# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 27. Judges' Retirement System

### Subtitle 2. Membership

#### Section 27-201

(a) The following individuals are members of the Judges' Retirement System:

  (1) a judge of the Supreme Court of Maryland, Appellate Court of Maryland, circuit court of a county, or District Court of Maryland;

  (2) a member of the State Workers' Compensation Commission; and

  (3) a magistrate in chancery or magistrate in juvenile causes who:

    (i) was appointed by the circuit court of a county on or before June 30, 1989; and

    (ii) serves full time as a magistrate.

(b) A former judge who is temporarily assigned to sit in a court of the State under the authority of Article IV, Sec. 3A of the Maryland Constitution is not a member.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)