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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="15-115" title_number="15" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Licensing of Businesses and Occupations" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person issued a citation under § 15-113 or § 15-113.1 of this subtitle shall comply with a notice to appear contained in a citation or a trial notice issued by the District Court.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may comply with the notice to appear by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Appearance in person or by counsel; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Payment of the civil penalty as provided in the citation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A citation issued for a violation under § 15-113 or § 15-113.1 of this subtitle shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Information advising the person receiving the citation of the manner in which liability may be contested; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A warning that failure to pay the civil penalty or to contest liability in a timely manner in accordance with the citation:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is an admission of liability and waiver of defenses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Results in an entry of a default judgment that may include a fine, court costs, and administrative expenses in favor of the Administration against the person named in the citation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the District Court:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>May enter a default judgment in favor of the Administration if a person fails to pay a fine or comply with a notice to appear; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shall mail notice of any default judgment to the person named in the citation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The default judgment shall take effect unless, by the end of the 15th day after the date that notice of the default judgment was mailed, the person named in the citation posts bond or a civil penalty deposit and requests a new date for a trial and the court has granted the motion.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
