WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 297(f), (g), (k), (1), and (m)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 297(h) and (j)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 297(n)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 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 27 - Crimes and Punishments

297.

(f) In exercising the authority to seize motor vehicles
pursuant to this section the following standards shall be
utilized:

(1) A motor vehicle used in violation of this section
shall be seized and forfeiture recommended to the State's
Attorney when:

- 5363 -

property may not be construed to prohibit a secured party
from exercising certain rights; establishing certain
procedures for the repossession and sale of a seized motor
vehicle by a secured party; providing that certain rights
and duties apply to the repossession and sale of a seized
motor vehicle; requiring a secured party to notify the
State's Attorney if a seized motor vehicle is redeemed by
the owner after repossession by the secured party; requiring
a secured party to return a seized motor vehicle to the
seizing agency within a certain time period after a
redemption; and generally relating to seizure and forfeiture
of motor vehicles.