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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="26-203" title_number="26" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Citation and Arrest">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to all traffic citations issued under this subtitle, unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The person otherwise is being arrested under § 26–202(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The person is incapacitated or otherwise unable to comply with the provisions of this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The citation is being issued to an unattended vehicle in violation of § 21–1003 of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The citation is being issued to an unattended motor vehicle in violation of § 13–402 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On issuing a traffic citation, the police officer:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall ask the person to acknowledge receipt of a copy of the citation, as required under § 1–605 of the Courts Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the person refuses to do so, shall advise the person that failure to acknowledge receipt may lead to the person’s arrest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On being advised that failure to acknowledge receipt of a copy of a citation may lead to arrest, the person may not refuse to acknowledge receipt.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the person continues to refuse to do so, the police officer may arrest the person for violation of this section or, as provided in § 26–202(a)(5) of this subtitle, for the original charge, or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
