Ch. 475                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) (1) An order of restitution that is issued by the District Court under this
section may not be recorded and indexed as a money judgment in the District Court until
the individual, governmental entity, or third-party payor to whom the defendant has been
ordered to pay restitution files a written statement with the clerk of the District Court
that requests the order of restitution be recorded and indexed as a money judgment.

(2)     If an order of restitution issued by the District Court is recorded and
indexed as a money judgment as permitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the
clerk of the District Court shall:                     

(i) Immediately forward a notice often of judgment to the circuit
court of that county; and                                                                                               

(ii) On the receipt of the written statement from the individual,
governmental entity, or third-party payor to whom a defendant has been ordered to pay
restitution, forward a notice of lien of judgment to the circuit court of any other county as
prescribed by the Maryland Rules.

(3)     When the clerk of the District Court forwards a notice of lien under
paragraph (2) of this subsection to a circuit court, the clerk of the circuit court shall
record and index the notice of lien as prescribed by the Maryland Rules.

(4)     An order of restitution that is issued by the District Court and is
recorded and indexed as a money judgment as permitted by paragraph (1) of this
subsection shall constitute a lien in the amount of the judgment of the defendant's
interest in land in a county from the date that a notice of lien is recorded and indexed in
the circuit court of that county.

(5)     If the District Court issues an order of restitution under this section, the
clerk of the District Court shall forward a written notice to the individual, governmental
entity, or third-party payor to whom a defendant has been ordered to pay restitution that
states:

(i) The order of restitution does not constitute a money judgment
until it is recorded and indexed in the civil judgment records in the District Court;

(ii) The order of restitution shall be recorded and indexed as a money
judgment in the District Court and a notice of lien shall be forwarded to the circuit court
of that county by the clerk of the District Court on the receipt of a written statement from
the individual, governmental entity, or third-party payor that requests the order of
restitution be recorded and indexed as a money judgment;

(iii) A notice of lien shall be forwarded by the clerk of the District
Court to any other circuit court on the receipt of a written statement from the individual,
governmental entity, or third-party payor that requests the notice of lien be forwarded to
a specific circuit court; and

(iv) There shall be no fee for recording and indexing the order of
restitution as a money judgment in the District Court or for recording and indexing a
notice of lien in the circuit court of that county.

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