PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 311

(2) The [order] JUDGMENT of restitution may be enforced by the
individual, governmental entity, or third-party payor to whom the defendant OR LIABLE
PARENT has been ordered to pay restitution in the same manner as a money judgment in
a civil action; and

(3) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this section, an individual,
governmental entity, or third-party payor to whom a defendant OR LIABLE PARENT has
been ordered to pay restitution shall have all the rights and obligations of a money
judgment creditor under the Maryland Rules, including the obligation to file a statement
that the judgment has been satisfied under Rule 2-626 or Rule 3-626 on receiving all
amounts due under the judgment.

[(h)] (G) (1) [An order] A JUDGMENT of restitution that is issued by a circuit
court under this section shall be recorded and indexed in the civil judgment index by the
clerk of the circuit court as a money judgment as prescribed by the Maryland Rules.

(2) [An order] A JUDGMENT of restitution that is recorded and indexed in
the civil judgment index as a money judgment under paragraph (1) of this subsection;

(i) In the county of entry of the judgment, shall constitute a lien from
the date of entry in the amount of the judgment on the defendant's OR LIABLE PARENT'S
interest in land located in the county of the entry of the judgment; but

(ii) In a county other than the county of entry of the judgment, shall
constitute a lien from the date of recording in the amount of the judgment oh the
defendant's OR LIABLE PARENT'S interest in land located in that county.

[(i)] (H) (1) [An order] A JUDGMENT 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 OR LIABLE PARENT has been ordered to pay restitution files a
written statement with the clerk of the District Court that requests the order JUDGMENT
of restitution be recorded and indexed as a money judgment.

(2) If [an order] A JUDGMENT 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 of lien 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 OR LIABLE PARENT 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] A JUDGMENT of restitution that is issued by the District
Court and is recorded and indexed as a money judgment as permitted by paragraph (1) of

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