Ch. 520                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 520

(House Bill 1432)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore County - Circuit Court - Appearance Fees

FOR the purpose of altering the appearance fees that an attorney

may demand and receive in the Circuit Court of Baltimore

County; providing that the clerk of the Circuit Court for

Baltimore County, and not an attorney, is entitled to demand

and receive certain appearance fees; making a stylistic
change; and generally relating to appearance fees in the
Circuit Court of Baltimore County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 7-204(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 7-204(h)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

7-204.

(a) (1) Except in the District Court, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY, and except
as OTHERWISE provided in this section, an attorney-at-law is
entitled to demand and receive the following fees:

[(1)] (I) For bringing, prosecuting, or defending any
action at law in a court of original jurisdiction — $5;

[(2)] (II) For prosecuting or defending any action,
including the collection of money due on mortgage, in a court of
equity — $10;

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