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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="4-503" title_number="4" title_name="Spouses" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Domestic Violence">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A law enforcement officer who responds to a request for help under § 4–502 of this Part I of this subtitle shall give the victim a written notice that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>includes the telephone number of a local domestic violence program that receives funding from the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>states that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the victim may request that a District Court commissioner file a criminal charging document against the alleged abuser;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the commissioner declines to charge the alleged abuser, the victim may request that the State’s Attorney file a criminal charging document against the alleged abuser;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the victim may file in the District Court or a circuit court or, when neither the office of the clerk of the circuit court nor the Office of the District Court Clerk is open, with a commissioner, a petition under this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the victim may obtain a copy of the incident report, as provided under § 4–503.1 of this Part I of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A law enforcement officer may not be held liable in a civil action that arises from the officer’s failure to provide the notice required under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
