Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs
Section 8-703 - Authority of Court

Except as otherwise provided, a court may order a juvenile who is charged with the commission of a delinquent act or a criminal defendant who has not been convicted of a crime of violence to perform community service and assign the juvenile or defendant to a particular work project:
        (1)    instead of payment of any fines and court costs imposed; or
        (2)    as a condition of:
            (i)    probation, whether granted under § 6-220 or § 6-225 of the Criminal Procedure Article or otherwise;
            (ii)    a suspended sentence;
            (iii)    a case being placed on a stet docket; or
            (iv)    a juvenile being subject to a diversionary program.

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