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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="12-602" title_number="12" title_name="Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Certification of Questions of Law">
  <text>The Supreme Court of Maryland or the Appellate Court of Maryland of this State, on the motion of a party to pending litigation or its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state or of a tribe if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The pending litigation involves a question to be decided under the law of the other jurisdiction;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending litigation; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>The question is one for which an answer is not provided by a controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision, or statute of the other jurisdiction.</text>
  </level>
</section>
