# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 27. Drainage Districts

### Subtitle 2. Petition to Establish Drainage District

#### Section 27-203

(a) A bond shall be filed with a petition.

(b) The bond shall be:

  (1) in the amount of $50 per mile of ditch or other proposed drainage project;

  (2) signed by two or more individual sureties or a licensed surety company;

  (3) approved by the county commissioners or county council; and

  (4) conditioned on payment of all costs and expenses of the proceedings if the county commissioners or county council do not grant the petition.

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