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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="5-104" title_number="5" title_name="Release" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="In General">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Civil immigration violation” means a violation of federal civil immigration law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Court order” does not include a document issued by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the United States Department of Homeland Security;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the United States Department of Justice; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any successor agency.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Family member” means a relative by blood, adoption, or marriage.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Household member” means a person who lives with another or is a regular presence in the home of another.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Law enforcement agent” means an individual who is certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission under § 3–209 of the Public Safety Article.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Law enforcement agent” does not include an agent or employee of a State correctional facility or a local correctional facility.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>“Local correctional facility” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Correctional Services Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>“State correctional facility” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Correctional Services Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “arrest” does not include a routine booking procedure.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection, a law enforcement agent may not, during the performance of regular police functions:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>inquire about an individual’s citizenship, immigration status, or place of birth during a stop, a search, or an arrest;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>detain, or prolong the detention of, an individual:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>for the purpose of investigating the individual’s citizenship or immigration status; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>based on the suspicion that the individual has committed a civil immigration violation;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>transfer an individual to federal immigration authorities unless required by federal law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>coerce, intimidate, or threaten any individual based on the actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status of the individual or:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the individual’s family member;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the individual’s household member;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the individual’s legal guardian; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>another individual for whom the individual is a legal guardian; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>provide federal immigration authorities with information about an individual obtained in the course of the law enforcement agent’s duties unless required by a valid court order.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a law enforcement agent from inquiring about any information that is material to a criminal investigation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If the citizenship or immigration status of an individual is relevant to a protection accorded to the individual under State or federal law, or subject to a requirement imposed by international treaty, a law enforcement agent may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notify the individual of the protection or requirement; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide the individual an opportunity to voluntarily disclose the individual’s citizenship or immigration status for the purpose of receiving the protection or complying with the requirement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
