# Sec. 2-520. Definitions

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 2-520. Definitions

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-520 (2026)

(a) The following words, as used in this Division, shall for the purpose of this Division, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Section:

  (1) Administrative warrant means an immigration warrant of arrest, order to detain or release aliens, notice of custody determination, notice to appear, removal order, warrant of removal, or any other document, including those issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") or any other federal immigration official or agency, including an immigration judge, that can form the basis for an individual's arrest or detention for a civil immigration enforcement purpose. Administrative warrant does not include any active criminal warrants issued upon a judicial determination of probable cause and in compliance with the requirements of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article 26 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights.

  (2) Agency means any County department, agency, division, commission, council, committee, board, other body, or person established by Charter, ordinance, executive order, or by the County Council.

  (3) Agent means any person employed by or acting on behalf of an agency.

  (4) Citizenship or immigration status means all matters regarding questions of citizenship of the United States or any other country, the authority to reside in or otherwise be present in the United States, the time and manner of a person's entry into the United States, or any other immigration matter enforced by the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), its predecessor or successor agency, or any other federal agency charged with the enforcement of civil immigration laws.

  (5) Contact information means home address, work address, telephone number, electronic mail address, social media contact information, license plate information, or any other means of contacting an individual or through which an individual may be located.

  (6) Eligible for release from custody means that one of the following conditions has occurred:

    (A) All criminal charges against the person have been dropped or dismiss;

    (B) The person has been acquitted of all criminal charges filed against him or her;

    (C) The person has served all the time required for his or her sentence;

    (D) The person has posted a bond; or

    (E) The person is otherwise eligible for release under state or local law, or local policy or regulation.

  (7) Family member means a person's (i) immediate family, (ii) extended family, (iii) court-appointed legal guardian or a person for whom the person is a court-appointed legal guardian, or (iv) domestic partner or the domestic partner's immediate or extended family.

  (8) ICE means the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency and shall include any successor agency charged with the enforcement of civil immigration laws.

  (9) Immigration detainer means a request by ICE to a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency that requests that the law enforcement agency provide notice of release or maintain custody of an individual based on an alleged violation of a civil immigration law, including detainers issued pursuant to Sections 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act or 287.7 or 236.1 of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These detainers include but are not limited to DHS Form I-247D "Immigration Detainer — Request for Voluntary Action; DHS I-247X "Request for Voluntary Transfer"; or DHS Form I-247N "Request for Voluntary Notification of Release."

  (10) Immigration enforcement official means any federal employee engaged in immigration enforcement operations as herein defined, including but not limited to employees of the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") and the Department of Justice ("DOJ").

  (11) Immigration enforcement operation means any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal civil immigration law, and also includes any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal criminal immigration law that penalizes a person's presence in, entry, or reentry to, or employment in, the United States, including but not limited to efforts to identify or apprehend persons for purposed of subjecting them to immigration detention and/or removal from the United States.