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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 318

Article - Transportation
Section 26-201(f) and(g)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation
Section 26-203(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Transportation

26-201.

(F) AN OFFICER WHO DISCOVERS A VEHICLE STOPPED,
STANDING, OR PARKED IN VIOLATION OF § 21-1003 OF THIS
ARTICLE SHALL:

(1)   DELIVER A CITATION TO THE DRIVER OR, IF THE
VEHICLE IS UNATTENDED, ATTACH A CITATION TO THE VEHICLE IN A
CONSPICUOUS PLACE; AND

(2)   KEEP A COPY OF THE CITATION, BEARING HIS
CERTIFICATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FACTS STATED
IN THE CITATION ARE TRUE.

(G) IN THE ABSENCE OF THE DRIVER, THE REGISTERED
OWNER OF THE VEHICLE IS PRESUMED TO BE THE PERSON RECEIVING
THE CITATION.

26-203.

(a) This section applies to all traffic citations
issued under this subtitle, unless:

(1)   The person otherwise is being arrested
under § 26-202 (a)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subtitle;
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(2)   The person is incapacitated or otherwise
unable to comply with the provisions of this section; OR

(3)   THE CITATION IS BEING ISSUED TO AN
UNATTENDED VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF § 21-1003 OF THIS
ARTICLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.