Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2 - Seizure
Section 12-205 - Seizure of Motor Vehicles -- Exceptions

A motor vehicle used in violation of this title may not be seized and forfeiture may not be recommended to the forfeiting authority if:
        (1)    the motor vehicle falls within § 12-103(b) of this title;
        (2)    (i)    an innocent registered owner lends the motor vehicle to another person; and
            (ii)    that person, or someone invited into the motor vehicle by that person, brings a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia into the motor vehicle without the registered owner’s knowledge; or
        (3)    (i)    a member of the family other than the registered owner uses the motor vehicle, and a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia is in the motor vehicle in an amount insufficient to suggest a sale is contemplated;
            (ii)    a sale was not made or attempted; and
            (iii)    the registered owner did not know that the controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia was in the motor vehicle.

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