A civil or criminal action may not be brought against a city or town councilman, county commissioner, county councilman, or similar official by whatever name known, for words spoken at a meeting of the council or board of commissioners or at a meeting of a committee or subcommittee thereof.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities
Subtitle 5 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Governmental
Section 5-501 - Action for Defamation Against Local Government Official
Section 5-502 - Additional Provisions Governing Immunity
Section 5-503 - Preparation of Complaints in Montgomery County
Section 5-504 - Immunity -- Montgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services
Section 5-507 - Immunity -- Municipal Corporations and Officers
Section 5-508 - Immunity -- Officers or Directors of Public Drainage or Watershed Associations
Section 5-509 - Immunity -- Official of Governmental Entity
Section 5-512 - Immunity -- Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Section 5-513 - Immunity -- Member of Military Court
Section 5-514 - Immunity -- Financial Review Committee in Department of Aging
Section 5-515 - Immunity -- Guardianship Advisory Board in Department of Aging
Section 5-516 - Immunity -- County Insuring Amusement Rides
Section 5-517 - Immunity -- Board of Supervisors for Soil Conservation District
Section 5-518 - Immunity -- County Boards of Education
Section 5-519 - Immunity -- Community Colleges
Section 5-520 - Immunity -- Maryland Deposit Insurance Fund Corporation
Section 5-521 - Immunity -- Department of Commerce
Section 5-522 - Immunity -- State and Its Personnel and Units
Section 5-523 - Immunity -- Seizure of Contraband Property Under 13-835 of the Tax - General Article
Section 5-524 - Immunity -- Negligent Use of Motor Vehicle While in Government Service
Section 5-525 - Immunity -- Member of General Assembly -- Constituent Service
Section 5-526 - Immunity -- Member of General Assembly -- Defamation