# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 8. Juries and Jurors

### Subtitle 5

#### Section 8-502

(a) An employer may not require an employee to use the employee's annual, sick, or vacation leave to respond to a summons under this title for jury service.

(b) A person who violates any provision of this section is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

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