# Transportation (GTR)

## Title 26. Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal

### Subtitle 4. Venue, Court Procedure, Bail, and Charging Documents

#### Section 26-402

(a) This section does not apply if the alleged offense is any of the offenses enumerated in Sec. 26-202(a)(3)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this title.

(b) If a police officer arrests a person and takes the person before a District Court commissioner as provided in this title, the person shall be released on issuance of a citation if:

  (1) A commissioner is not available;

  (2) A judge, clerk, or other public officer, authorized to accept bail for the court is not available; and

  (3) The person charged gives the person's written promise to appear in court.

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