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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-603" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Restitution and Other Payments">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A court may enter a judgment of restitution that orders a defendant or child respondent to make restitution in addition to any other penalty for the commission of a crime or delinquent act, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>as a direct result of the crime or delinquent act, property of the victim was stolen, damaged, destroyed, converted, or unlawfully obtained, or its value substantially decreased;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>as a direct result of the crime or delinquent act, the victim suffered:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>actual medical, dental, hospital, counseling, funeral, or burial expenses or losses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>direct out–of–pocket loss;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>loss of earnings; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>expenses incurred with rehabilitation;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the victim incurred medical expenses that were paid by the Maryland Department of Health or any other governmental unit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a governmental unit incurred expenses in removing, towing, transporting, preserving, storing, selling, or destroying an abandoned vehicle as defined in § 25–201 of the Transportation Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board paid benefits to a victim; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the Maryland Department of Health or other governmental unit paid expenses incurred under Subtitle 1, Part II of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A victim is presumed to have a right to restitution under subsection (a) of this section if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the victim or the State requests restitution; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the court is presented with competent evidence of any item listed in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A judgment of restitution does not preclude the property owner or the victim who suffered personal physical or mental injury, out–of–pocket loss of earnings, or support from bringing a civil action to recover damages from the restitution obligor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A civil verdict shall be reduced by the amount paid under the criminal judgment of restitution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In making a disposition on a finding that a child at least 13 years old has committed an act of graffiti under § 6–301(d) of the Criminal Law Article, the court shall order the child to perform community service or pay restitution or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
