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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="7-506" title_number="7" title_name="Costs, Fines, and Forfeitures" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Fines and Forfeitures">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in § 7-302 of this title, in § 7-507 of this subtitle, or, as otherwise provided by law, fines, penalties, and forfeitures that are recovered shall be paid to the county in which the crime occurred.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>No portion of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture may be paid to an informer.</text>
  </level>
</section>
