Title 9. State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals — Subtitle 2. Sentences -- Consecutive and Concurrent
Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.
Md. Code Ann., Corr. Servs. § 9-201 (2026)
Title 9. State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals
Subtitle 2. Sentences -- Consecutive and Concurrent
§ 9–201LinkCopy Citation
(a)
(1)
In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)
“Sexual offense” means:
(i)
a violation of:
(1)
§ 3–305 or § 3–306 of the Criminal Law Article as the sections existed before October 1, 2017; or
(2)
§ 3–307, § 3–308, § 3–309, or § 3–310 of the Criminal Law Article or the former § 3–311 or § 3–312 of the Criminal Law Article as the sections existed on September 30, 2017; or
(ii)
an attempt to violate:
(1)
§ 3–305 or § 3–306 of the Criminal Law Article, as the sections existed before October 1, 2017, as a principal or an aider or abettor; or
(2)
§ 3–307 or § 3–308 of the Criminal Law Article as a principal or an aider or abettor.
(3)
“State correctional facility” does not include:
(i)
the Patuxent Institution; or
(ii)
the Baltimore City Detention Center.
(b)
If an incarcerated individual is convicted of and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a sexual offense that was committed while the incarcerated individual was serving a sentence in a State or local correctional facility, the sentence for the sexual offense shall run consecutive to the sentence that the incarcerated individual was serving at the time of the sexual offense.
(c)
(1)
If an incarcerated individual is convicted of and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a sexual offense that was committed while the incarcerated individual was being held for a bail hearing, arraignment, trial, or sentencing on another charge in a State or local correctional facility and, before the imposition of the sentence for the sexual offense, the incarcerated individual was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the charge for which the incarcerated individual was being held at the time of the sexual offense, the sentence imposed for the sexual offense shall run consecutive to the sentence imposed for the charge for which the incarcerated individual was being held at the time of the sexual offense.
(2)
If an incarcerated individual is convicted of and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a sexual offense that was committed while the incarcerated individual was being held for a bail hearing, arraignment, trial, or sentencing on another charge in a State or local correctional facility and, at the time that the sentence for the sexual offense is imposed, the incarcerated individual has not been sentenced on the other charge, any sentence of imprisonment eventually imposed for the other charge shall run consecutive to the sentence imposed for the sexual offense.
Md. Code Ann., Corr. Servs. § 9-202 (2026)
Title 9. State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals
Subtitle 2. Sentences -- Consecutive and Concurrent
§ 9–202LinkCopy Citation
(a)
(1)
In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)
“Division custody” means confinement resulting from a sentence to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction.
(3)
(i)
“Non–Division custody” means any postsentencing criminal confinement other than Division custody.
(ii)
“Non–Division custody” includes confinement resulting from a sentence to:
(1)
a local correctional facility; or
(2)
a correctional facility in a foreign jurisdiction.
(b)
(1)
A sentence to a term of Division custody that is imposed consecutive to a term of Non–Division custody shall begin when the individual is released from Non–Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.
(2)
A sentence to a term of Non–Division custody that is imposed consecutive to a term of Division custody shall begin when the individual is released from Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.
(c)
A sentence imposed consecutive to a term of confinement for which the defendant is on parole shall begin:
(1)
if, at the time of sentencing, parole is revoked, on expiration of the original term of confinement; or
(2)
if parole is not revoked, on the date that the consecutive sentence was imposed.
(d)
An incarcerated individual under a sentence to a term of Division custody that is concurrent or partially concurrent to a term of Non–Division custody shall be subject to Division custody immediately on release from Non–Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.