Ch. 311

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

this subsection shall constitute a lien in the amount of the judgment of the defendant's
OR LIABLE PARENTS 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 ENTERS A JUDGMENT 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] JUDGMENT 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] JUDGMENT 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] JUDGMENT 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]
JUDGMENT 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.

[(j)] (I) A court may not assess any costs on an individual, governmental entity, or
third-party payor to whom a defendant OR LIABLE PARENT has been ordered to pay
restitution:

(1) For recording and indexing an order of restitution as a money judgment
in the court in which the [order] JUDGMENT of restitution was issued; or

(2) For recording and indexing a notice of lien forwarded by the District
Court to a circuit court.

[(k)] (J) (1) Subject to the Maryland Rules, unless complete restitution is paid
by a defendant OR LIABLE PARENT, termination of [an order] A JUDGMENT of
restitution or probation by a court does not affect a money judgment that has been
recorded and indexed under this section.

(2) If a District Court decides to terminate [an order] A JUDGMENT of
restitution that has not been recorded and indexed as a money judgment under subsection
[(i)] (H) of this section or to terminate a probation before [an order] A JUDGMENT of
restitution has been recorded and indexed as a money judgment under subsection [(i)]
(H) of this section, the court shall direct the clerk of the court to:

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