Ch. 655 LAWS OF MARYLAND

MAY HOLD A CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING IN 1
COUNTY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved May 29, 1990.

CHAPTER 655
(House Bill 1151)

AN ACT concerning

District Court - Civil Jurisdiction

FOR the purpose of providing that the District Court shall have exclusive original civil
jurisdiction in petitions bf injunction filed by a county or municipality for the
enforcement of its licenses and permits code; and generally relating to the
jurisdiction of the District Court.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 4-401

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-401.

Except as provided in § 4-402 of this subtitle, and subject to the venue provisions
of Title 6 of this article, the District Court has exclusive original civil jurisdiction in:

(1) An action in contract or tort, if the debt or damages claimed do not
exceed $10,000, exclusive of attorney's fees if attorney's fees are recoverable by law or
contract;

(2) An action of replevin, regardless of the value of the thing in
controversy;

(3) A matter of attachment before judgment, if the sum claimed does not
exceed $10,000, exclusive of attorney's fees if attorney's fees are recoverable by law or
contract;

(4) An action involving landlord and tenant, distraint, or forcible entry and
detainer, regardless of the amount involved;

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