WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 749

Section 11-110 ll-402(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1988 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

11-110.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(2) "EVIDENCE OF SATISFACTION" MEANS:

(I) A WRITTEN STATEMENT BY THE JUDGMENT

CREDITOR INDICATING THAT THE JUDGMENT DEBT HAS BEEN SATISFIED; OR

(II) AN ORDER DECLARING THAT THE JUDGMENT HAS
BEEN SATISFIED.

(3) "EXPUNGE" MEANS TO SEAL A JUDGMENT DEBTOR'S CIVIL
RECORD OF A PAST JUDGMENT DEBT FROM REVIEW BY ANY PERSON.

(4) (I) "JUDGMENT CREDITOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
IS AWARDED A JUDGMENT ON A CLAIM AGAINST A DEBTOR.

(II) "JUDGMENT CREDITOR" INCLUDES AN ASSIGNEE
OF A GENERAL ASSIGNMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS OF A DEBTOR,
AN ASSIGNEE OF A JUDGMENT, AND ANY LEGAL HOLDER OF A JUDGMENT BY
OPERATION OR BY LAW.

(5) "JUDGMENT DEBT" INCLUDES A MONEY JUDGMENT AND ANY
PENALTY, FEE, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES, OR INTEREST
AWARDED AS PART OF THE MONEY JUDGMENT.

(6) "JUDGMENT DEBTOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL AGAINST
WHOM A JUDGMENT IS AWARDED.

(7) "PARTY TO THE ACTION" INCLUDES A JUDGMENT DEBTOR
AND A JUDGMENT CREDITOR.

(8) "PERSON" INCLUDES ANY CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY OR
CORPORATION TO WHICH JUDGMENT REPORTS ARE FORWARDED.

(B) A JUDGMENT DEBT THAT HAS BEEN PAID AND HAS EVIDENCE OF
SATISFACTION WITHIN 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ENTRY OF THE
JUDGMENT OR WITHIN 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF FINAL AFFIRMANCE BY
AN APPELLATE COURT, WHICHEVER IS LATER, SHALL BE EXPUNGED
AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THE EVIDENCE OF SATISFACTION IS FILED WITH THE
CLERK OF THE COURT DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION.

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