# Criminal Procedure (GCP)

## Title 11. Victims and Witnesses

### Subtitle 6. Restitution and Other Payments

#### Section 11-609

(a) A judgment of restitution that a circuit court orders under Part I of this subtitle shall be recorded and indexed in the civil judgment index by the clerk of the circuit court as a money judgment as the Maryland Rules provide.

(b) A judgment of restitution that is recorded and indexed in the civil judgment index as a money judgment under subsection (a) of this section:

  (1) in the county of entry of the judgment, is a lien from the date of entry in the amount of the judgment on the restitution obligor's interest in land located in the county of the entry of the judgment; but

  (2) in a county other than the county of entry of the judgment, is a lien from the date of recording in the amount of the judgment on the restitution obligor's interest in land located in that county.

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