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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-605" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Restitution and Other Payments">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A court need not issue a judgment of restitution under Part I of this subtitle if the court finds:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>that the restitution obligor does not have the ability to pay the judgment of restitution; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>that there are extenuating circumstances that make a judgment of restitution inappropriate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A court that refuses to order restitution that is requested under Part I of this subtitle shall state on the record the reasons.</text>
  </level>
</section>
