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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="1-605" title_number="1" title_name="Court Structure and Organization" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="District Court">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Chief Judge of the District Court is the chief administrative officer of the District Court and responsible for the maintenance, administration, and operation of the court in all its locations throughout the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Chief Judge of the District Court may make administrative regulations for the governing of the District Court, subject to and not inconsistent with the rules of the Supreme Court of Maryland.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Chief Judge of the District Court may assign a judge of the District Court to sit temporarily in a county other than the judge’s county of residence.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In addition to the powers and duties granted and imposed in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, or elsewhere by law or rule, the Chief Judge of the District Court shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Appoint a chief clerk of the District Court, a chief administrative clerk for each district, and other personnel of the District Court pursuant to Article IV, § 41F of the Maryland Constitution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Approve the appointments of commissioners of the District Court pursuant to Article IV, § 41G of the Maryland Constitution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Establish uniform record–keeping procedures for the District Court;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>In conjunction with the Motor Vehicle Administrator, establish uniform procedures for reporting traffic cases in the District Court, including procedures for promptly notifying the Motor Vehicle Administration of each citation within the jurisdiction of the District Court that is issued to a minor licensed in the State charging the minor with a moving violation as defined in § 11–136.1 of the Transportation Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>In conjunction with the State Comptroller, establish a system for the collection and remittance of costs, fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected by the District Court;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Approve in writing the destruction of pleadings, papers, or files proposed for destruction pursuant to § 2–205 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>On the recommendation of the administrative judge of any district, approve in writing the invalidation and destruction of certain warrants for arrest, if the administrative judge certifies to the Chief Judge that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Each of the warrants is more than 3 years old;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The warrant was properly delivered to an authorized law enforcement agency for execution and service, which was not effected;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Each of the warrants was issued by a judicial officer of the District Court for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The arrest of the defendant in order that the defendant might stand trial on a misdemeanor offense;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The failure of the defendant to appear for trial for a misdemeanor offense, as directed by the District Court;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The failure of the defendant to make a deferred payment of a fine or costs as ordered by the District Court for a misdemeanor offense; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>A violation of a probation order of the District Court entered in a misdemeanor offense; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The administrative judge believes that the invalidation and destruction of the arrest warrant is consistent with the ends of justice;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>After consultation with police administrators and the Motor Vehicle Administrator, design arrest – citation forms that shall be used by all law enforcement agencies in the State when charging a person with a criminal, civil, or traffic offense, except for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Violations by juveniles listed in § 3–8A–33(a) of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Violations of parking ordinances or regulations adopted under Title 26, Subtitle 3 of the Transportation Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Other violations as expressly provided by law;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Authorize the use of a single document for issuance of more than one, separately numbered, citation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Specify appropriate means, such as a signature on a citation, electronic signature, or data encoded in a driver’s license or identity card issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration, to be used by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The police officer issuing a citation to execute it by certifying under penalties of perjury that the facts stated in the citation are true; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The person to whom a citation is being issued to acknowledge its receipt;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Authorize a citation to include a summons to appear; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Cause the District Court to print or otherwise make available uniform motor vehicle citation forms and any other uniform statewide citation forms for offenses triable in the District Court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Notwithstanding any provision of the Transportation Article, a police officer may dispense with the acknowledgment of a person receiving a citation that contains a summons as provided in subsection (d)(11) of this section and regulations adopted by the police officer’s agency.</text>
  </level>
</section>
