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§ 9-605. Liability of estate of incarcerated individual for damages and expenses

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCorrectional Services

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Correctional Services (Refs & Annos)
Title 9. State and Local Correctional System--Incarcerated Individuals (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 6. Miscellaneous (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Correctional Services, § 9-605
§ 9-605. Liability of estate of incarcerated individual for damages and expenses
Currentness
(a) The estate of an individual who is sentenced to imprisonment in a correctional facility in the Division of Correction or is to be executed is liable:
(1) first, for payment of reparation to each person injured by the individual; and
(2) second, for expenses incurred by the State to apprehend, prosecute, convict, and remove the individual.
(b) To determine the amount of liability under subsection (a) of this section, the court in which the individual is convicted shall direct its clerk to certify to the managing official of the correctional facility the amount of reparation determined by the court and the costs incurred by the State in the prosecution and conviction of the individual.
(c) The managing official shall maintain a record of the liability of the estate of the individual as certified by the clerk under subsection (b) of this section.

Credits

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999.
Formerly Art. 27, § 636.
MD Code, Correctional Services, § 9-605, MD CORR SERV § 9-605
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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