# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 11. Powers of Code Counties

### Subtitle 2. Civil Infractions

#### Section 11-201

(a) Unless a law, a resolution, or an ordinance classifies a violation as a criminal offense, the county commissioners may provide, by law, that a violation of an ordinance, a resolution, or a public local law is a civil infraction.

(b) A civil infraction is a civil offense.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)