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Subtitle 1 - Officers, Oaths, and Bonds
Section 2-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Section 2-102 - Special Officers - (a) If advisable in a specific proceeding, a court may...
Section 2-103 - Successor Responsible for Uncompleted Duties - When an officer leaves office for any reason, any duty...
Section 2-104 - Oaths or Affirmations - (a) Every auditor, clerk, sheriff, constable, commissioner, surveyor, or other...
Section 2-105 - Bond - (a) Each of the following officers, before he assumes the...
Section 2-106 - Failure to Qualify for Office - (a) A person who is required to take an oath...
Section 2-107 - Arrest Warrants - (a) In a circuit court, an arrest warrant shall be...
Subtitle 2 - General Duties of Clerk
Section 2-201 - In General - (a) The clerk of a court shall: (1) Have custody...
Section 2-202 - Office Equipment and Systems; Indexing of Records; Cost of Equipment - (a) Subject to the approval of the Chief Judge of...
Section 2-203 - Inspection of Records - Unless otherwise provided by law or order of court, any...
Section 2-204 - Office Hours - The office of every clerk of court shall be open...
Section 2-205 - Destruction of Records - (a) The clerk of a circuit court or the chief...
Section 2-206 - Instructional Materials Regarding Child Custody, Visitation, and Support Proceedings - (a) In cooperation with the clerks of the courts, the...
Section 2-207 - Recording Military Discharge Papers - (a) For purposes of this section, “person in interest” has...
Section 2-208 - Application for Blank Licenses - (a) This section applies to all licenses issued by the...
Section 2-209 - Certificate of Compliance With Workers' Compensation Act - (a) This section applies to all licenses issued by the...
Section 2-210 - Account of Licenses - (a) This section applies to all licenses issued by the...
Section 2-211 - Delivery of Civil Commissions - When the Governor issues a civil commission and the Secretary...
Section 2-212 - Public Officers -- Oaths - (a) At least once a month, the clerk of a...
Section 2-213 - Fees for Administering Public Money - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the clerk...
Section 2-214 - Information for Registering With State Donor Registry - A clerk of a circuit court shall make available to...
Section 2-215 - Posting National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information Sign - The clerk of the court shall prominently post the National...
Subtitle 3 - Sheriffs
Part I - General Provisions
Section 2-301 - Service of Writs - (a) Except as provided in § 2-302 of this subtitle,...
Section 2-302 - Executions and Attachments - (a) A writ of execution or attachment shall be directed...
Section 2-303 - Filing of Returns -- Required - When a sheriff serves or attempts to serve a paper...
Section 2-304 - Filing of Returns -- Failure to File - (a) If a sheriff fails to file a return within...
Section 2-305 - Failure to Bring Person Into Court - (a) Any officer who neglects or refuses to bring a...
Section 2-306 - Right of Subrogation - If a sheriff pays the plaintiff an amount ordered by...
Section 2-307 - Books and Records - A sheriff shall keep an official record of the fees...
Section 2-308 - Duty to Collect Fees and Penalties - (a) A sheriff shall collect the fees of a clerk,...
Section 2-309 - Second in Command - (a) The sheriff of Baltimore City and each county may...
Section 2-310 - Guidelines for Disposal of Property - (a) The sheriff of a county may establish and administer...
Part II - Sheriffs' Salaries
Section 2-313 - General Consideration - (a) The sheriff and deputy sheriffs of a county shall:...
Section 2-314 - Allegany County - (a) This section applies only in Allegany County. (b) The...
Section 2-315 - Anne Arundel County - (a) This section applies only in Anne Arundel County. (b)...
Section 2-316 - Baltimore City - (a) This section applies only in Baltimore City. (b) (1)...
Section 2-317 - Baltimore County - (a) This section applies only in Baltimore County. (b) The...
Section 2-318 - Calvert County - (a) This section applies only in Calvert County. (b) (1)...
Section 2-319 - Caroline County - (a) This section applies only in Caroline County. (b) The...
Section 2-320 - Carroll County - (a) This section applies only in Carroll County. (b) The...
Section 2-321 - Cecil County - (a) This section applies only in Cecil County. (b) (1)...
Section 2-322 - Charles County - (a) This section applies only in Charles County. (b) (1)...
Section 2-323 - Dorchester County - (a) This section applies only in Dorchester County. (b) (1)...
Section 2-324 - Frederick County - (a) This section applies only in Frederick County. (b) The...
Section 2-325 - Garrett County - (a) This section applies only in Garrett County. (b) (1)...
Section 2-326 - Harford County - (a) This section applies only in Harford County. (b) (1)...
