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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="12-106" title_number="12" title_name="Immunity and Liability" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Maryland Tort Claims Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to a claim that is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>asserted by cross–claim, counterclaim, or third–party claim; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>brought under § 5–117 of the Courts Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a claimant may not institute an action under this subtitle unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the claimant submits a written claim to the Treasurer or a designee of the Treasurer within 1 year after the injury to person or property that is the basis of the claim;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Treasurer or designee denies the claim finally; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the action is filed within 3 years after the cause of action arises.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a claimant fails to submit a written claim in accordance with subsection (b)(1) of this section, on motion by a claimant and for good cause shown, the court may entertain an action under this subtitle unless the State can affirmatively show that its defense has been prejudiced by the claimant’s failure to submit the claim.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subsection (b)(1) and (2) of this section does not apply if, within 1 year after the injury to person or property that is the basis of the claim, the State has actual or constructive notice of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the claimant’s injury; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the defect or circumstances giving rise to the claimant’s injury.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
