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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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H.B. 708
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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.
(b) If a charging document is filed against a corporation OR LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY, the clerk of court may issue a summons to the corporation OR
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY in its corporate OR COMPANY name to appear at the
court to answer the charging document.
(c) A summons served under subsection (b) of this section may be served in the
same manner as provided for service of process in a civil suit under the Maryland
Rules.
(d) (1) If a sheriff or other officer returns a summons served under this
section as "summoned" or "served":
(i) the corporation OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY to whom the
summons was issued shall be considered as in court and as appearing to the charging
document; and
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