal complaint made against the correctional officer if:
(1)    the investigation or hearing resulted in a finding of nonsustained or unfounded; or
(2)    the correctional officer was exonerated and at least 3 years have passed since the final disposition by the Sheriff’s Office or hearing board.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights › Section 11-1110 - Emergency Suspension

(a)    (1)    The Sheriff may impose emergency suspension with pay if it appears that the action is in the best interest of the public and the Sheriff’s Office.
(2)    If the correctional officer is suspended with pay, the Sheriff may reassign the correctional officer to restricted duties pending:
(i)    a determination by a court with respect to a criminal violation; or
(ii)    a final determination by a hearing board with respect to a Sheriff’s Office violation.
(b)    If a correctional officer is charged with a felony, the Sheriff may impose an emergency suspension of correctional powers without pay.
(c)    A correctional officer who is suspended under this section is entitled to a prompt hearing before the Assistant Sheriff or the Assistant Sheriff’s designee.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 1 - Definitions › Section 1-101 - Definitions

(a)    In this title the following words or terms have the meanings indicated.
(b)    “Circuit court” means the circuit court for a county.
(c)    “Court” means the Court of Appeals, Court of Special Appeals, circuit court, and District Court of Maryland, or any of them, unless the context clearly requires a contrary meaning. It does not include an orphans’ court, or the Maryland Tax Court.
(d)    “Judge” means a judge of a court.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 2 - General › Section 1-201 - Rule-Making Power

(a)    The power of the Court of Appeals to make rules and regulations to govern the practice and procedure and judicial administration in that court and in the other courts of the State shall be liberally construed. Without intending to limit the comprehensive application of the term “practice and procedure,” the term includes the forms of process; writs; pleadings; motions; parties; depositions; discovery; trials; judgments; new trials; provisional and final remedies; appeals; unification of practice and procedure in actions at law and suits in equity, so as to secure one form of civil action and procedure for both; and regulation of the form and method of taking and the admissibility of evidence in all cases, including criminal cases.
(b)    Except for the District Court, other courts may by rule regulate terms of court for purposes other than the return of process and may make other rules of practice and procedure subject to and not inconsistent with any rule of the Court of Appeals. However, except for a rule regulating terms of court, every rule shall be adopted pursuant to the limitations and procedures prescribed by the Maryland Rules, unless authority to adopt rules is expressly granted by public general law.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 2 - General › Section 1-202 - Contempt of Court

(a)    A court may exercise the power to punish for contempt of court or to compel compliance with its commands in the manner prescribed by Title 15, Chapter 200 of the Maryland Rules.
(b)    A person who has been adjudicated guilty of contempt for failure to pay a monetary amount specified in a decree or order passed in a civil proceeding is not barred by reason of the adjudication of contempt from filing a petition for modification of the decree or order, requesting any other relief, or proceeding to hearing on a petition, even though the contempt has not been purged or removed. A petition filed prior to actual adjudication of contempt may be consolidated in the discretion of the court and heard with a citation for contempt, if the petition is at issue and ready for disposition in accordance with the practice in the court in which the matter is pending.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 2 - General › Section 1-203 - Practice of Law by Judges Prohibited; Judges Hearing Cases Involving Former Partners

(a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no judge may during his term of office practice law, maintain an office for the practice of law, or have any interest in an office for the practice of law, whether conducted in whole or in part by himself or by others. A judge may not allow his name to be used in connection with a law office, nor may he profit directly or indirectly from the practice of law.
(b)    Prior to qualification for judicial office, a judge may agree with his former law firm, or his successor in practice, that the judge may receive over a reasonable period of time one or more payments representing the reasonable liquidated value of his interest in his former practice as of the date of the termination of practice. The agreement shall be in writing and a copy shall be filed with the secretary of the Maryland Judicial Conference. In determining reasonable liquidated value, the judge’s interest in contingent fees with respect to matters then pending in his law office may be taken into account.
(c)    While he is receiving payments under this section, a judge may not hear a case in which a partner or employee of his former firm or successor in interest is an attorney of record.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 2 - General › Section 1-204 - Legal Residence of Justice Not Abandoned by Residence in Anne Arundel County

