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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 534
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CHAPTER 534
(Senate Bill 736)
AN ACT concerning
Criminal Procedure - Process Against Limited Liability Companies -
Summons, Service, and Execution
FOR the purpose of authorizing a clerk of court, if a charging document is filed
against a certain limited liability company, to issue a summons to the limited
liability company in the company name to appear at court to answer the
charging document; establishing that, if a sheriff or other officer returns a
certain summons in a certain manner, the limited liability company to whom the
summons was issued shall be considered as in court and as appearing to the
charging document; requiring the court to order the clerk to enter a certain
appearance by a certain limited liability company under certain circumstances;
establishing that, after the clerk makes a certain entry and endorsement,
further proceedings may occur concerning the charging document in the same
manner as if a certain limited liability company had appeared and pleaded not
guilty; authorizing a court to pass a judgment concerning a certain charging
document against a certain limited liability company under certain
circumstances; authorizing a court to issue process of execution to a certain
sheriff against the property of a certain limited liability company for a certain
amount in the same manner as on a judgment in a civil action; authorizing a
sheriff to sell the property of a certain limited liability company in the same
manner as on execution of a civil suit; defining a certain term; and generally
relating to criminal process against certain limited liability companies.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Criminal Procedure
Section 4-203
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland, read as follows:
Article - Criminal Procedure
4-203.
(a) (1) In this section[, "corporation"] THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.
(2) "CORPORATION" includes a joint-stock company and an association.
(3) "LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY" INCLUDES A LIMITED LIABILITY
PARTNERSHIP AND A LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
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