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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="1-602" title_number="1" title_name="Court Structure and Organization" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="District Court">
  <text>For the purposes of operation and administration of the District Court, the State is divided into the following districts:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>District 1 -- Baltimore City.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>District 2 -- Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester counties.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>District 3 -- Caroline, Talbot, Queen Anne’s, Kent, and Cecil counties.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>District 4 -- Charles, St. Mary’s, and Calvert counties.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>District 5 -- Prince George’s County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>District 6 -- Montgomery County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>District 7 -- Anne Arundel County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>District 8 -- Baltimore County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>District 9 -- Harford County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>District 10 -- Howard and Carroll counties.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="11">
    <text>District 11 -- Frederick and Washington counties.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="12">
    <text>District 12 -- Allegany and Garrett counties.</text>
  </level>
</section>