A judge of the Court of Appeals or the Court of Special Appeals, by reason of residence in Anne Arundel County during his term of office, does not abandon his legal residence in the appellate judicial circuit from which he was appointed or elected unless he registers to vote in any election in Anne Arundel County.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 2 - General › Section 1-205 - Disclosure of Personal Information on Website Prohibited

(a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)    “Court” means the Court of Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals, a circuit court, the District Court of Maryland, and an orphans’ court.
(3)    “Personal information” means an individual’s:
(i)    Social Security number; or
(ii)    Driver’s license number.
(4)    “Publicly post or display” means to intentionally make available to the public.
(b)    Except as otherwise provided by law, on or after June 1, 2010, a court, to the extent practicable, may not publicly post or display on an Internet website maintained or paid for by the court an individual’s personal information.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 4 - Appellate Court of Maryland › Section 1-402 - Composition

(a)    The Court of Special Appeals consists of 15 judges, one of whom shall be designated by the Governor as Chief Judge.
(b)    Except as otherwise provided in this section, the judges of the Court of Special Appeals shall be selected, appointed, retained, removed from office, or retired as provided in Article IV of the Maryland Constitution with respect to judges of the Court of Appeals. One judge of the Court of Special Appeals shall be a resident respectively of each of the appellate judicial circuits defined in Article IV, § 14 of the Maryland Constitution. When election to judicial office is required by the Constitution, each of these judges shall be elected by the qualified voters of his circuit of residence. The remaining judges of the Court of Special Appeals may be residents of any part of the State and, when election to judicial office is required by the Constitution, shall be elected by the qualified voters of the entire State. The term of a judge of the Court of Special Appeals begins on the date of his qualification for office.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 4 - Appellate Court of Maryland › Section 1-403 - Sessions; Panels; Hearings in Banc

(a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Court of Special Appeals shall hold its sessions in the City of Annapolis at the time or times it prescribes by rule.
(2)    As designated by the Chief Judge of the Court of Special Appeals, in conjunction with the deans of the University of Maryland School of Law and the University of Baltimore School of Law, the Court of Special Appeals may hold sessions at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus and the University of Baltimore.
(3)    Its sessions shall continue not less than ten months in each year, if the business before it so requires.
(b)    A case before the Court of Special Appeals shall be heard by a panel of not less than three judges. The panels shall be constituted, sit at the times, and hear the cases as directed by the Chief Judge from time to time. A quorum of a panel consists of one less than the number of judges designated to sit on the panel. The concurrence of a majority of a panel is necessary for the decision of a case.
(c)    A hearing or rehearing before the court in banc may be ordered in any case by a majority of the incumbent judges of the court. Six judges of the court constitute a quorum of the court in banc. The concurrence of a majority of the incumbent judges of the entire court is necessary for decision of a case heard or reheard by the court in banc.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 5 - Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction › Section 1-501 - Jurisdiction and Powers in General

The circuit courts are the highest common-law and equity courts of record exercising original jurisdiction within the State. Each has full common-law and equity powers and jurisdiction in all civil and criminal cases within its county, and all the additional powers and jurisdiction conferred by the Constitution and by law, except where by law jurisdiction has been limited or conferred exclusively upon another tribunal.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 5 - Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction › Section 1-502 - Jurisdiction as to Jury Offenses

Notwithstanding § 4-301(b)(1) or § 4-302 of this article, a circuit court has exclusive, original jurisdiction over a misdemeanor under Title 8, Subtitle 5 of this article.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 5 - Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction › Section 1-503 - Number of Judges

