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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="7-203" title_number="7" title_name="Costs, Fines, and Forfeitures" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Circuit Court">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, the term “not guilty” does not include a finding of probation before judgment under § 6-220 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The clerk of the circuit court may not charge a county or Baltimore City with fees or costs of a criminal proceeding, regardless of whether the fee or cost was imposed or allowed by statute or common law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The clerk of a circuit court may not charge a defendant with the costs of a criminal proceeding in which the defendant is found not guilty.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