Section 2-327 - Howard County - (a) This section applies only in Howard County. (b) The...
Section 2-328 - Kent County - (a) This section applies only in Kent County. (b) The...
Section 2-329 - Montgomery County - (a) This section applies only in Montgomery County. (b) It...
Section 2-330 - Prince George's County - (a) This section applies only in Prince George’s County. (b)...
Section 2-331 - Queen Anne's County - (a) This section applies only in Queen Anne’s County. (b)...
Section 2-332 - St. Mary's County - (a) This section applies only in St. Mary’s County. (b)...
Section 2-333 - Somerset County - (a) This section applies only in Somerset County. (b) (1)...
Section 2-334 - Talbot County - (a) This section applies only in Talbot County. (b) The...
Section 2-335 - Washington County - (a) This section applies only in Washington County. (b) The...
Section 2-336 - Wicomico County - (a) This section applies only in Wicomico County. (b) The...
Section 2-337 - Worcester County - (a) This section applies only in Worcester County. (b) (1)...
Subtitle 4 - Appellate Courts
Section 2-401 - Clerk, Deputy Clerks, and Other Employees of Clerk's Office - (a) An appellate court shall have a clerk who is...
Section 2-402 - Personnel Generally - An appellate court may appoint the law clerks, stenographers, and...
Section 2-403 - Compensation of Employees - The clerk, his deputies, and other employees of the court...
Section 2-404 - Attendance by Sheriff - An appellate court may direct a sheriff to attend the...
Subtitle 5 - Courts of General Jurisdiction
Section 2-501 - Employees of Court - (a) Except as provided for the Circuit Court for Baltimore...
Section 2-502 - Recordation, etc., of Certain Dockets and Records - Each clerk of a circuit court shall keep permanently a...
Section 2-503 - Grand Jury Reporter - The jury judge for a county may order a court...
Section 2-504 - Compensation of Clerk - (a) The clerk of each circuit court shall receive an...
Section 2-504.1 - Annual Budget Submitted by Clerks - (a) The clerk of each circuit court shall submit annually...
Section 2-505 - Personnel in Clerk's Office - (a) The number of positions in the office of clerk...
Section 2-506 - Minimum Workweek for Deputies and Employees of Clerk - The minimum hours of work in each week for full-time...
Section 2-507 - Compensation of Bailiff and Crier - (a) A bailiff shall receive the compensation provided in this...
Section 2-508 - Office of Calendar Management of the Circuit Court in Prince George's County - (a) In Prince George’s County, in accordance with the Maryland...
Section 2-509 - Director of Assignments of the Circuit Court - (a) In Anne Arundel County, there is the Office of...
Section 2-510 - Pension and Retirement Benefits for Certain Transferred Employees of Anne Arundel County Domestic Relations Circuit Court - (a) This section applies only to employees of the Domestic...
Section 2-511 - State Payment for Interpreter Services - There shall be included in the State budget for the...
Section 2-512 - Funding of Law Clerks - (a) Each circuit court judge shall have one law clerk,...
Subtitle 5A - Personnel Merit System for the Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Section 2-5A-01 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meaning...
Section 2-5A-02 - Created; Purposes - The personnel merit system for the office of the clerk...
Section 2-5A-03 - Judicial Personnel Committee - (a) There shall be a judicial personnel committee, with duties...
Section 2-5A-04 - Administration; Appointment of Director; Removal - (a) The personnel merit system shall be administered in accordance...
Section 2-5A-05 - Status of Employees - All employees of the office of the clerk of the...
Section 2-5A-06 - Positions Subject to System - (a) The following positions shall be subject to the personnel...
Section 2-5A-07 - Supreme Bench Affirmative Action Policy Applicable; Rules and Regulations - (a) The Supreme Bench affirmative action policy that is in...
Subtitle 6 - Officers of the District Court
Section 2-601 - Chief Clerk, Assistant Chief Clerks, Supervising Auditor, Coordinator of Commissioner Activity, Chief Administrative Clerks, Andother Clerical and Administrative Employees - (a) There shall be a chief clerk of the District...
Section 2-602 - Appointment of Officers - (a) The chief clerk, the assistant chief clerks, the supervising...
Section 2-603 - Duties of Officers - (a) Subject to the direction of the Chief Judge of...
Section 2-604 - Constables - (a) The Chief Judge of the District Court, upon the...
Section 2-605 - Service of Process - (a) All civil process and papers of the District Court...
Section 2-606 - Duties of Constables - A constable shall obey and execute all process directed to...
Section 2-607 - Commissioners - (a) (1) The administrative judge of each district, with the...
Section 2-608 - Charging Documents Against Law Enforcement Officers - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...