Maryland Statutes
Criminal Procedure
Title 11 - Victims and Witnesses

Section 11-105 - Opportunity to Request Victim Protection Prior to Issuance of Arrest Warrant or Summons - On a finding of probable cause and before the issuance...

Part II - Right to Hiv and Hepatitis C Testing

Section 11-107 - Definitions - (a) In Part II of this subtitle the following words...

Section 11-108 - Elements of Conviction - For the purposes of Part II of this subtitle, a...

Section 11-109 - Elements of Exposure - (a) In this section, “body fluids” has the meaning stated...

Section 11-110 - Hiv or Hepatitis C Testing of Charged Person - In addition to testing allowed under § 11–112 of this...

Section 11-110.1 - Emergency Order for Hiv Testing - (a) In this section, “health care provider” has the meaning...

Section 11-111 - Hearing - (a) (1) Before ordering a test under § 11-110 of...

Section 11-112 - Hiv or Hepatitis C Testing After Conviction, Probation Before Judgment, or Adjudication - (a) Within 10 days of a written request of a...

Section 11-113 - Notification - (a) (1) After conviction or a finding of a prohibited...

Section 11-114 - Disclosure of Test Results - (a) A victim or victim’s representative who receives notification under...

Section 11-115 - Test Results Not Admissible as Evidence - The results of a test held under Part II of...

Section 11-116 - Immunity for State Employees and Agents - An agent or employee of the Maryland Department of Health...

Section 11-117 - Regulations - The Maryland Department of Health shall adopt regulations to carry...

Subtitle 2 - Pretrial Rights

Section 11-201 - Rights of Victim of Assault - A victim of an assault has the rights provided under...

Section 11-202 - Victim of Delinquent Act - (a) In this section, “victim” has the meaning stated in...

Section 11-203 - Protection of Victim Before Trial or Hearing - As provided under § 5-201 of this article or §...

Section 11-204 - Competence Examination Notification - As provided under § 3–122 of this article, the Maryland...

Section 11-205 - Restrictions on Release of Information - (a) In this section, “domestically related crime” has the meaning...

Subtitle 3 - Trial Procedures

Section 11-301 - Release of Address or Phone Number of Victim or Witness - On motion of the State or on request of a...

Section 11-302 - Presence of Victim or Representative at Trial - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 11-303 - Testimony of Child Victim by Closed Circuit Television - (a) This section applies to a case of abuse of...

Section 11-304 - Out of Court Statements of Certain Child Victims - (a) In this section, “statement” means: (1) an oral or...

Subtitle 4 - Sentencing Procedures

Section 11-401 - "Victim's Representative" Defined - In this subtitle, “victim’s representative” means: (1) a member of...

Section 11-402 - Victim Impact Statement in Presentence Investigation - (a) A presentence investigation that the Division of Parole and...

Section 11-403 - Right of Victim or Victim's Representative to Address Court During Sentencing or Disposition Hearing - (a) In this section, “sentencing or disposition hearing” means a...

Subtitle 5 - Postsentencing Procedures

Section 11-501 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 11-503 - Notice of Subsequent Proceedings - (a) In this section, “subsequent proceeding” includes: (1) a sentence...

Section 11-504 - Proceedings at Patuxent Institution -- Notice and Comment - (a) Before the Board of Review for Patuxent Institution grants...

Section 11-505 - Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services -- Notice and Comment - (a) This section applies to a victim or victim’s representative...

Section 11-506 - Victim's Rights After Finding of Not Criminally Responsible - Whenever a person has been committed to the Maryland Department...

Section 11-507 - Notification of Probation Violation - The Department or the Department of Juvenile Services shall notify...

Section 11-508 - Notification of Release From Confinement - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 6 - Restitution and Other Payments

Part I - Restitution

Section 11-601 - Defined Terms - (a) In Part I of this subtitle the following words...

Section 11-602 - Persons Who May Act on Behalf of Victim - On conviction, the finding of a delinquent act, acceptance of...

