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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="10-603" title_number="10" title_name="Lawyers" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a lawyer while employed as a part–time magistrate for juvenile cases; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an individual while:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>performing an affirmative duty required by law; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>engaging in an activity related to a case in which the individual is a party or has a property interest.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Even if an individual has been admitted to the Bar, the individual may not practice law while employed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, as a sheriff or deputy sheriff;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in a jail or penitentiary, as:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a warden or deputy warden; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a superintendent or deputy superintendent;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>as a bailiff;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>as a clerk or deputy clerk of any court or an employee of a clerk;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>as a register or deputy register of wills or an employee of a register of wills; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>as an officer or employee in a juvenile court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An individual employed as a sheriff or deputy sheriff in Washington County who has been admitted to the Bar may practice law in a county other than Washington County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to the settlement of small estates as set forth in Title 5, Subtitle 6 of the Estates and Trusts Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In Prince George’s County, a sheriff, deputy sheriff, warden, deputy warden, clerk, or employee of any court may not prepare or help in the preparation of any form or document that is filed in a court in that county or that affects a case that is or may be filed in a court in that county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