(a)    In each county in the first seven judicial circuits there shall be the number of resident judges of the circuit court set forth below, including the judge or judges provided for by the Constitution:
(1)    Allegany    2
(2)    Anne Arundel    13
(3)    Baltimore County    20
(4)    Calvert    3
(5)    Caroline    1
(6)    Carroll    4
(7)    Cecil    4
(8)    Charles    5
(9)    Dorchester    1
(10)    Frederick    6
(11)    Garrett    1
(12)    Harford    6
(13)    Howard    5
(14)    Kent    1
(15)    Montgomery    24
(16)    Prince George’s    24
(17)    Queen Anne’s    1
(18)    St. Mary’s    3
(19)    Somerset    1
(20)    Talbot    1
(21)    Washington     6
(22)    Wicomico    4
(23)    Worcester    3
(b)    In Baltimore City there shall be 35 resident judges of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 5 - Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction › Section 1-504 - Rental Space for Clerks of Court

(a)    The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall certify to the Governor for inclusion without revision in each State budget an appropriation not to exceed $500,000 to pay rent directly to counties for space occupied in county facilities by clerks of the circuit courts, as provided in this section.
(b)    To the extent provided in the State budget the rent shall be calculated per net usable square foot, with no additional reimbursement of maintenance and utility cost.
(c)    Unless the Administrative Office of the Courts and a county agree otherwise, the county may not decrease the net usable square footage allocated to the clerk of the circuit court for the county below the net usable square footage allotted for fiscal year 2002.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 6 - District Court › Section 1-601 - Established; Court of Record; Seal

The District Court of Maryland is established. It is the court of limited jurisdiction created by Article IV, §§ 1 and 41A through 41-I of the Maryland Constitution. It is a court of record and shall have a seal.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 6 - District Court › Section 1-602 - Districts

For the purposes of operation and administration of the District Court, the State is divided into the following districts:
(1)    District 1 -- Baltimore City.
(2)    District 2 -- Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester counties.
(3)    District 3 -- Caroline, Talbot, Queen Anne’s, Kent, and Cecil counties.
(4)    District 4 -- Charles, St. Mary’s, and Calvert counties.
(5)    District 5 -- Prince George’s County.
(6)    District 6 -- Montgomery County.
(7)    District 7 -- Anne Arundel County.
(8)    District 8 -- Baltimore County.
(9)    District 9 -- Harford County.
(10)    District 10 -- Howard and Carroll counties.
(11)    District 11 -- Frederick and Washington counties.
(12)    District 12 -- Allegany and Garrett counties.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 6 - District Court › Section 1-603 - Chief Judge; Composition of Court; Places of Sitting

(a)    The court is composed of a Chief Judge and the number of associate judges provided for in subsection (b) of this section. If the Chief Judge is relieved of the Judge’s duties as Chief Judge but not removed from office as a judge of the District Court, the Chief Judge shall serve for the remainder of the Judge’s term of office as a District Court judge, as a resident judge of the Judge’s district and county of residence, without reference to the maximum number of judges for that district prescribed in subsection (b) of this section.
(b)    In each of the districts provided for in § 1–602 of this subtitle, there shall be the following number of associate judges of the District Court:
(1)    District 1 — 28
(2)    District 2 — 6, two to be appointed from Wicomico County and two to be appointed from Worcester County
(3)    District 3 — 6, two to be appointed from Cecil County
(4)    District 4 — 7, two to be appointed from Calvert County, two to be appointed from St. Mary’s County, and three to be appointed from Charles County
(5)    District 5 — 19
(6)    District 6 — 13
(7)    District 7 — 10
(8)    District 8 — 15
(9)    District 9 — 4
(10)    District 10 — 7, two to be appointed from Carroll County and five to be appointed from Howard County
(11)    District 11 — 5, three to be appointed from Frederick County and two to be appointed from Washington County
(12)    District 12 — 3, two to be appointed from Allegany County
(c)    In each district comprising more than one county, there shall be at least one District Court judge resident and holding court in each county in the district.
(d)    To ensure that the services of the District Court are readily and practicably available in all areas of District 8 and to ensure that these services are provided to all citizens of District 8 with a minimum of inconvenience and a maximum of availability, there shall be a court facility physically located in each of the following areas of that district, and at least one judge shall sit regularly in each location:
(1)    The Towson area;
(2)    The Catonsville area; and
(3)    The Essex area.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 6 - District Court › Section 1-607 - Administrative Judges; Functional Divisions

