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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-808" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Miscellaneous">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “person” does not include a governmental entity.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person is not liable for damages for a personal injury or death of an individual who enters the person’s dwelling or place of business if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The person reasonably believes that force or deadly force is necessary to repel an attack by the individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amount and nature of the force used by the person is reasonable under the circumstances.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a person who is convicted of a crime of violence under § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article, assault in the second degree, or reckless endangerment arising out of the circumstances described in subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The court may award costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to a defendant who prevails in a defense under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>This section does not limit or abrogate any immunity from civil liability or defense available to a person under any other provision of the Code or at common law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
