Title 8. State and Local Correctional System -- Generally — Subtitle 5. Intrastate Detainers
Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.
Md. Code Ann., Corr. Servs. § 8-501 (2026)
Title 8. State and Local Correctional System -- Generally
Subtitle 5. Intrastate Detainers
§ 8–501LinkCopy Citation
(a)
Outstanding charges against an incarcerated individual and detainers based on untried indictments, informations, warrants, or complaints produce uncertainties that:
(1)
obstruct programs of incarcerated individual treatment and rehabilitation; and
(2)
cause an incarcerated individual serving a term under a detainer to suffer serious disadvantages.
(b)
The policy of the State and the purpose of this subtitle is to encourage the expeditious and orderly disposition of outstanding charges against an incarcerated individual and determination of the proper status of any detainers based on untried indictments, informations, warrants, or complaints.
Md. Code Ann., Corr. Servs. § 8-502 (2026)
Title 8. State and Local Correctional System -- Generally
Subtitle 5. Intrastate Detainers
§ 8–502LinkCopy Citation
(a)
This section applies whenever the Division of Correction, the Patuxent Institution, or any local correctional facility receives notice of an untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint against an incarcerated individual who:
(1)
in the case of the Division of Correction, is serving a sentence in a correctional facility in the Division of Correction;
(2)
in the case of the Patuxent Institution, is confined at the Patuxent Institution; or
(3)
in the case of a local correctional facility, is serving a sentence in the local correctional facility.
(b)
An incarcerated individual shall be brought to trial within 120 days after the incarcerated individual has delivered a written request for a final disposition of the indictment, information, warrant, or complaint to:
(1)
the State’s Attorney of the county in which the indictment, information, warrant, or complaint is pending; and
(2)
the appropriate court.
(c)
The request for final disposition required under subsection (b) of this section shall be accompanied by a statement from the managing official having immediate supervision over the incarcerated individual setting forth:
(1)
the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement;
(2)
the time already served;
(3)
the time remaining to be served;
(4)
the amount of diminution credits awarded for good conduct;
(5)
the date of parole eligibility for the incarcerated individual; and
(6)
the most recent decision of the Maryland Parole Commission or the Board of Review of the Patuxent Institution relating to the incarcerated individual.
(d)
For good cause shown in open court, with the incarcerated individual or the incarcerated individual’s counsel present, the court having jurisdiction of the matter may grant any necessary or reasonable continuance.
Md. Code Ann., Corr. Servs. § 8-503 (2026)
Title 8. State and Local Correctional System -- Generally
Subtitle 5. Intrastate Detainers
§ 8–503LinkCopy Citation
(a)
On receipt of notice of an untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint against an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence in a correctional facility in the Division of Correction or against an incarcerated individual who is confined at the Patuxent Institution, the Division of Correction shall promptly notify the managing official of the correctional facility in which the incarcerated individual is confined of the detainer lodged against the incarcerated individual and of the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint on which it is based.
(b)
Within 15 days after receiving notice of a detainer and the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint on which it is based, the managing official having immediate supervision over the incarcerated individual shall inform the incarcerated individual in writing:
(1)
of the source and contents of the detainer lodged against the incarcerated individual; and
(2)
of the incarcerated individual’s right to make a request for final disposition of the indictment, information, warrant, or complaint on which the detainer is based.
(c)
If an incarcerated individual is not informed within 1 year of a detainer lodged against the incarcerated individual and of the incarcerated individual’s right to make a request for final disposition of the indictment, information, warrant, or complaint on which the detainer is based:
(1)
the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint shall have no further force or effect; and
(2)
the court shall enter an order dismissing the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint without prejudice.
(d)
(1)
An incarcerated individual who has been notified of a detainer lodged against the incarcerated individual may request that the managing official having immediate supervision over the incarcerated individual file the incarcerated individual’s request for final disposition of the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint, along with the statement required under subsection (b) of this section.
(2)
Within 30 days after receipt of an incarcerated individual’s request under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the managing official having custody of the incarcerated individual shall file the incarcerated individual’s request for final disposition and the statement required under subsection (b) of this section with the appropriate State’s Attorney and the appropriate court.
(3)
The managing official shall file the incarcerated individual’s request for final disposition and the required statement by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(e)
If the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint for which request for final disposition is made is not brought to trial within the time limitation established under § 8–502 of this subtitle:
(1)
the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint has no further force or effect; and
(2)
the court, on request of the incarcerated individual or the incarcerated individual’s counsel, shall enter an order dismissing the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint without prejudice.
(f)
(1)
Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the sheriff of the county in which an untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint is pending shall transport the incarcerated individual between the incarcerated individual’s place of confinement and the county in which the untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint is pending.
(2)
On the request of the sheriff, the transportation may be furnished by the correctional facility in which the incarcerated individual is confined.