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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 820

release of persons suspected, charged, or convicted of a
crime and which allocates a substantial portion of its
annual budget to any of these functions. The term does not
include the Juvenile Services Administration or a juvenile
court, but it does include the following agencies, when
exercising jurisdiction over criminal matters or criminal
history record information:

(1)  State, county, and municipal police
departments and agencies, sheriffs' offices, correctional
facilities, jails, and detention centers;

(2)  The offices of the Attorney General, the
State's attorneys, and any other person authorized by law to
prosecute persons accused of criminal offenses;

(3)  The Administrative Office of the Courts, the
Court of Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals, the circuit
courts, [including the courts of the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City,] the District Court of Maryland, and the
offices of the clerks of these courts.

Article 27A - Public Defender

4.

(b) Legal representation shall be provided indigent
defendants in the following proceedings:

(1)  In any criminal or juvenile proceeding
constitutionally requiring the presence of counsel prior to
presentment before a commissioner or judge.

(2)  Criminal or juvenile proceedings, where the
defendant is charged with a serious crime, before the
District Court of Maryland, [the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City,] the various circuit courts within the State of
Maryland, and the Court of Special Appeals.

(3)  Postconviction proceedings under Article 27,
Annotated Code of Maryland.

(4)  Any other proceeding where possible
incarceration pursuant to a judicial commitment of
individuals in institutions of a public or private nature
may result.

7.

(e) The clerks of the [several] circuit courts [and
the Superior Court of Baltimore City] and the District Court
throughout the State shall provide separate books for the
recording of said liens, which books shall be properly
indexed in the name of the debtor. The Public Defender shall
not be required to pay filing or recording fees.