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Session Laws, 1986
Volume 768, Page 3783   View pdf image
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HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      3783

(A)  IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "NOT GUILTY" DOES NOT INCLUDE
A FINDING OF PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT UNDER ARTICLE 27, § 292 OR
§ 641 OF THE CODE.

(B)  (1) THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT MAY NOT CHARGE A
COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY WITH FEES OR COSTS OF A CRIMINAL
PROCEEDING, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE FEE OR COST WAS IMPOSED OR
ALLOWED BY STATUTE OR COMMON LAW.

(2) THE CLERK OF A CIRCUIT COURT MAY NOT CHARGE A
DEFENDANT WITH THE COSTS OF A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH THE
DEFENDANT IS FOUND NOT GUILTY.

7-301.

(a) The court costs in a traffic case including parking and
impounding cases in which costs are imposed, are $5.00. In an
uncontested parking or impounding case in which the fines are
paid directly to a political subdivision or municipality, costs
are $2.00, which costs shall be paid to and retained by the
political subdivision or municipality. In an uncontested case in
which the fine is paid directly to an agency of State government
authorized by law to regulate parking of motor vehicles, the
costs are $2.00. The fine and the costs shall be paid to the
agency, which shall receive and account for these funds as in all
other cases involving sums due the State through a State agency.

(b)(1) The court costs in a criminal case in which costs
are imposed are $5.00.

(2) The costs shall be in addition to any costs

imposed in a criminal case under the Criminal Injuries

Compensation Act.

(3) EXCEPT WHERE AN ORDER OF PROBATION BEFORE

JUDGMENT IS ENTERED UNDER ARTICLE 27, § 292 OR § 641 OF THE CODE
THE CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT MAY NOT CHARGE A DEFENDANT WITH
THE COSTS OF A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT IS
FOUND NOT GUILTY.

(c)(1) The filing fees and costs in a civil case are those
prescribed by law subject to modification by law, rule, or
administrative regulation.

(2) The Court of Appeals may provide by rule for
waiver of prepayment of filing fees and other costs in cases of
indigency.

(d) When a person pays court costs or a fine with a check
in any motor vehicle, criminal, or civil case in the District
Court, and the check is returned to the court by the financial
institution on which it is drawn because of insufficient funds in
the account, or because the account has been closed or never
existed, then the court may impose additional costs of $10
against the party issuing the check. These costs shall be in
addition to any other penalty now prescribed by law.

 

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