Any person interested under a deed, will, trust, land patent, written contract, or other writing constituting a contract, or whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, administrative rule or regulation, contract, or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, administrative rule or regulation, land patent, contract, or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status, or other legal relations under it.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action
Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment
Section 3-401 - "Person" Defined
Section 3-402 - Purpose and Construction of Subtitle
Section 3-405 - Parties; Role of Attorney General
Section 3-406 - Power to Construe
Section 3-407 - Construction of Contracts Before or After Breach
Section 3-408.1 - Land Patent Proceedings
Section 3-409 - Discretionary Relief
Section 3-411 - Form and Effect of Declaration
Section 3-412 - Supplementary Relief