The Chief Judge of the District Court, subject to the approval of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, shall designate a District Court judge in each district as the administrative judge for that district. The administrative judge is responsible for the administration, operation, and maintenance of the District Court in that district and for the conduct of the District Court’s business. Subject to the approval of the Chief Judge of the District Court, the District Court of any district may be divided into civil, criminal, traffic, or other functional divisions if the work of the District Court requires.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 6 - District Court › Section 1-608 - Cost of Administration, etc., of System; Disposition of Revenues

(a)    The cost of maintenance, operation, and administration, and of providing necessary facilities, including capital costs, of the District Court shall be borne exclusively by the State, and, except as provided in Title 7 of this article, or otherwise expressly by law, all revenues derived from the operation and administration of the District Court shall enure to the general funds of the State.
(b)    The costs listed in subsection (a) of this section shall be included and itemized in the annual State budget or in the annual construction loan as submitted to the General Assembly by the Governor and subject to the power of the General Assembly with respect to budget appropriations.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 6 - District Court › Section 1-609 - Warrants; Writs

(a)    When and in the manner authorized by law, a District Court judge may issue:
(1)    Warrants of arrest; and
(2)    Warrants for search and seizure or for interception of communications.
(b)    A District Court judge may issue:
(1)    Writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum or ad prosequendum; and
(2)    Writs of error coram nobis.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 7 - Judicial Salaries and Allowances › Section 1-702 - Judicial Salaries Established

(a)    Subject to the provisions of § 1-701 of this subtitle, a judge shall have the salary provided in the State budget.
(b)    The Chief Judge of the District Court, during the period he serves as Chief Judge, shall have a salary equivalent to the annual salary then payable to an associate judge of the Court of Special Appeals.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 7 - Judicial Salaries and Allowances › Section 1-703 - Pay Plan; Automatic Salary Increases

(a)    Title 8, Subtitle 1 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article applies to judicial salaries, except for the provisions of § 8-108(c) of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.
(b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, whenever a general salary increase is awarded to State employees, each judge shall receive the same percentage increase in salary as awarded to the lowest step of the highest salary grade for employees in the Standard Pay Plan.
(2)    In any year that a judge’s salary is increased in accordance with a resolution under § 1-708 of this subtitle, the judge may not receive a salary increase under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 7 - Judicial Salaries and Allowances › Section 1-705 - Supplementation of Salaries Prohibited

(a)    In this subtitle, “supplementation” means any payment from a political subdivision to a judge or the surviving spouse of a judge, by way of salary, allowances, or pension. The word includes, but is not limited to, any payment in the form of salary, bonus, pension, spouse’s benefit, or expense or travel allowance except: (1) reimbursable expenses actually incurred in connection with the duties of judicial office to the extent permitted by § 1-706; and (2) any pension supplementation expressly permitted by public general law. “Supplementation” excludes payment of benefits under a local group health or hospitalization plan if a judge is entitled to those benefits by law.
(b)    Supplementation of a judge’s salary is prohibited.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 7 - Judicial Salaries and Allowances › Section 1-706 - Reimbursement for Expenses

