Ch. 399 1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
4-301.
(b) Except as provided in § 4-302, the District Court also has exclusive original
jurisdiction in a criminal case in which a person at least 18 years old or a corporation is
charged with:
(1) Commission of a common law or statutory misdemeanor regardless of
the amount of money or value of the property involved;
(2) Violation of §§ 342 through 344 of Article 27 of the Code, whether a
felony or a misdemeanor;
(3) Violation of a county, municipal, or other ordinance, if the violation is
not a fclony;
(4) Criminal violation of a State, county, or municipal rule or regulation, if
the violation is not a felony;
(5) Doing or omitting to do any act made punishable by a fine,
imprisonment, or other penalty as provided by the particular law, ordinance, rule, or
regulation defining the violation if the violation is not a felony;
(6) Violation of Article 27, § 141 of this Code, whether a felony or a
misdemeanor;
(7) Violation of Article 27, § 145 of this Code, whether a felony or
misdemeanor; [or]
(8) Violation of Article 27, § 44 of the Code[.];
(9) Violation of Article 48A, § 233 of the Code, whether a felony or a
misdemeanor; [or]
(10) Violation of § 9-1106 of the Labor and Employment Article;
(11) VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 27, § 267 OF THE CODE. WHETHER A FELONY
OR A MISDEMEANOR.
4-302.
(a) Except as provided in § 4-301(b)(2), (6), (7), (8), (9), [and] (10), AND (11) of
this subtitle, the District Court does not have jurisdiction to try a criminal case charging
the commission of a felony.
(d) The jurisdiction of the District Court is concurrent with that of the circuit
court in a criminal case;
(1) In which the penalty may be confinement for three years or more or a
fine of $2,500 or more; or
(2) Which is a felony, as provided in § 4-301(b)(2), (6), (7), (8), (9), [and]
(10), AND (11) of this subtitle.
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