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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="9-611" title_number="9" title_name="State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An individual who is committed or detained, or another individual on that individual’s behalf, may demand a true copy of the warrant of commitment or detainer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If an officer or other individual neglects or refuses to deliver a true copy of the warrant of commitment or detainer, if there is one, within 6 hours after the copy has been demanded, the officer or other individual shall forfeit $500 to the individual who is committed or detained.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The right of action to recover the forfeiture provided under this section or § 2-305 of the Courts Article survives the death of either party.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to the officials and employees of the Division of Correction and the Patuxent Institution.</text>
  </level>
</section>