(a)    A judge is entitled to mileage, at the rate for State employees, for officially authorized travel outside his county of residence on judicial business. He is also entitled to reimbursement for reasonable costs of meals, lodging, and other expenses actually incurred with the officially authorized travel in accordance with provisions of the State joint travel regulations provided that such reimbursement is approved by the judge authorizing the travel and provided for in the State budget.
(b)    Reimbursable expenses actually incurred by a circuit court judge in connection with his duties, other than the expenses described in subsection (a) of this section, shall be paid by the political subdivision in which the circuit court judge resides, as provided in that subdivision’s budget, and as first approved by the State Administrative Office of the Courts.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization › Subtitle 7 - Judicial Salaries and Allowances › Section 1-707 - Health or Hospitalization Benefits for Certain Judges of District Court

A judge of the District Court who has continued in office as a judge of that Court pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, § 41-I(a) of the Maryland Constitution, and who on July 4, 1971 was a participant in a group health or group hospitalization plan provided by a local subdivision, and who within six months from July 5, 1971, elected to remain a member of that plan, may continue as a member of the plan. In this event, the local subdivision shall continue to make on behalf of the judge any contributions to the plan required by its terms or by law. The State shall periodically reimburse the local subdivision for contributions made pursuant to this section.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 2 - Court Personnel › Subtitle 1 - Officers, Oaths, and Bonds › Section 2-101 - Definitions

(a)    In this title the following words have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(b)    “Appellate court” means the Court of Appeals or the Court of Special Appeals.
(c)    “Court” means the court in which the officer serves, but if the officer serves in a district of the District Court it means the District Court for the county or district in which he serves.
(d)    “Decree” includes a judgment or order of a court.
(e)    “Judge” means the judge of a court in which the officer serves.
(f)    “Penalty” includes a fine or forfeiture.
(g)    “Writ” includes a warrant, process, or summons.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 2 - Court Personnel › Subtitle 1 - Officers, Oaths, and Bonds › Section 2-102 - Special Officers

(a)    If advisable in a specific proceeding, a court may appoint an auditor, surveyor, court reporter, assistant counsel for the State, counsel for a party if authorized by law or rule, accountant, magistrate, examiner, or other officer, and may require his presence in court.
(b)    A special officer shall receive the compensation provided by this subsection:
(1)    Auditor -- Reasonable compensation as set by the court, but not less than $15 for stating an account.
(2)    Assistant counsel for the State or counsel for a party -- The amount set by the court but in Baltimore City no appearance fees in a criminal case unless taxed against and paid by the accused as costs.
(3)    Surveyor or assistant surveyor -- The fee charged by members of the Maryland Society of Surveyors in the county for similar services.
(4)    Other officer -- Reasonable compensation as set by the court.
(c)    A special officer’s fee may be taxed as costs or paid by the county.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 2 - Court Personnel › Subtitle 1 - Officers, Oaths, and Bonds › Section 2-104 - Oaths or Affirmations

(a)    Every auditor, clerk, sheriff, constable, commissioner, surveyor, or other officer before he assumes the duties of his office, shall take and sign the oath or affirmation prescribed by the Constitution.
(b)    Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, every deputy clerk or sheriff shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: “I, A.B., do swear (or affirm) that I will not for lucre or malice delay any person applying to me for any business belonging to the office I officiate in, and that I will not directly or indirectly ask, take, exact, demand, or receive from or charge to any such person to my own use any fee or reward whatsoever for any services I may do as deputy of the said office, and that in making out the office fees I will not wittingly or willingly charge other or higher fees than are allowed by law.”
(c)    (1)    In addition to the oath or affirmation required under subsection (b) of this section, in St. Mary’s County, every deputy sheriff shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: “I, A.B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and to the State of Maryland; that I will serve honestly and faithfully to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Maryland; that I will enforce the laws of St. Mary’s County, and the State of Maryland; and that I will obey the orders of the Sheriff and of my superior officers according to the rules and regulations of the Sheriff’s Office, St. Mary’s County and the State of Maryland.”
(2)    In addition to the oath or affirmation required under subsection (b) of this section, in Charles County, every deputy sheriff shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: “I, A.B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and to the State of Maryland; that I will serve honestly and faithfully to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Maryland; that I will enforce the laws of Charles County, and the State of Maryland; and that I will obey the orders of the Sheriff and of my superior officers according to the rules and regulations of the Sheriff’s Office, Charles County and the State of Maryland.”
(d)    In Montgomery County and Washington County, every deputy clerk or deputy sheriff shall take and sign the oath or affirmation prescribed by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.
(e)    (1)    Except as authorized by Article I, § 10 of the Maryland Constitution, every officer, except the clerk of the circuit court of a county or an appellate court, shall take the oath before the clerk of the circuit court.
(2)    Except as provided in Article I, § 10 of the Maryland Constitution, the clerk of a circuit court shall take the oath before a judge of the court.
(3)    The clerk of an appellate court shall take the oath before the Governor.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 2 - Court Personnel › Subtitle 1 - Officers, Oaths, and Bonds › Section 2-105 - Bond