Section 11-603 - Restitution Determination - (a) A court may enter a judgment of restitution that...

Section 11-604 - Payers of Restitution - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section and notwithstanding...

Section 11-605 - When Restitution Need Not Be Ordered - (a) A court need not issue a judgment of restitution...

Section 11-606 - Payment of Restitution - (a) The court may order that restitution be paid to:...

Section 11-607 - Compliance With Restitution Judgment - (a) (1) When a judgment of restitution has been entered...

Section 11-608 - Recording and Indexing of Judgment - (a) A judgment of restitution is a money judgment in...

Section 11-609 - Judgment of Circuit Court - (a) A judgment of restitution that a circuit court orders...

Section 11-610 - Judgment of District Court - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...

Section 11-611 - No Costs for Recording or Indexing - A court may not assess costs on a person or...

Section 11-612 - Termination of Judgment or Probation - (a) (1) If a District Court decides to terminate a...

Section 11-613 - Stay of Execution of Sentence - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of Part I of this...

Section 11-614 - Notification of Victims of Right to Restitution - (a) If practicable, the State’s Attorney should: (1) notify an...

Section 11-615 - Legally Sufficient Evidence at Restitution Hearing - (a) In a restitution hearing held under § 11-603 of...

Section 11-616 - Overdue Restitution - (a) The Division or the Department of Juvenile Services: (1)...

Section 11-617 - Earnings Withholding Orders - (a) (1) If a court issues a judgment of restitution...

Section 11-618 - State Lottery Interception - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 11-619 - Scope of Authority of Court - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, any order...

Part II - Notoriety of Crimes Contracts

Section 11-621 - Definitions - (a) In Part II of this subtitle the following words...

Section 11-622 - Submissions to Attorney General - A person who makes a notoriety of crimes contract with...

Section 11-623 - Decision by Attorney General - (a) On receipt of a submission under § 11-622 of...

Section 11-624 - Escrow Account - (a) The Attorney General shall deposit money received under this...

Section 11-625 - Payments From Escrow Account - (a) The Attorney General shall pay the defendant from the...

Section 11-626 - Limitations on Bringing Civil Action - Notwithstanding any other law, including the statute of limitations for...

Section 11-627 - Actions Void as Against Public Policy - Any action that a defendant takes to defeat the purpose...

Section 11-628 - Priorities for Claims - (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a claim on money in...

Section 11-629 - Powers of Attorney General - (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Attorney General has exclusive...

Section 11-630 - Appeals - A person aggrieved by a final determination and order of...

Section 11-631 - Civil Penalties - (a) A person may not willfully fail: (1) to submit...

Section 11-632 - Restraining Orders and Injunctions - (a) The Attorney General may bring a proceeding in a...

Section 11-633 - Prohibited Acts - A person may not: (1) conceal the existence of a...

Subtitle 7 - Sex Offender Registration

Section 11-701 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 11-702 - Elements of Conviction - For the purposes of this subtitle, a person is convicted...

Section 11-702.1 - Retroactive Application of Subtitle - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 11-703 - Determination of Predator Status - (a) (1) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this...

Section 11-704 - Registration Required - (a) A person shall register with the person’s supervising authority...

Section 11-704.1 - Registry of Juvenile Sex Offenders - (a) In this section, “juvenile registrant” means a person who...

Section 11-704.2 - Waiver of Registration for Sex Offender Under Witness Protection - (a) On written request by a federal agency operating a...

Section 11-705 - Deadline for Registration - (a) In this section, “resident” means a person who has...

Section 11-706 - Registration Statements - (a) For all sex offenders in the State, a registration...

Section 11-707 - Term of Registration - (a) (1) (i) A tier I sex offender and a...

Section 11-708 - Duties of Supervising Authority - (a) When a registrant registers, the supervising authority shall: (1)...

Section 11-709 - Notification Requirements of Local Law Enforcement Unit - (a) (1) (i) Within 3 days after a tier III...

