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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch 256

CHAPTER 256

(House Bill 1992)

AN ACT concerning

Caroline County - Appearance Fees -
Distribution

FOR the purpose of providing that in Caroline County the
Clerk of the Circuit Court shall deposit certain
appearance fees into a special account; and providing
that the fund shall be used for the general purposes of
the Caroline Law Library upon recommendation of the bar
association.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 7-204(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 7-204(k)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

7-204.

(a) Except in the District Court and except as
provided in this section, an attorney-at-law is entitled to
demand and receive the following fees:

(1)  For bringing, prosecuting, or defending any
action at law in a court of original jurisdiction — $5;

(2)  For prosecuting or defending any action,
including the collection of money due on mortgage, in a
court of equity — $10;

(3)  For prosecuting or defending a case in the
Court of Appeals — $10;