# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 3. Law Enforcement

### Subtitle 4. Maryland Railroad Police Act

#### Section 3-413

(a) If sufficient facilities are available, the person in charge of a jail or place of detention shall receive and confine an individual arrested by a railroad police officer.

(b) An individual confined under subsection (a) of this section:

  (1) is deemed to be in the custody of the railroad police; and

  (2) has the same status as an individual arrested by any other peace or police officer of the State.

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Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)