Ch. 373 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-301.

(b) Except as provided in § 4-302 OF THIS SUBTITLE, 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 felony;

(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:

(8) Violation of Article 27, § 44 of the Code;

(9) Violation of Article 48A, § 233 of the Code, whether a felony or a
misdemeanor;

(10) Violation of § 9-1106 of the Labor and Employment Article; [or]

(11) Violation of § 14-1403 of the Commercial Law Article;

(12) VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 27, § 388 OF THE CODE; OR

(13) VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 27, § 388A OF THE CODE.

4-302.

(a) Except as provided in § 4-301(b)(2), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), [and] (11), (12),
AND (13), 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

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