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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="9.5-311" title_number="9.5" title_name="Maryland Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of the child if the child is immediately likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed from this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the court, on the testimony of the petitioner or other witness, finds that the child is imminently likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed from this State, it may issue a warrant to take physical custody of the child.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The petition shall be heard on the next judicial day after the warrant is executed unless that date is impossible.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In that event, the court shall hold the hearing on the first judicial day possible.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The application for the warrant shall include the statements required by § 9.5-308(b) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A warrant to take physical custody of a child shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>recite the facts on which a conclusion of imminent serious physical harm or removal from the jurisdiction is based;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>direct law enforcement officers to take physical custody of the child immediately; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide for the placement of the child pending final relief.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The respondent shall be served with the petition, warrant, and order immediately after the child is taken into physical custody.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A warrant to take physical custody of a child is enforceable throughout this State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the court finds on the basis of the testimony of the petitioner or other witness that a less intrusive remedy is not effective, the court may authorize law enforcement officers to enter private property to take physical custody of the child.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If required by exigent circumstances of the case, the court may authorize law enforcement officers to make a forcible entry at any hour.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The court may impose conditions on placement of a child to ensure the appearance of the child and the child’s custodian.</text>
  </level>
</section>