Section 11-710 - Notice of Registrant's Change of Address - (a) As soon as possible but not later than 3...

Section 11-712 - Notice of Escape and Recapture - (a) If a registrant escapes from a facility, the supervising...

Section 11-713 - Duties of Department - The Department: (1) as soon as possible but not later...

Section 11-714 - Providing Registration Statements -- in General - A registration statement given to a person under this subtitle...

Section 11-715 - Providing Registration Statements -- Supervising Authority - (a) (1) On request for a copy of a registration...

Section 11-716 - Providing Registration Statements -- Local Law Enforcement Unit - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, on written...

Section 11-717 - Registration Statements to Be Made Available to Public; Posting on Internet - (a) (1) The Department shall make available to the public...

Section 11-718 - Notice to Protect Public - (a) (1) If the Department or a local law enforcement...

Section 11-719 - Immunity for Public Officials, Employees, and Units - An elected public official, public employee, or public unit has...

Section 11-720 - Regulations - With advice from the Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board established...

Section 11-721 - Prohibited Act; Penalty - (a) A registrant may not knowingly fail to register, knowingly...

Section 11-722 - Entry Onto School or Day Care Property or Informal Day Care Home Prohibited - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 11-723 - Lifetime Sexual Offender Supervision - (a) Except where a term of natural life without the...

Section 11-724 - Lifetime Sexual Offender Supervision -- Violations - (a) A person subject to lifetime sexual offender supervision may...

Section 11-725 - Sexual Offender Management Teams - (a) Under the supervision of the Division of Parole and...

Section 11-726 - Regulations - The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services shall adopt...

Section 11-727 - Evaluations Before Sentencing for Violations of 3-602 of the Criminal Law Article - (a) Unless waived by the State’s Attorney and defense counsel,...

Subtitle 8 - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

Section 11-801 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 11-802 - Legislative Policy - (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) that many innocent persons...

Section 11-803 - Executive Director's Designee - The Executive Director may designate a person to carry out...

Section 11-804 - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - (a) There is a Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in the...

Section 11-805 - Powers and Duties of Board - (a) Subject to the authority of the Executive Director, the...

Section 11-806 - Records of Proceedings - (a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 11-807 - Criminal Incident Report - (a) In this section, “law enforcement unit” means: (1) the...

Section 11-808 - Eligibility for Awards - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...

Section 11-809 - Filing of Claims - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)...

Section 11-810 - Conditions for Awards on Claims - (a) (1) The Board may make an award only if...

Section 11-811 - Amount of Award - (a) (1) (i) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,...

Section 11-812 - Funding, Length, and Termination of Awards - (a) The Board may not make an award unless money...

Section 11-813 - Emergency Award Pending Final Decision - (a) The Board may make an emergency award to the...

Section 11-814 - Board Decisions on Claims; Review by Executive Director - (a) Within 30 days after the receipt of a claim,...

Section 11-815 - Applicability of Administrative Procedure Act; Hearing; Judicial Review - (a) A claim under this subtitle is subject to the...

Section 11-816 - Payment of Award - (a) An award under this subtitle shall be paid in...

Section 11-816.1 - Reimbursement for Forensic Examinations and Other Expenses - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, only the...

Section 11-817 - Subrogation - Acceptance of an award made under this subtitle subrogates the...

Section 11-818 - False Claims - (a) A person may not assert a false claim under...

Section 11-819 - Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund - (a) (1) There is a Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. (2)...

Subtitle 9 - Victims and Witnesses -- Services

Part I - Protection and Relocation of Victims and Witnesses

Section 11-901 - Definitions - (a) In Part I of this subtitle the following words...

Section 11-902 - Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Program - There is a Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Program.

Section 11-903 - Administration - The State’s Attorneys’ Coordinator shall carry out the Program in...

Section 11-904 - Purpose; Federal Funds; Expenditures - (a) Money appropriated to the Program shall be used: (1)...

