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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-612" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Restitution and Other Payments">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a District Court decides to terminate a probation before a judgment of restitution has been recorded and indexed as a money judgment, the court shall direct the Clerk of the Court:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to record and index the judgment of restitution as a money judgment and forward a notice of lien to the circuit court of the county of entry of judgment before terminating the probation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to forward a written notice to the person or governmental unit to whom the restitution obligor was ordered to pay restitution.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The written notice shall state that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the judgment of restitution has been recorded and indexed as a money judgment in the District Court; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a notice of lien has been forwarded to the circuit court of the county of entry of judgment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to the Maryland Rules, unless a restitution obligor pays complete restitution, termination of probation by a court does not affect a money judgment that has been recorded and indexed under Part I of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
