(E) IN THE EVENT A JURY DEMAND IS FILED PRIOR TO THE FIRST
SCHEDULED APPEARANCE AND THE TIME FOR FILING AN OBJECTION UNDER
SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT HAVE EXPIRED PRIOR TO THE FIRST
SCHEDULED APPEARANCE, AND ALL OTHER PARTIES TO THE ACTION FILE A
"NONOBJECTION TO JURY DEMAND" AT LEAST 1 DAY PRIOR TO THE FIRST
SCHEDULED APPEARANCE, OR IF THE TIME FOR FILING AN OBJECTION UNDER
SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE EXPIRED PRIOR TO THE FIRST
SCHEDULED APPEARANCE AND NO OBJECTION HAVING BEEN FILED, THEN THE
ACTION SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE DOCKET AND TRANSFERRED TO THE
CIRCUIT COURT.

(F) IN THE EVENT THAT A JURY DEMAND IS MADE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION,
THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL NOT BE DIVESTED OF JURISDICTION AND THE MATTER
SHALL NOT BE REMOVED TO THE CIRCUIT COURT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE
DISTRICT COURT HAS REVIEWED THE JURY DEMAND, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
ANY HEARING ON THE VALIDITY OF A JURY DEMAND UNDER THIS SUBSECTION
MUST OCCUR WITHIN 30 DAYS 10 DAYS OF THE DATE OF JURY DEMAND.

(G) (1) THE DISTRICT COURT'S REVIEW OF THE VALIDITY OF A JURY
DEMAND SHALL BE LIMITED TO:

(I) TIMELINESS OF THE JURY DEMAND;

(II) THE AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY; AND

(III) THE EXISTENCE OF A VALID WAIVER

(2) IN THE EVENT THAT THE DISTRICT COURT FINDS THAT THE JURY
DEMAND IS INVALID, THE MATTER SHALL PROCEED IN THE DISTRICT COURT;
HOWEVER, UPON CONCLUSION OF THE DISTRICT COURT TRIAL ANY PARTY FILING A
JURY DEMAND DETERMINED INVALID BY THE COURT MAY INCLUDE THE VALIDITY
OF THE JURY DEMAND IN AN APPEAL, AS SET FORTH UNDER THESE THE MARYLAND
RULES.

Article—Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-401.

Except as provided in § 4-402 of this subtitle, and subject to the venue
provisions of Title 6 of this article, the District Court has exclusive original civil
jurisdiction in:

(1) An action in contract or tort, if the debt or damages claimed do not
exceed $25,000, exclusive of prejudgment or postjudgment interest, costs, and
attorney's fees if attorney's fees are recoverable by law or contract;

(2) An action of replevin, regardless of the value of the thing in
controversy;

(3) A matter of attachment before judgment, if the sum claimed does not
exceed $25,000, exclusive of prejudgment or postjudgment interest, costs, and
attorney's fees if attorney's fees are recoverable by law or contract;