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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 114
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4-402.
(d) (1) (i) Except in a case under paragraph (2), (4), (5), or (6) of § 4-401 of
this subtitle, the plaintiff may elect to file suit in the District Court or in a trial court
of general jurisdiction, if the amount in controversy exceeds [$2,500] $5,000, exclusive
of prejudgment or postjudgment interest, costs, and attorney's fees if attorney's fees
are recoverable by law or contract.
4-105.
The District Court has exclusive jurisdiction over a small claim action, which,
for purposes of this section, means a civil action for money in which the amount
claimed does not exceed [$2,500] $5,000 exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney's
fees, if attorney's fees are recoverable by law or contract; and landlord tenant action
under §§ 8-401 and 8-402 of the Real Property Article of the Code, in which the
amount of rent claimed does not exceed [$2,500]. $5,000 exclusive of interest and
costs.
6-103.
(a) In a civil action in the District Court, if the amount in controversy is
[$1,000] $2,500 or less, there shall be no formal pleadings.
(b) If the amount in controversy exceeds [$1,000] $2,500 the forms and
pleadings are as provided by Title 3, Chapter 300 of the Maryland Rules.
12-401.
(f) In a civil case in which the amount in controversy exceeds [$2,500] $5,000
exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney's fees if attorney's fees are recoverable by law
or contract, in any matter arising under § 4-401(7)(ii) of this article, and in any case
in which the parties so agree, an appeal shall be heard on the record made in the
District Court. In every other case, including a criminal case in which sentence has
been imposed or suspended following a plea of nolo contendere or guilty, and an
appeal in a municipal infraction or Code violation case, an appeal shall be tried de
novo.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be
construed to apply only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have
any effect on or application to any civil action filed before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2002.
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May 16, 2002 .
The Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr.
Speaker of the. House
State House
Annapolis MD 21401
Dear Mr. Speaker:
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