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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-601" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Restitution and Other Payments">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In Part I of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Central Collection Unit” means the Central Collection Unit in the Department of Budget and Management.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Child” means a person under the age of 18 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Crime” means an act committed by a person in the State that is a crime under:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>common law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>§ 109 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Caroline County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>§ 8A–1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Talbot County; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Annotated Code.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Crime” does not include a violation of the Transportation Article that is not punishable by a term of confinement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Defendant” means a person:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>who has received probation before judgment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>who has been found guilty of a crime, even if the defendant has been found not criminally responsible; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>whose plea of nolo contendere to a crime has been accepted by the court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Division” means the Division of Parole and Probation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Judgment of restitution” means a direct order for payment of restitution or an order for payment of restitution that is a condition of probation in an order of probation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Liable parent” means a parent:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>whose child has committed a crime or delinquent act; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>who has been ordered to pay restitution under § 11-604 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Restitution obligor” means a defendant, child respondent, or liable parent against whom a judgment of restitution has been entered.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Victim” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a person who suffers death, personal injury, or property damage or loss as a direct result of a crime or delinquent act; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the person is deceased, the personal representative of the estate of the person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
