# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 13. Court Supporting Agencies

### Subtitle 2. State Reporter

#### Section 13-201

There is a position of State Reporter. The justices of the Supreme Court of Maryland shall appoint the State Reporter for a term of four years unless the justices remove him sooner. He is eligible for reappointment.

#### Section 13-202

The State Reporter shall have the salary provided in the State budget.

#### Section 13-203

(a) The State Reporter, under the supervision of the Supreme Court of Maryland, shall prepare for publication reports of cases decided in the Supreme Court of Maryland and in the Appellate Court of Maryland and designated for publication by the respective courts.

(b) The clerk of each appellate court shall deliver to the Reporter accurate copies of the opinions designated for publication by the clerk's court.

(c) The opinion in each case shall be published within six months of the decision in the case.

(d) The Reporter, in the usual manner of authors, shall superintend the proofreading, correction, and publication of the reports.

(e) The Reporter shall have the sum for clerical assistance provided in the State budget.

#### Section 13-204

(a) The State Reporter, under the direction and supervision of the Supreme Court of Maryland, shall let the necessary contracts for publishing the Maryland Reports, containing opinions of the Supreme Court of Maryland, and the Maryland Appellate Reports, containing opinions of the Appellate Court of Maryland. The contracts may be awarded on the terms and conditions the State Reporter deems necessary.

(b) The publisher shall deliver to the State Reporter copies of the Maryland Reports and Maryland Appellate Reports, including advance reports, in the number and with the binding specified in the contracts.

(c) The State Reporter shall have the Maryland Reports and Maryland Appellate Reports distributed as appropriate and may deliver any excess copies to the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library.

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Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)