(a)    Each of the following officers, before he assumes the duties of his office, shall be covered by a bond for the faithful performance of the duties of his office:
(1)    Clerk of any court;
(2)    Commissioner; or
(3)    Sheriff.
(b)    Each bond, except a sheriff’s bond, shall be in a penalty prescribed by the Comptroller. The Comptroller may increase or decrease the amount of a bond at any time.
(c)    The sheriff of a county shall give a bond in the penalty of $10,000, except that in Allegany, Charles, Frederick, Prince George’s, and Washington counties and Baltimore City the penalty is $25,000.
(d)    Every officer’s bond except a blanket bond shall have a surety who is approved by a judge of the court. A blanket bond shall have a corporate surety approved by the Comptroller.
(e)    The premiums for the bonds of District Court officers shall be paid by the State. The premiums on the bonds of any other officer shall be allowed as expenses of the office.
(f)    An officer’s bond shall remain in effect during his tenure in office.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 2 - Court Personnel › Subtitle 1 - Officers, Oaths, and Bonds › Section 2-106 - Failure to Qualify for Office

A person who is required to take an oath under § 2–104 of this subtitle or to file a bond under § 2–105 of this subtitle but who fails to qualify for office by taking and subscribing the required oath or affirmation or giving the required bond within 30 days from the date his commission is received by the clerk, or if no commission is sent to the clerk, within 30 days after receiving his commission or notice of appointment, is deemed to have refused the office, and the office shall be considered vacant, unless the time is extended by the court for good cause shown.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Courts and Judicial Proceedings › Title 2 - Court Personnel › Subtitle 1 - Officers, Oaths, and Bonds › Section 2-107 - Arrest Warrants

(a)    In a circuit court, an arrest warrant shall be issued on a form that:
(1)    Is 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size;
(2)    Contains the following information, if known, about the person for whom the warrant is issued:
(i)    Full name;
(ii)    Last address;
(iii)    Race;
(iv)    Sex;
(v)    Height;
(vi)    Weight;
(vii)    Hair color;
(viii)    Eye color;
(ix)    Driver’s license number;
(x)    Social Security number;
(xi)    Distinguishing body marks or scars; and
(xii)    Any other pertinent identifying information; and
(3)    Contains specific instructions to indicate the judge or court commissioner before whom the person is directed to appear once arrested.
(b)    An arrest warrant issued under this section shall be clearly captioned:
(1)    “Arrest warrant/State capias”;
(2)    “Arrest warrant/contempt”;
(3)    “Arrest warrant/contempt of court”; or
(4)    “Arrest warrant/body attachment”.
(c)    After a judge issues an arrest warrant, the judge shall:
(1)    Maintain a copy for the judge’s file; and
(2)    Provide a copy for:
(i)    The clerk of the circuit court;
(ii)    The sheriff or other law enforcement officer who will be serving the warrant; and
(iii)    The person for whom the warrant is issued.
(d)    Failure to use the form described in this section does not have any effect on an otherwise lawful arrest.