Section 11-905 - Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Fund - (a) There is a Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation...

Section 11-906 - Status; Investments; Construction - (a) (1) The Fund is a special continuing, nonlapsing fund...

Section 11-907 - Audits - Both the Program and the Fund are subject to an...

Part II - State Board of Victim Services

Section 11-910 - Definitions - (a) In Part II of this subtitle the following words...

Section 11-911 - Established - There is a State Board of Victim Services in the...

Section 11-912 - Membership - (a) The Board consists of the following 22 members: (1)...

Section 11-913 - Quorum; Meetings; Compensation - (a) A majority of the members then serving on the...

Section 11-914 - Duties - Subject to the authority of the Executive Director, the Board...

Section 11-915 - Victim Services Coordinator - (a) The Executive Director shall appoint a Victim Services Coordinator....

Section 11-916 - State Victims of Crime Fund -- in General - (a) There is a State Victims of Crime Fund. (b)...

Section 11-917 - State Victims of Crime Fund -- Status; Investments; Construction - (a) (1) The Fund is a special continuing, nonlapsing fund...

Section 11-918 - State Victims of Crime Fund -- Audit; Disbursements - (a) The Fund is subject to an audit by the...

Section 11-919 - Grant Program - (a) There is a grant program. (b) The Governor’s Office...

Part III - Help for Victims of Sexual Assault Offenses

Section 11-922 - "Sexual Assault" Defined - In this part, “sexual assault” means rape or a sexual...

Section 11-923 - Sexual Assault Crisis Programs - (a) The General Assembly finds that an increasing number of...

Section 11-924 - Transporting Alleged Sexual Assault Victims - (a) The nearest facility to which a victim of sexual...

Section 11-925 - Health Care Services - Applicable health care services shall be given without charge to...

Section 11-926 - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit -- Information to Be Provided to Victims From Health Care Providers and Investigating Law Enforcement Agencies - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 11-927 - Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee - (a) In this section, “Committee” means the Maryland Sexual Assault...

Section 11-928 - Child Advocacy Centers - (a) The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim...

Section 11-929 - Victims of Sexually Assaultive Behavior -- Waivers of Rights Prohibited - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Part IV - Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status

Section 11-930 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...

Section 11-931 - Certification of Victim Helpfulness - (a) For purposes of filing a petition with the United...

Subtitle 10 - Treatment and Help

Section 11-1001 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 11-1002 - Guidelines for Treatment of Victim of Crime, Victim's Representative, or Witness - (a) The appropriate criminal justice unit should inform a victim...

Section 11-1003 - Guidelines for Treatment of Victim of Delinquent Act, Victim's Representative, or Witness - (a) The appropriate juvenile services unit should tell a victim...

Section 11-1004 - Effect of Subtitle - This subtitle does not create a cause of action on...

Section 11-1005 - Victim and Responsible Relative; Cost of Health Services - As provided under § 16–203(a)(4) of the Health – General...

Section 11-1006 - Programs for Survivors of Homicide Victims - (a) The General Assembly finds that survivors of homicide victims...

Section 11-1007 - Services for Victim of Alleged Rape, Sexual Offense, or Child Abuse - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 11-1008 - Pilot Program for Preventing Hiv Infection for Rape Victims - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 PER CHAPTER 431 OF...

Subtitle 11 - Victim Services Unit

Section 11-1101 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 11-1102 - Victim Services Unit - (a) There is a Victim Services Unit in the Governor’s...

Section 11-1103 - Director - (a) The head of the Unit is the Director, who...

Section 11-1104 - Responsibilities of Unit - The Unit shall coordinate with the Judiciary, the Department of...

Section 11-1105 - Additional Responsibilities; Regulations - (a) The Unit shall: (1) monitor and provide guidance to...

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Maryland Statutes Criminal Procedure Title 11 - Victims and Witnesses

Maryland Statutes
Criminal Procedure
Title 11 - Victims and Witnesses