# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 9. Witnesses

### Subtitle 1. Competence, Compellability, and Privilege

#### Section 9-101

Unless otherwise provided in this subtitle:

(1) A person shall not be excluded from testifying in a proceeding because of incapacity from crime or interest in the matter in question; and

(2) Litigants and their spouses are competent and compellable to give evidence.

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