# Criminal Procedure (GCP)

## Title 12. Forfeiture -- Controlled Dangerous Substances Violations

### Subtitle 2. Seizure

#### Section 12-205

A motor vehicle used in violation of this title may not be seized and forfeiture may not be recommended to the forfeiting authority if:

(1) the motor vehicle falls within Sec. 12-103(b) of this title;

(2)

  (i) an innocent registered owner lends the motor vehicle to another person; and

  (ii) that person, or someone invited into the motor vehicle by that person, brings a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia into the motor vehicle without the registered owner's knowledge; or

(3)

  (i) a member of the family other than the registered owner uses the motor vehicle, and a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia is in the motor vehicle in an amount insufficient to suggest a sale is contemplated;

  (ii) a sale was not made or attempted; and

  (iii) the registered owner did not know that the controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia was in the motor vehicle.

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