HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3199

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) 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 case of attachment on original process, if
the sum claimed does not exceed $5,000, 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;

(5)  A grantee suit brought under § 14-109 of the
Real Property Article; and

(6)  A petition for injunction relating to the
use, disposition, encumbrances, or preservation of property
that is:

(i) Claimed in a replevin action, until
seizure under the writ; or

(ii) Sought to be levied upon in an action
of distress, until levy and any removal;

(7)  A petition of injunction filed by a county
or municipality including Baltimore City for the enforcement
of its health, housing, fire, building, electric, plumbing,
and zoning codes;

(8)  Proceedings under §§ 264 or 297 of Article
27 for the forfeiture or return of moneys involved in a
gambling or controlled dangerous substances seizure where